THEY SHARED THEIR FAVORITES. Here are some educational sites that we have found useful or are currently exploring.
Language Arts
Anne Frank (Go inside the 3d house!)
Character Scrapbook (lower elementary Scholastic)
Into the Book
Lightning Bug
Fuzzwich
Google Lit Trips
Literature Maps (Discover new authors based on ones you like)
Shel Silverstein
Storybird
Storyjumper *great for elementary Here's a video about it.
Myths and Legends
Pic Lits
Picture Book Making
Reading Rockets
The Art of Storytelling
Story Corps Interview Question Generator
Story Starters
Storyline Online
Word Tamer *Writing and learning about character, setting, etc.
Online News
Go Go Kids News Big News for Little People
Tween Tribune (English and Spanish)
Youngzine News + more for the young
ESOL/Bilingual
123teachme.com Spanish videos and games
My Best Series: Extensive List that contains links on numerous topics related to ESOL by Larry Ferlazzo
Animal Game (science: the program guesses the animal you are thinking about)
Burrito Builder (Spanish)
Broadcastr (record audio and attach it to a map to tell a story) and Geo Trio
Click and Learn (English, French, and Spanish)
Draw a Stickman
ello English Listening Online
ESL Basics
English Central
English Through Football at languagecaster.com
ESL Video.com
Fun English Games
GCF LearnFree.org (beginners)
Grammaropolis
International Children's Digital Library
Lesson Stream
Listen and Write
Lyrics Training Here are Russell Stannard's videos on how to use this site with popular music
Kindersay
Learn English for kids and adults
Maggies Learning Adventures (English and Spanish games for Elementary)
Math Videos
Multilingual Science Glossaries from Glenco: middle school level and high school level
Math by Design
MES English (Beginning videos)
Mingoville (Young learners)
My Brain Shark (add audio to Powerpoints, documents and videos) Russell Stannard's how-to
News Map (Read news in many different languages)
Poplit (Using Popular Culture and Media to Enhance Literacy Learning)
Repeat After Us
Story Museum listen and read 1001 stories (audio)
Storynory (podcast of free audio stories elementary)
VOA Learning English
VOXY
World Stories (multilingual stories)
(Vocabulary/games/dictionary. See student page for more.)
lKnoword
Learning Chocolate
Scrabble
The Internet Picture Dictionary (multilingual)
VocabAhead
Little Kiddos
Alphabetimals
Building Language for Literacy
Interactive White Board Games K-2 from PBS Kids mainly K-2, but some 3-5
Little Bird Tales
Kindersay
Making Faces
Pinky Dinky Doo
Reading Bear from Watch Know Learn
Turf Mutt Saving the Planet One Yard at a Time Discovery Education
Math
Algebra in the Real World Movies
Architecht Studio 3D
Brain Nook
Ethnomathmatics on the Web
Figure This
Get The Math (middle school and high school algebra 1 placed in real world applications)
Gooru (middle and high school math/science videos, quizzes, etc.)
Illuminations NCTM
IXL Math
K-7 Mathcast Project (using voicethreads)
Khan Academy (large collection of videos plus!)
Kid Math Games
Lure of the Labrynth (middle school)
Math by Design (includes videos)
Math Playground (includes videos)
Math Snacks (6th -8th)
Media 4 Math Math in the News
Minyland (budgeting for kids)
Moneyville (5-9 year olds)
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Real World Math
Thinking Blocks Uses online manipulatives
Tutput
World's Greatest Science and Math Rap
ZooWhiz (5-15 year olds)
* Radical Math-- good site for teachers. It combines math with social justice concepts.
Wolfram Education
Science
Anatomy Arcade
ARKive
ABPI
BioDigital Human (Explore in 3D)
Brain U (neuroscience for grades 5-12)
Build a Body
Caduceus (ed. game. Problem solve your way to finding a cure to a disease.)
