Webtools for teachers and students

· Wordle

Create word clouds from text that you enter (or paste). Graphically represents speech by resizing words used most often.

· Piktochart

· Infogram

· Visually

Create infographics.

· Fodey

This site allows students to enter text which is then transformed into a newspaper article with headline and byline.

· PollEverywhere

Free limited version for teachers to create polls for their students

· SurveyMonkey

Free online survey creation site. Free with limited features.

· Class Dojo

A classroom behavior management system which allows you to share with parents.

· Socrative

Real time questions and quizzes for your students

· Google Classroom

The all-in-one platform of apps, docs, and drive for students, teachers and schools.

· Easel.ly

Create free visual ideas that can be shared online.

· Animoto

Allows you to turn photos, video clips and music into a slideshow. Free educator sign up.

· Voki

A free resources where you can create an avatar with an audio message.

· Quizlet

Create flashcards for studying. Can be shared with others and you can also use previously created quizlets.

· Glogster

Students can create and publish online multimedia projects.

· Sporcle

Online games where you fill in the blanks in the allotted time. A huge number of subjects and topics covered.

· ThisDayInHistory

From the History Channel, this site has a short article on an important event which occurred on today’s date. You can also search for any other date.

· TimeGlider

Allows teachers or students to create 3 free timelines on a subject of their choosing by entering images and text.

· National Geographic Kids

Resources for younger students on science, geography and social studies.

· Google Junior

Online search site for younger students.

· PBS Teachers

Classroom resources for teachers and students sorted by grade level and subject.

· Project Gutenberg

Free online books.

· ClassFlow

Create online lessons and manage students’ performance.

· Prezi

Create zooming presentations with more “action” than PowerPoint.

· Edmodo

A social networking site for educational purposes.

· DropBox

Free 2 GB online cloud storage.

· Library Thing

Creates a virtual bookshelf with your reviews and summaries which can be shared with others. (up to 200 free)

· ReadWorks

Free K-6 reading lessons

· SlideShare

Allows you to upload presentations to a free site which can be shared with others.