Free Webpages
Blogging
Sheppard Software
-- A variety of information, games, and quizzes for almost every subject
-- List of most of their subjects: Animals for Kids, PK and K, Math Games, US Geography Games, Language Arts Games, Animal Articles and Quizzes, Science Games, PK and K Animals, World Geography, Chemistry Quizzes, Health Games, Animal Games for Kids, Brain Games, History Quizzes, Nutrition for Kids, Paint Activities, USA 4 Kids, Season for Kids, Puzzles.
-- Personal Favourites
-- Geography - quizzes for every country in the world in different difficulties
-- Brain Games - logic, word, strategy, memory, solitaire, action, puzzle and other games
FreeRice
-- Review games for Art, Chemistry, English, Language Learning (French, German, Italian, and Spanish), Geography, and Math that allow you to learn and donate rice to third world countries with correct answers.
Creative
-- Webs
-- Weebly
-- Yola
Blogging
Free Blogs
-- Mashable Story - A collection the 40 most used blogging sites
-- Edublogs - Blogs geared specifically for educational purposes
-- Blogger/blogspot.com - You should know this one... :) Easy to start off with
-- Wordpress - Much like Blogger
-- LiveJournal - One of the most used
-- Freevlog - Designed for video blogging
-- Weebly.com - Website and blog combined
-- Busy Thumbs - Designed for texts and phone images
Teacher/Helpful blogs
-- A Fly on the Classroom Wall - a teachers collection of helpful resources
-- Mrs. Jagla's Classroom Blog - Fourth grade blog from Wenatchee School District
Pre-made lessons and templates and tools for interactive boards
-- A Fly on the Classroom Wall - a teachers collection of helpful resources
-- Mrs. Jagla's Classroom Blog - Fourth grade blog from Wenatchee School District
Pre-made lessons and templates and tools for interactive boards
-- SMARTBoard: Smart Exchange
-- ActivBoard: Promethean Planet
Worksheet Creators
-- Worksheet Works - Worksheet creator for math, geography, language, and miscellaneous subjects
-- Super Teacher Worksheets - Pre-made worksheets for a variety of subjects
-- TeAch-Nology - Extensive; pre-made worksheets by theme, subject or level
Library Resouces
-- Answer File - Online database; wide range of topics: quick facts, local, and hard to-find answers
-- Assignment Alert - Let the library know when you need materials and they'll have them ready for you
-- Homework Help - Websites selected by librarians to assist students with homework
-- Live Help from Tutor.com - Grades 4-12; 20 minutes of math, science, English, or SS homework
-- Accelerated Reader - books available that coincide with the program that your school might use
Free Language Learning
-- Live Mocha - Study and then be "graded" by native speakers; earn points to unlock more lessons by "grading" other people's written and oral work
-- Visual Link Languages - limited and vocab based, but a good starter or add on
-- A variety of information, games, and quizzes for almost every subject
-- List of most of their subjects: Animals for Kids, PK and K, Math Games, US Geography Games, Language Arts Games, Animal Articles and Quizzes, Science Games, PK and K Animals, World Geography, Chemistry Quizzes, Health Games, Animal Games for Kids, Brain Games, History Quizzes, Nutrition for Kids, Paint Activities, USA 4 Kids, Season for Kids, Puzzles.
-- Personal Favourites
-- Geography - quizzes for every country in the world in different difficulties
-- Brain Games - logic, word, strategy, memory, solitaire, action, puzzle and other games
FreeRice
-- Review games for Art, Chemistry, English, Language Learning (French, German, Italian, and Spanish), Geography, and Math that allow you to learn and donate rice to third world countries with correct answers.
Creative
-- Wordle - "Word Clouds"
Articles
-- The Teacher's Guide - Tips on just about anything a teach could every need help with
-- Pro Teacher Collection - Tips and articles on anything from people who have experience!
Articles
-- The Teacher's Guide - Tips on just about anything a teach could every need help with
-- Pro Teacher Collection - Tips and articles on anything from people who have experience!
Online applications
-- Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"
-- Map Builder - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
-- Google Maps/Google Earth - "Explore the world using interactive maps"
Videos
-- A Vision of K12 Students Today--Youtube video
-- TED.com - Educational videos from professional speakers
-- TeacherTube - YouTube for teachers: videos on just about anything in the ed world
Internet Resources and Search Sites
-- DogPile - Includes yellow and white pages
-- Mamma Metasearch - "The Mother of all Search Engines"
-- Yippy - Categorically search, create an account if you wish
-- Search-cube - Search via an image of the site and a short intro
-- KartOO - Topical search engine
-- WolframAlpha - "Computational knowledge engine"
-- Leapfish - "Living the Web," personalized homepage, real-time and social
-- RedZ - 'Slide-show esque' form of searching (similar to search-cube)
-- World Book Web - World Book Kids, World Book Student, and Online Reference Center
-- Elibrary Elementary - just right for grades K-6 (must have a login)
-- Culture Grams - Geography information US States and other countries (must have a login)
-- PebbleGo - Allows students to research hundreds of different animals as well as earth and space and science (geared for younger students)
-- AP Images - Photos, sound, pictures, and text (must have a login)
-- Elibrary K-12 - Magazines, newspapers, books, maps, and more (must have a login)
-- KCLS - the King County Library System has even more research sites!
-- Proquest - Articles from magazines, newspapers, and journals
-- World Conflicts Today - Information on current political conflicts all around the world (must be a subscriber)
Unique Search sites
-- Goby - Create your own adventure
-- ChaCha - Use with mobile phone
-- Tag Galaxy - Searches photos in Flickr
-- CamMap - Search traffic webcams in real time
-- Ask kids - Ask.com for kids (safe searching)
-- YahooKids - Yahoo! for kids (safe searching)
-- Google Kids - Google for kids (safe searching)
-- EasyBib - You give the site, title or ISBN and it creates the bibliography
-- Studyguide.org - MLA citation help
-- Science Buddies - Bibliographic examples
Rubric Makers
-- Rubistar - Don't have to login to create a free rubric
-- MakeWorksheets.com - Create worksheets and rubrics
-- Rubrics For Teachers - Rubrics by category
-- Teachnology Rubric Maker - Rubric maker from the Teachnology website
Design Tips
-- Studyguide.org - MLA citation help
-- Science Buddies - Bibliographic examples
Rubric Makers
-- Rubistar - Don't have to login to create a free rubric
-- MakeWorksheets.com - Create worksheets and rubrics
-- Rubrics For Teachers - Rubrics by category
-- Teachnology Rubric Maker - Rubric maker from the Teachnology website
Design Tips
National Education Technology Standards
-- NETS for students
Web Maker (Graphic Organizer)
-- Bubbl.us - free interactive web maker, ability to save and download webs.
