My Fake Wall - MyFakeWall.com

Creating a fake Facebook page using My Fake Wall could be a fun way for students to publish biographical information about historical figures. Students could also use My Fake Wall to create fake Facebook pages about characters in the books they read.
My Fake Wall - MyFakeWall.com

Free Technology for Teachers: Wow! Qwiki is Engaging

Qwiki is a multimedia encyclopedia containing more than three million entries. Qwiki publishes narrated, illustrated, interactive reference entries. To use Qwiki, enter a topic in the search box or select a topic from the featured topics on the homepage. Then watch, listen, and read the Qwiki entry for that topic. Below your chosen Qwiki you will see a selection of related Qwiki entries. You can also find related materials by clicking the "Q" symbol that appears at the end of the Qwiki play bar.
Free Technology for Teachers: Wow! Qwiki is Engaging

Spelling Bee : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

Words are powerful. This is powerful! Yes it is a spelling bee online (great for fun or practicing for the real thing), but it also expands your vocabulary by graphically showing other words that relate. Try it for a few minutes. You may get hooked and find learning is much more motivating than say, television.
Spelling Bee : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.

WorkFlowy makes organization simple. It's based around the idea of outlines. Just pick a topic to organize and start typing. The outlining is handled almost automatically.
WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.

Yellow Pages Association | Environmental

Every home has one, but they are seldom used now thanks to the Internet. Fortunately, you can opt out of Yellow Pages delivery and stop wasteful use of resources.
Yellow Pages Association | Environmental

Underground Railroad--History of Slavery, Pictures, Information

Decisions must be made along the route and as they relive the experiences of the Underground Railroad, students also learn the consequences of those choices.
Underground Railroad--History of Slavery, Pictures, Information

Power Proofreading

Improve students' proofing skills and knowledge of grammar with this fun and easy-to-use site. After a short animated video introduces Power Proofreading, students click the folder for their grade level and select a passage to proof. This could be good for students from Grades 2-8.
Power Proofreading

Casa Notes

In six easy steps, you can choose from such note templates as "On Target!" "Thank You!" and "Well Done!," select graphics and colors, and then customize the note for your own students. The result is a printable note that even can be translated into Spanish. If you prefer to print your notes in black and white (color ink can be expensive!), remember to choose white background and black text.
Casa Notes

Peace Corps | Coverdell World Wise Schools | Correspondence Match

World Wise Schools matches up Peace Corps Volunteers in the field with U.S. classroom teachers for a two-year exchange of ideas, stories, pictures, and artifacts designed to help students learn about the people, geography, environment, and culture of the world from the direct experience of Volunteers living in other countries.
Peace Corps | Coverdell World Wise Schools | Correspondence Match

Teacher Book Wizard: Find Children's Books by Reading Level, Topic, Genre. Level Books | Scholastic.com

Find appropriate reading material for individual students or classrooms based on reading level, interest, subject and genre.
Teacher Book Wizard: Find Children's Books by Reading Level, Topic, Genre. Level Books | Scholastic.com

Top Glogs | Glogster

A nifty web 2.0 tool that allows you to create electronic posters.
Top Glogs | Glogster

The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator - Create your own fun newspaper

A great solution for enticing reluctant writers. After completing the online template for a newspaper name, date, article heading and the text of the article, students click the Generate button and the site renders what looks like an authentic newspaper clipping. To save the jpg, click the link below the picture (not on the picture itself). The clip looks so real.
The Newspaper Clipping Image Generator - Create your own fun newspaper

TinEye Reverse Image Search

TinEye allows users to identify the source of copyrighted images.
TinEye Reverse Image Search

Baby Name Voyager:Names starting with 'RALPH' per million babies

I've heard it said that the sweetest sound to anyone is their name. What child wouldn't rather learn about graphs as they relate to themselves. NameVoyager graphs the popularity of any first name from the 1880s to today. This is so easy, and it'll trigger some good conversations with Math in the mix.
Baby Name Voyager:Names starting with 'RALPH' per million babies

Ed Halley's Software Stuff - Dragnifier

Dragnifier is a computer screen magnifier
Ed Halley's Software Stuff - Dragnifier

Wakerupper - The Web's Easiest Telephone Reminder

A Web-based telephone reminder tool.
Wakerupper - The Web's Easiest Telephone Reminder

Son of Citation Machine

Citation Machine creates citations in APA, MLA, Turabian, and Chicago styles.
Son of Citation Machine

Create a brochure or flyer in five easy steps :: Welcome to MyBrochureMaker.com

A great way for students to create polished brochures to showcase their learning!
Create a brochure or flyer in five easy steps :: Welcome to MyBrochureMaker.com

LucyPhone.com - Never Wait on Hold Again

Many companies will put customers on hold. Sometimes you need to talk to someone on the phone. But that can leave you waiting on hold for minutes or hours. You could be doing something more productive with your time.
LucyPhone, can get your time back. Enter the number of the company you want to call. The site even has a large database of company numbers. Then enter your phone number.
LucyPhone will call the company and wait on hold for you. When a customer service representative is available, LucyPhone will call you. You will get an instant connection without the hassle.
LucyPhone.com - Never Wait on Hold Again

Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

This site is great for visually representing words, color-coding them according to parts of speech in five languages. It could be used as a thesaurus to help students choose better words for their writing.
Lexipedia - Where words have meaning