Have Fun With History!

American History Teachers, homeschoolers, and history buffs now have an online resource full of American History streaming videos, activities, links and resources - because history is fun!

This website can make your American History class even more fun. It has history videos, activities, subjects and more.

Educational and Shared on Diigo

This is a collection of web 2.0 tools that have been put together by Jasper Isaksson, a Swedish teacher who created this map of tools to share with educators.



Quick links to resources to mathematics teachers.



Is a website with Thousands of Free Worksheets, Printables, Coloring Pages, Flash Cards, Songs for Kids, Educational Videos, Fun Activities, Thematic Units, Teacher Tools, and Lesson Plans for Teachers!



This is a list of top ten websites young learners can use. The list was created by Gail Lovely

The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training. Created by the San Diego State University which owns all information copyrights.



The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by students ranging from middle school, high school, or college classrooms.

Best Sites to Learn About Thanksgiving

Larry Ferlazzo's Best Sites about Thanksgiving!

The First Thanksgiving

Thanks to ILearn Technology Blog for sharing this great resource.

Scholastic has amazing resources for teachers and students to work with. But for students to learn about the First Thanksgiving they have this interactive which takes you on a voyage on the May Flower, the Daily Life and the Thanksgiving Feast. To complete your whole Thanksgiving Unit you can access the lesson plans, activities and books.

Games For the Classroom

Game Classroom is a one-stop web destination for accessing high-quality educational games, and homework help for K-6 students. Game Classroom offers math games, homework help, worksheets and more. It is a great site for kids, parents and teachers.

Darwin's Virtual Tour

Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage is a virtual tour of Charles Darwin for students to learn in a fantastic way about his travelings, journals etc.

Dynamic Paper

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Dynamic Paper

Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from ‑18 to 32 by 5's? Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have one-inch sides? You can create all those things and more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF activity sheet for your students or as a JPEG image for use in other applications or on the web. -Illuminations.org

I created one and saved it as PDF file.

Math,Reading and Science Test Practise

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for this site!

My Testbook.com, is a 100% free website were teachers can have access to math, reading and science online test for students to practice. You can create your own classroom account. Also, it has printable worksheets and a worksheet generator tool for creating additional ones.

Fun Art Web Pages

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for sharing this 2 cool art websites.



Your mouse is the brush and your voice the ink when you create an online painting. Then send it to the site’s gallery to get a unique url address to post on a student or teacher website/blog, and then give a description.



thissand.com, lets you create a drawing with virtual sand, then save your creation to the gallery.

Just follow the instructions by clicking on the gray square

eGlossary Terms

This resource was shared on twitter by rmbyrne.

eglossary is a website from the McGraw-Hill Companies.

eGlossary has a complete list of mathematic terms that have an audio definition for you to listen. Students from 6-12 grades can come to this site and look for any mathematics term they want.

NSDL Middle School Portal

MSP2 is a project of The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, School of Teaching and Learning, National Middle School Association, and Education Development Center, Inc., and is funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) project supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice.

Super Thinkers

SuperThinkers is a fun and challenging site targeted for learners in grades 5 through 8, but also fun for learners of all levels. Their mission is to inspire creative problem solving, critical thinking,
deductive reasoning, and logic. They call this kind of deeper thinking - "SuperThinking."

Learn about the "Scientific Method"

This resource was shared on diigo.


The scientific method is one of the most important concepts that every student should know.
The Scientific Method Web Page is a site were students can learn in a interactive way. There is also a Scientific Method WebQuest were teachers can ask their students to work with.

Free Multimedia Activities for Middle School

On march 23, 2009 Eschool News website published an article about a new section on the Teacher's Domain, a library of free digital resources and fee-based professional development courses developed by Boston public television station WGBH.

According to the article,

"the new section called “Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading and Writing in Science and History.” These self-paced classroom activities are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5-12. Teachers choose a science or history topic, then have students proceed through reading passages, videos, and interactive activities, using a glossary to build vocabulary and a note-taking area to submit writing assignments."

''Science topics include continental drift, transitional fossils, and behavioral adaptations for surviving winter; history topics include Mayan civilization, resisting slavery, and building the Eerie Canal. ''

Essay Map

Essay Map tool can be used by students to map their informational essay. This tool is brought to you by the "Read, Write and Think" website.

Study Tag

StudyTag is a learning community that helps you Ace every single quiz and test you take -- study smarter, not harder!

Study Tag is a good resource for students to study and develop academic skills independently or collaboratively. -Free Technology 4 Teacher-

StudyTag community creates lessons it finds interesting. If StudyTag doesn't yet have the lesson you need, no problem. StudyTag editors help you quickly enter the facts you need yourself! Create a private course for your specific class, teacher or professor. Create a public course and study with new friends you meet on-line.

Odyssey

Odyssey Online, is a journey to explore the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa. In Odyssey Online you'll find museum objects from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, and the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas. You can make your own discoveries through cool puzzles, games, and worksheets.

Kitzu

Kitzu is a website from the Orange County Department od Education, filled with free, educational, copyright-friendly media resources for teachers and students. Each Kit has various digital assets - still images, background music, narratives, video and text. Each kit is built around a common theme, or curricular topic.

HowToons

Cartoon pictures belong to http://www.howtoons.com/

Shared by Ilearn Technology

How toons is a site for students that teaches them how to make things through cartoons. This how to website has information and videos in topics like science, space, nature etc. Its such a cool website I know students will love to explore.

iLearn Technology

iLearn Technology is an edublog written by Kelly Tenkely, a K-5 Technology Specialist/ Teacher, that has so many amazing resources teachers can use to integrate technology into their classrooms.

I will be posting some of her wonderful stuff to share with you all.

Cyberbee Copyright : is an online flash application to teach students about copyright laws.

Primary Access :This incredible site has a web-based tool that offers students and teachers simple access to digital images and materials that provides them the opportunity to create personal narratives. For teachers to sign for an account you need to register here.



Math Arcade is part of the fun brain website. Is a game for kids to practise their math skills. The game is an intercative board game kids enjoy playing.

Crick Web Literacy Resource is an excellent collection of interactive games for language development and practice in students.

Mrs. P’s Magic Library is a free website for kids that celebrates reading and books. Ideal for beginning readers, ESL and even home-schooling. Mrs. P is a virtual librarian who brings the stories alive in an interactive way. Since its a in flash it may take a while to dowload, but please be patient is worth it.

Middle Spot is a search engine for teachers, librarians, and students performing research. Middle Spot lets you see your results, you can pan and zoom individual website results.



Tools for Educators is a site that gives teachers templates to create their own board games, word searches, dice, cross word maker, bingo cards, domino maker, spelling and reading worksheets, handwriting worksheets, certificate maker, vocabulary handouts, listening test worksheets, and word bank worksheet.

Pocket Manila is a site that provides online notebooks that can be used as a journal, blog, idea bank, photo album, portfolio, group blog, ezine, story book, and more. Pocket Manila keeps the notebook metaphor alive with some cool and unique features like Smart-page and Color-swap. Smart-page automatically splits your entries into several pages instead of one long post. It also resizes your pictures to fit the page without distortion. Color-swap, when enabled, allows you and your visitors to interchange the colors you have selected by simple drag n' drop.



Movavi is a free, online video converter. You just enter a URL of a video or upload a file, choose your preferred output format, and enter your email address.