Websites

**[|eduTecher​‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍]** EdWeb‍‍‍ ([|www.edweb.net]) Classroom 2.0 ([|www.classroom20.org])
 * __‍Personal Learning Network Sites __**
 * [|eSchool News] **
 * [|International Society for Technology in Education] **
 * [|Illinois Computing Educators (ICE)] **

__**General Use Sites (Scroll down for subject specific sites) **__ The Differentiator The Differentiator is a simple online tool that helps you create objectives based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. Simply click on the Thinking Skill, Content, Resources, Product or Group tab and then select what you want students to do by clicking on the subcategories. [|Scribble Maps]- Create custom Google Maps that you can save and embed into a website. [|Quik Maps] [|Primary Wall] [|Wall Wisher] [|Cacoo] Popplet 3D Air Pano - 360 degree aerial panorama tours around the world - Includes places like the **Pyramids of Egypt**, **Machu Picchu**, and **Mount Everest** [|Khan Academy] This site was started when the founder created a video to help his cousin with his algebra homework. Now there are 2,700 videos to choose from along with practice activities. The topics range from algebra to plate tectonics to banking and art history. Also, completely free. Check it out! [|TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design)] TED is amazing. The website is a collection of 15-20 minutes lectures from experts all over the world. From cooking to surgery to a 12 year old app developer, I doubt there is a topic you can't find on here! Last week I watched Sir Ken Robinson talk about the lack of creativity in education and psychologist Alison Gopnik talk about what babies are thinking - it's a lot more than you might imagine! What an awesome experience to be able to invite actual world experts in to talk to your students and it's completely free! [|edmodo] [|Quia] [|Watch Know] [|Teacher Tube] [|‍‍CK-12] Scientific American 60 Second Podcasts [|John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Interactive Exhibits]

__Pictures (Photos you and students can use without violating copyright laws!) __ [|Picnik] (Picnik is being absorbed by Google in April. Until then, however, all of the premium features are free!) Picnik is a photo editing website. There is a premium version of the service that you can pay for but the basic version does a lot too. Plus, you don't need to register! Just upload the photo, do your editing, and save your finished version. Super simple! __Science Websites __
 * [|Every Stock Photo] || [|Pics 4 Learning] || [|4 Free Photos] ||
 * < **6th Grade** ||< **7th Grade** ||< **8th Grade** ||
 * < [|Digital Library for Earth System Education] ||< [|Digital Library for Earth System Education] ||< [|Digital Library for Earth System Education] ||
 * [|Best Web Quests] || [|Best Web Quests] || [|Best Web Quests] ||
 * [|Quia - Review games/activities] || [|Quia - Review games/activities] || [|Quia - Review games/activities] ||
 * [|Webquest.org] || [|Webquest.org] || [|Webquest.org] ||
 * < [|Los Alamos Interactive Periodic Table] ||< [|Encyclopedia of Life] ||< [|Virtual Courseware: Earthquake] ||
 * < [|Physical or Chemical Change?] ||< [|Animal Classification Game] ||< [|Google Sky] ||
 * < [|Newton's Laws Review Game] ||< [|Interactive Food Web activity] ||< [|Plate Tectonic Games] ||
 * [|Water Cycle Adventure] || [|Biology Corner] || [|Windows to the Universe] ||
 * [|Water Treatment Process] || Science 360 (Chalk Talk Videos) || Science 360 (Chalk Talk Videos) ||
 * Shout! (Water) || Bud Burst ||  ||
 * Engineering Interact ||  ||   ||
 * Science 360 (Chalk Talk Videos) ||  ||   ||

= __**Math Websites**__ =
 * **6th Grade** || **7th Grade** || **8th Grade** ||
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 * [|http://www.kenken.com] || [|http://www.kenken.com] || [|http://www.kenken.com] ||
 * Math Open Reference || Math Open Reference || Math Open Reference ||
 * You Can Do the Cube || You Can Do the Cube || You Can Do the Cube ||
 * Yummy Math || Yummy Math || Yummy Math ||
 * Math Live || Math Live || Math Live ||
 * Museum of Mathematics || Museum of Mathematics  || Museum of Mathematics  ||

__**Language Arts Websites**__ __**Social Studies Websites**__
 * [|Shelfari] || [|Goodreads] || [|Mindmeister] ||
 * [|Cacoo] || [|Wall Wisher] || [|Picnik] ||
 * [|Zimmer Twins] || [|Our Story] || [|Glogster] ||
 * [|Tween Tribune] || [|Memidex] || Brainy Pic ||
 * 6th Grade || 7th Grade || 8th Grade ||
 * [|British Museum Ancient Egypt Site] || [|Awesome Stories] || [|Awesome Stories] ||
 * || [|The National Archives] || [|The National Archives] ||
 * [|Eyewitness to History] || [|Eyewitness to History] || [|Eyewitness to History] ||
 * Air Pano - aerial panorama of the Pyramids || [|Fold 3] - Historical military documents || [|Fold 3] - Historical military documents ||
 * Today's Front Page - today's news from around the world || [|History Pin] || [|History Pin] ||
 * || Budget Hero || [|Science and Technology of WWII] ||
 * || Win the White House || Budget Hero ||
 * || Old Maps Online || Flight to Freedom ||
 * || History Buff - online newspaper archive || History and Politics Out Loud ||
 * || Today's Front Page - today's news from around the world || Pare Lorentz Center ||
 * ||  || Old Maps Online  ||
 * ||  || History Buff - online newspaper archive ||
 * ||  || Today's Front Page - today's news from around the world ||