Cool Websites for Students and Teachers

Susan GetterOur Lady of Lourdes School

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Language Arts/Social

Studies

Google Doc Story Builder – build a story!

http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/

http://www.meograph.com/ Create interactive multimedia stories.

http://ifaketext.com/ Create fake text messages

http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-pageFakebook - create Facebook pages for fictional/historical people

http://playfic.com/ Create interactive, text-based games

http://storytoolz.com/ Story writing help (middle school & up)

http://scribblemaps.com/ Draw on and share maps.

http://www.geoguessr.com/ Guess where in the world you are, create your own.

http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/ Writing prompts

http://www.boomwriter.com/home/schools/Boom Writer- create collaborative stories

http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter Inklewriter - Create interactive stories

http://maptal.es/ Create and share map based stories, no login required.

Science/Math

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ Math games for K-12 from the NCTM

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html Glencoe Math manipulatives.

http://sciencenetlinks.com/online tools for science, searchable by grade level

http://www.picmonkey.com/ – Photo editing site, no registration required

All Subjects/productivity

http://www.dinkypage.com/ Create disposible web pages with no log in

http://wonderopolis.org/ Help kids wonder with interesting topics. You can be emailed the Wonder of the Day.

http://ookaboo.com Free images of “everything on Earth”

http://morguefile.com/ Free images

http://pixabay.com/en/ Pixabay – Public Domain images.

http://www.101qs.com/ 101 Questions - What's the first question that comes to your mind? (can search by grade)

http://curious.com/ “The Better Way to Learn Anything”

http://www.pinwords.com Quickly add text to images

http://www.sketchlot.com/ a web based whiteboard

http://www.emaze.com/ An alternative to Power Point and Prezi

https://www.dio.com/ Create Interactive Photo Albums with dio, a new interactive photo sharing site (https://www.dio.com/places/virtual-disneyland)

http://iwishyouto.com/ Create your own greeting cards

http://2day.sweetsearch.com/ a daily curated assortment of the best content on the Web for history, language arts, science, news, culture and other topics.

http://www.abandonedamerica.us/ Photos of abandoned places around the United States

http://onesecond.designly.com/ Every second on the internet …

http://www.qixshr.com/ Quick Share lets you create photo collages

http://quozio.com/ Make your quotes into an inspirational photo.

http://seriouslyamazing.si.edu/ Seriously amazing at the Smithsonian

http://clippingmagic.com/ Clipping magic – remove the background from your photo.

https://www.digitalpassport.org/ A fun online tool for teaching digital citizenship.

https://games.ciconline.org/CoasterCrafter/default.aspx use creating coasters to teach velocity, force, motion

https://www.biblionasium.com/ Kids share and recommend their favorite books. (A kids’ Shelfari)

http://www.rewordify.com/ Helps you understand what you’re reading.

Languages/The Arts

http://www.duolingo.com/ Help learn a language (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, English)

http://pbskids.org/noah/index.html Oh Noah! Helps kids learn Spanish with games.

http://www.ujam.com/ Make your own music online.

http://www.incredibox.com/ Incredibox Create your own a cappella group!

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project Google Art Project – Get up close with art!

Sites for Teachers

http://www.graphite.org/ Graphite.org – keep up with the best apps, games, and websites!

http://www.worksheetworks.com/ Hundreds of worksheets made to your specifications.

http://e.ggtimer.com/ Simple countdown timer.

Google For Schools – Tons of tools with a free Google account (teachers and students), Drive, Sites, image editing, maps, you name it!

http://www.twitter.com Twitter. Unlimited resources.

http://pinterest.com/ Social bookmarking site. (Where to find lots of cool stuff!

http://www.diigo.com Text based social bookmarking site.

http://www.themeefy.com/ Use the web to teach and learn

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ A must read blog.

www.snopes.com – check whether those forwarded emails you get are true before sending them on!