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 AYIT: Interactive game for students to balance a variety of resources to explore the cost of living.
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
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 Carrot Sticks: Math games for younger children.
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
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 Castle Learning:
Teachers individually send specific test or review questions to students; create assignments that address specific student needs and develop vocabulary quizzes
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Yes but will need guidance regarding goal while they are on the site |
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Classroom Architect: Sit e that allows students to redesign and organize their classroom space.
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College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA): Survey for students that assesses their skills and readiness for life after high school.
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No. This is primarily a teacher resource site but students can complete the assessment offline. |
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 CSEFEL: Resources for early childhood social skill development (printable books). This is primarily a teacher site. Students can work independently with the resources once they're printed out.
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 CyberChase: Math and Science games for younger children.
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
 EdHeads:
Variety of science and math games.
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
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Enables students or teachers to create crossword puzzles
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Yes but will need guidance regarding goal while they are on the site |
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Expert space: Research tool; students can read articles and change the reading levels to adjust to their reading ability. Has a note taking feature.
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Yes but the site is very busy and could be overwhelming, students will need a purpose for being on the site. |
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 Explorelearning: Provides students with activities to practice concepts in math, science and other subjects
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30 day free trial. Activities are self-guiding once a teacher sets them up. |
 Discovery education with Glogster.com:
Students can submit newspaper articles, share information and capture their research
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Yes but will need guidance regarding goal while they are on the site |
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 Google Earth: Allows you to create and use audio tours of places in different languages. Teachers can create KML files with audio commentaries
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Software needs to be downloaded to a local machine; students will need guidance regarding purpose when using the tool |
 Grammar Girl: Good for 7th through 12th grade; enables students
to learn and review grammar rules and tips
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Yes but will need guidance regarding goal while they are on the site |
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History: Resources connected to History channel shows and programs. |
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Inspiration : Enables students to organize their thinking and allows them to develop a focus for their writing; then helps them produce an outline for their writing pieces
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Software needs to be downloaded to a local machine; students will need guidance regarding purpose when using the tool |
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Native Words, Native Warriors: Site run by the Smithsonian detailing the role of Native Americans during World War II. |
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
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Our Courts: Site created with Sandra Day O'Connor that addresses cases the Supreme Court has heard and other issues of civil awareness.
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 Piki Strips: Enables students to create graphic novels and pictures;allows students to create story boards and insert thought bubbles
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Plants in Motion: Videos and texts on plants. Captures growth cycle of many types of plants.
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Yes. The site is self-guiding with prompts. |
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Primary Access: Lets students combine multimedia access with primary documents.
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 ProCon: Provides content and perspectives on two sides of iss ues.
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Yes but the site is not moderated for content or language. May contain content some schools/students find offensive.
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Red Kid:Sign generator. Integrated with Flikr |
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Quia: Students can play games like Battleship, Millionaire or create their own flash cards with review or test questions; Can also be used to upload tests
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 Saywire: Paid site; works as a private social networking site (like a wiki) |
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Shelfari: Students can share their book
recommendations
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Yes but the site is not moderated for content or language. |
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 Turn It In: Allows teachers to upload papers and provides them with opportunities to give students feedback on their work, to have them peer edit their work and to check for plagiarism; May also be used to collect and annotate exemplars
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Harriett Tubman: Webquest exploring Tubman's role in the underground railroad
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What Percent: Data on how many people respond to different questions.
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Yes but will need guidance regarding goal while they are on the site |
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Windows movie maker : Students can scan their books and create voice overs; Students can animate or illustrate their poetry; Students can create newspapers with visual and animated segments
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XtraNormal: Enables students to create movies by taking their character ideas and developing animated characters
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Yes but will need support in using software and a purpose for creating a movie. |
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