CAST Science Writer (aids middle and high school students in writing labs and class reports)
Chem Ed DL
Citi Creator
The Edible Schoolyard Project
eGFI
Engineer Girl
Design a Satellite
Electrocity
Feul Our Future Now
FOSS
Get Body Smart
Gooru (middle and high school math/science videos, quizzes, etc.)
JASON Science
Kenetic City (Elementary) Shape It is an example game
Khan Academy (large collection of videos plus!)
KidWind
Laurence Hall of Fame 24/7 (elementary games and activities)
NASA Do-It Yourself Podcast
NASA Space Science Education Resources
National Geographic Kids
NOAA Games (elementary)
PhET Simulations
Science for Kids
Science Girls PBS
Science NetLinks
Seametrics (Info and resources about the water cycle)
Spongelab A Global Science Community
Succeeding With Science
Twig Science (Short videos)
Try Science
USGS Education
United Nations Environmental Program Interactive Map
Web Adventures (middle and high school in English and Spanish)
Web Rangers (National Park Service)
The Wild Classroom
Wondermind (Explores art, Alice in Wonderland, and science)
Wonderopolis
Wonderville
Social Sciences
Airpano (360 Degree Aerial Panoramic Views of major landmarks around the world)
Audio Viator (a collection of audio tours and landmarks from around the world)
Cartoons for the Classroom
CNN Student News
Death in Rome
Geotrio
Historypin
History World Timelines Search timelines, take quizzes and more
The Law of the Land elementary
Maps: Tools for Adventure National Geographic
McDougal Littell's Class Zone
Mission US
Museum Box
National Archives Digital Vault (create a poster or movie)
National Geographic Education
National Geographic Xpeditions
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Race- Are We So Different? A project of the American Anthropological Association
Scholastics: The Underground Railroad
Spent (Social Justice)
TVO Civics 101 Interactive Game
Weaving History
Win the White House (Take on the roll of presidential candidate in this game.)
Technology
Computers for Creativity
ThinkQuest: Projects
The Arts (plus)
ARTSEDGE
The Art of Storytelling
Multiple Content Areas
ABCya (K-5)
BBC KS2 Bitsize (elementary)
BrainPOP
Cyberkidz (K-5)
Discovery Education
EDSITEment
Fraboom (Online Children's Museum ages 6-12)
I am Lodge science, math, and social studies through music and songs
Kids Know It
World's Greatest Science and Math Rap
Smithsonian Education
*Wonderopolis This site asks and answers fun questions in all content areas.
Multiuser Virtual Environments (MUVEs)
Skoolaborate
Quest Atlantis (ages 9-16)
Virtual Field Trips
E-Field Trips
Smithsonian Education Field Trips
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Additional Teacher Resources
Eduplace (graphic organizers)
edu Techer
Class Tools.net (Online Interactive Graphic Organizers + more)
Cybraryman's Internet Resources
Giffy (Make your own Graphic Organizers + more)
Goal Book ("Discover, share, and collaborate around... database of IEP goals aligned to the Common Core Standards.")
Google in Education
K-12 Instructional Media Center (ISTE)
PBS Teachers
Read Works (Comprehension Lessons)
Read Write Think
Teaching Channel (Collection of videos of teachers sharing their best practices)
Teacher's Domain
Teachers First
Assessment
The Best Rubric Sites
Kathy Schrock's Assessment and Rubrics
Rubistar4teachers
Assessments for OR (a few)
English Languague Proficiency Assessment (ELPA)
Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS)
Measures for Academic Progress (MAP)
Collaborative Projects
Digiteen and Digiparent
ePals Global Community
Flat Classroom Projects
Global School Net
iearn
Kidlink
Skype in the Classroom (connect with classrooms around the world)
Skype an Author Network
Youth Voices
Copyright
Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright: Library of Congress
Digital Storytelling Resources
Talk With Media Wiki
Educational Videos
CNN Student News
Encyclomedia
Explania
Khan Academy
Snag Learning
WatchKnowLearn
Internet Safety
Common Sense Media
The Carnegie Cyber Academy
NetSmartz Kids
Typing Games and Tutors
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