Research Sites
GALILEO - (see Mrs. Lee for current password) GALILEO is an online library portal to authoritative, subscription-only information that is not available through free search engines or on the Internet.
Google Scholar - provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
Google for Education Tools
Presentation Tools
Prezi: (free trial) A fun alternative to PowerPoint that allows you to organize your information visually
Mixbook: Create custom photo books, scrapbooks, or cards
Voicethread: Online meeting and collaboration tool that allows a group to meet, share, or edit together using written, typed, or voice notes for each other
Voki: Create a digital avatar to deliver your message in the classroom, on a blog, a website, or as part of a presentation
SlideShare: Upload and share presentations, documents, and videos
Glogster: Create interactive digital poster-boards and presentations
Animoto: Create easy videos and presentations using photos, images, videos, and music
Popplet: (free trial) Create digital idea webs, collect materials related to a subject, or create a digital poster-board
Lino: create and organize your sticky notes digitally on a computer or smart phone, or post and share thoughts and pictures
Piktochart: Create easy, fun info-graphics to convey information visually
WordArt: WordArt.com is an online word cloud art creator
Video Tools
WeVideo: Edit video collaboratively in the cloud, then share with others
C-SPAN: C-SPAN's entire repository of videos about Congress, Politics, books, and American History
Khan Academy: Repository of video lessons, sorted by subject, on topics related to math, the sciences, the humanities, and test prep
TED Talks: Videos of talks given at TED conferences on subjects ranging from education to particle physics
HippoCampus: Find educational media by subject area (especially math and sciences), create your own playlist, and share with students
Watch Know Learn: Educational videos organized by subject and audience
Show Me: Online video lessons organized by subject
Photo and Image Tools
Thinglink: Use this tool to make photos interactive
PicMonkey: (free trial) Edit photos and create custom collages
Pics4learning: Free educational images with no copyright restrictions
Tagxedo: Word clouds created in a customizable shape (faces, countries, letters) that can be printed on shirts, mugs, etc.
Canva: Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content.
Copyright-free photos
PicJumbo: copyright free images
PikWizard: free images to use
Pixabay: copyright free images
StockSnap: copyright free images
Unsplash: copyright free images
Sound and Audio Tools
Soundbooth: Adobe software for audio editing and production
Audacity: Free audio editing and recording
FreePlayMusic: Copyright-free music to download
Study Tools:
Study Island: (free trial) Online practice for any subject area. Great test questions
Quizlet: study site that allows students to create customized learning tools, games, and digital flashcards
Diigo: Highlight and add sticky notes to webpages.
Arcademic Skill Builders: Skill building games
Jeopardy Labs: Online Jeopardy template to create study games
USA Test Prep: Online resources that allow students to join a class, study for a specific test, and view their results