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  • Welcome · Digital Public Library of America

    huge collection of resources

    tags: library digital resources

  • Box.com

    Box lets you store all of your content online, so you can access, manage and share it from anywhere. Integrate Box with Google Apps and Salesforce and access Box on mobile devices.

    tags: file filesharing

  • Weebly – Create a free website and a free blog

    excellent free website creator

    tags: website webdesign

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  • Photo editor | PicMonkey: Free Online Photo Editing

    Easy, free, fun online photo editor, no signup needed!

    tags: photo editing tool

  • Draft

    easy, no fuss collaborative writing site.

    tags: writing collaboration online free

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  • Welcome to Math Playground

    wonderful collection of math games and activities

    tags: math interactive education resources

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  • Fotor | Photo Editing Made Simple – Free Online Photo Editor

    free online image editor – no login needed

    tags: image editing photos tool

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  • Computer Science Unplugged |

    How to teach Computer Science concepts without a computer

    tags: programming computer Science

  • Dr. Alice Christie’s Using Spreadsheets in K-12 Classrooms

    some great ideas for using spreadsheets in the classroom

    tags: excel spreadsheets

  • Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus – An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map.

    type in a word and see a collection of similar words

    tags: thesaurus visualization dictionary tools writing

  • Vacation Trivia Scavenger Hunt – Test Your Web Search Skills With the Vacation Trivia Scavenger Hunt

    The Vacation Trivia Scavenger Hunt is all about vacation: beach trips, camping, state parks, European vacations,state fairs, and more. It’s also a great way to test your Web search skills!

    tags: vacation trivia scavenger hunt

    • The Vacation Trivia Scavenger Hunt is all about vacation: beach trips, camping, state parks, European vacations,state fairs, and more. It’s also a  great way to test your Web search skills!

  • Video Storytelling Guide – Atomic Learning

    If you want to tell stories with video, you need to be able to communicate using the “language” of video. The Video Storytelling Guide will show you how! The Guide includes links to term definitions and to over 75 video examples that illustrate the major concepts presented.

    tags: video storytelling guide

  • VideoGenics Productions | School Video Project Ideas

    School videos range from simple video classroom reports, through major classroom team projects, to ongoing school wide efforts. This page presents video production examples as a springboard for ideas for your own video production projects.

    tags: school video project ideas

  • Wired Safety

    WiredSafety is the largest and oldest online safety, education, and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites, it now provides one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety, privacy and security issues. These services are offered through a worldwide organization comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers who administer specialized websites, resources and programs.

    tags: internet safety

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  • The Peanut Gallery

    Add your own words to silent films using your microphone!

    tags: funny movie apps

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  • Free Online Kids Learning Games | Online Kids Games | Cool Math Games for Kids | Reading and Writing Skill for ESL/EFL Learner

    tags: Games math fun learning

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  • Fantastic Contraption

    OMG i am addicted to this game!!! LOVE the puzzle solving aspect, and it ties in well with my third graders’ study of simple machines.

    tags: build puzzle game thinking simplemachines

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  • What’s the Big Idea? | Teaching Philosophy through feature film clips

    Introducing middle school students to philosophy through film

    tags: philosophy film teaching

  • Teaching Children Philosophy

    This website is dedicated to helping adults conduct philosophical discussion with and among elementary school children.
    Contrary to what many people think, young children are both interested in and good at discussing philosophical questions. Picture books are a great way to initiate a philosophical discussion with young children and this site will help you get started.

    tags: philosophy children education teaching books kids reading

  • CoderDojo

    Coderdojo is…
    a global collaboration providing free and open learning to young people, especially in programming technology.

    tags: programming education howto

  • Explore MIT App Inventor | Explore MIT App Inventor

    Creating an App Inventor App begins in your browser where you design how the app will look. Then, like fitting together puzzle pieces, you set your app’s behavior. All the while, through a live connection between your computer and your phone, your app appears on your phone.

    tags: android programming apps

  • Smithsonian Quests

    From the art world to the zoo, from underwater to outer space, from current problems to future solutions, your students will have the freedom to explore their interests and make connections across subjects. They’ll develop skills and enhance their learning through discovery, while earning digital badges as credentials along the way.

    tags: pbl smithsonian discovery resources badges

  • ImageQuiz: Create new quiz

    Create quizzes where students click on part of an image to indicate the correct answer.  I can see this applied to geography quizzes easily, and i’m sure there are plenty more ways to use it!!

    tags: quiz images generator geography

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  • Wideo.co | Anyone can make cool videos!

    create your own animated videos for free

    tags: animation creative video tool

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