Check out these great websites when you want to be creative! You can use these sites for free. You may want to subscribe to some of the sites so you will have access to more of the "bells and whistles." Click on the titles or icons to gain access to the sites. Students should check with parents before signing up for new accounts. (Updated 11/28/20)
Answer Garden - A word cloud creator. You type a question or topic. Then you submit words related to the topic. Every time you submit the same word it gets bigger on the word cloud. You can embed the results on your website. (Works on the iPads)
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Bunny Hero Labs - Create interactive virtual pets to put on your website.
Recommended by Ms. White. |
ClassTools.Net -:Create free games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds. (My favorites are Fakebook and Arcade Generator.)
Recommended by Ms. White. Name Picker (This a name picker that I created for the Washington School Staff.) |
Code.org - Learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with drag and drop programming. .
This page will lead you to other websites where you can learn how to block code. Try Angry birds first using the 20 steps. (Recommended by Ms. White) |
Da Button Factory - On this page you can create colorful buttons for your website. The buttons can be downloaded. You can also embed the buttons on to your site. |
Kahoot! is a classroom response system which creates an engaging learning space, through a game-based digital pedagogy. You will need to create an account. (Student access: kahoot.it. You must use a mobile device.)
Recommended by Ms. Berrian. |
Moovly is an online tool that allows you to create animated videos, tutorials, explainers, presentations, infographics, video clips, display ads or e-cards. You need to create an account.
Recommended by Ms. White |
PowToon is an online business presentation software tool that allows you to create free, cool, and awesome animated video explainers, You will need to create an account. Teachers can create student accounts. Recommended by Ms. White.
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Pickaface is a free web app to create custom cartoon avatar and profile picture. You can create a face with or without an e-mail address.
Recommended by Ms. White. |
Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos & images for classrooms.
QR Stuff gives you an opportunity to generate QR codes. Create QR Codes for well over 20 data types and smartphone actions.
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Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. It was created by high school sophomore Andrew Sutherland.
Recommended by Ms. White |
Remove bg is website for removing background on pictures you may want to use in a document or on your website. You can all replace the background with a different image.
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Ribbet is a photo editing website. You can make great shape collages as well.
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Screencast-o-matic is an online screen recorder for one-click recording for free.
Recommended by Ms. Johnson. |
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. (Student sign in: m.socrative.com.)
Recommended by Ms. White, Ms. Berrian and Ms. Johnson. |
Storyboard That! is an fun and easy online storyboard creator. It works on iPads.
Recommended by Ms. White. |
Writing a Persuasive Essay
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Time for Kids - Students have limited access to your favorite news stories, articles, and more.
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Trading Cards - The Trading Card tool gives students an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skill when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples. This interactive allows students to create their own trading card about a real or fictional person, place, object, event, or abstract concept.
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TVO Kids - TVOKids.com has the best free educational games for kids aged 2-11. There are several games where the students must use logic to complete the games. (NOTE: Some of these activities are only accessible in Canada.)
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Unsplash - A website dedicated to sharing copyright-free photography under the Unsplash license.
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VoiceThread conversations are media-centric, which keeps the discussions focused. They also provide an opportunity to reflect, resulting in higher quality input. You can enroll with limited use.
Recommended by Ms. White
Recommended by Ms. White
Voki is an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Users must be 13 to create their own accounts. Teachers can register students as a class. (Recommended by Ms. White)
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Zamzar is a free online conversion website. You can change the formats for .mov, avi., and more files. You upload the file to the website and then you will receive the conversion via your e-mail. I use it when my audio files end with .mov and I want to change them to .mp3.
(Recommended by Ms. White) |