Websites+to+Explore

﻿Here are some websites you should check out. Feel free to add to the list: 1. [|chacha.com] Ask any question in conversational English from a cell phone. Call 800-2ChaCha or text 242242 and get the answer as a text message in a few minutes. 2. [|http://www.watchknow.com] Free educational videos for K-12 students. 3. [|http://www.podbean.com] Podcast Publishing and Social Subscribing site. Publish your own podcast fast, easy and free. 4. [|http://www.createagraph.gov] Explains and illustrates the different types, and provides a step-by-step guide to creating examples for downloading and printing. 5. http://www.makebeliefscomix.com An educational comic strip creator 6. [|http://www.monkeysee.com] F ree access to a large collection of professionally- produced how-to videos. 7. [] Image maker--create posters, seals, funny graphics, etc. 8. [|http://www.readwritethink.org] Lessons, interactives, calendar activities, and more

9.http://www.khanacademy.org supplies a free online collection of over 2,200 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and economics 10.http://www.wolframalpha.com free computational knowledge engine 11.http://www.animationfactory.com Subscription Based Animated Clipart Backgrounds, Templates and More (have your school subscribe) 12.http://www.evernote.com saves important information; works with nearly every computer, phone, and mobile device 13.http://www.discoveryeducation.com Free elementary, middle and high school teacher resources, including puzzlemaker, student games and activities and lesson plans. 14.http://www.meez.com avatars, free games, and virtual worlds <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">15.http://www.freetech4teachers.com free websites and resources teachers can use in their classrooms <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">16.http://www.taggalaxy.de a neat little tool that helps students to explore relationships between words and ideas as well as view pictures related to that word. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">17.http://www.livebinders.com free, 3-ring binder for the web <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">18.http://www.tweentribune.com and teentribune.com on-line newspaper and blogging site devoted to providing news from the tween's perspective <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">19.http://www.storybird.com short, art-inspired stories that are curiously fun to make, share, and read <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">20.http://www.teacherspayteachers.com (there are also free downloads) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">21. http://www.eschoolnews.com Make a newspaper clipping with your own headline and story <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">22. [|http://www.fodey.com] Make a newspaper clipping with your own headline and story <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">23.http://www.freeplay.com (a great resource for royalty-free music to use in videos, PowerPoints, etc.) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">24.http://www.delicious.com a social bookmarking website <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">25.http://www.diigo.com a social bookmarking website which allows signed-up users to bookmark and tag web-pages. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">26.http://www.docs.google.com (Google Docs) Create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">27. [] an interactive Web site where students can learn about different literary "ingredients" that make up a story <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">28. [] easily create animated video <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">29. [] an easy way to share the parts of videos you like <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">30. [|http://www.zamzar.com] - an easy file converter (.wmv to .mov; .mp3 to .flv; etc.) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">31. [|http://www.glogster.com] lets you create and publish rich, dynamic online posters. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video