Books/Literacy
Author Pronounciation Guide - http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi audio of many authors pronouncing their own names
Bookseer - http://bookseer.com/ generates book recommendations based on your last book read if you enter the title and author
Your Next Read - http://www.yournextread.com/us/ generates book recommendation, shows book covers
Book Browse - http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm assists with searching for book ideas
Thought Audio - http://www.thoughtaudio.com/ classic titles of audio books bu chapter
Books Should Be Free - http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ audio books of public domain titles
Story Jumper - https://www.storyjumper.com/ publish your own story (login requires bday, name, password, email)
BookCrossing - http://www.bookcrossing.com/ database with books readers have set free (left in different locations) with a label and identifying information. Readers can log on and track where a book is (if other readers have logged on with label information).
Collaboration
Padlet - http://padlet.com/ online "post-its", site used to be called wallwisher
Wise Mapping - http://www.wisemapping.com/index.html online mind mapping
Slate box - http://slatebox.com/Education visual mind mapping (beta)
Cartoon/Comics
Witty Comics - http://www.wittycomics.com/
Strip Generator - http://stripgenerator.com/ no registration required but you can create an account in order to save
Write Comics - http://writecomics.com/
Make Beliefs Comix - http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ available in many languages,
Game Templates - files attached at bottom of this page
Jeopardy type - http://www.jeopardy.rocks/
Images/Pictures
Photos for Class - http://photosforclass.com/ safe, Creative Commons, automatically cited photo database
Pixabay - https://pixabay.com/ - free images
Be Funky - http://www.befunky.com/create/ photo editor
NY Public Library public domain collection - http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
News/Current Events
Newsela - https://newsela.com/ - updated daily, articles given on 5 reading levels, content areas include Science, Money, Law, Art, & Health
Scholastic News for your Classroom - http://magazines.scholastic.com/
Teaching Kids News - http://teachingkidsnews.com/
Youngzine - http://www.youngzine.org/
CNN Student News -
BBC Day in Pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15791213
Quizzes
Zoho Survey - https://www.zoho.com/survey/ - has 21 response formats
Quizdini - http://www.quizdini.com/ you can create explanations to missed questions with text or links
Image Quiz (beta) http://www.imagequiz.co.uk/ questions are associated with any image such as a map
Socrative - http://socrative.com/ acts like classroom "clickers", compatible with i-products, android and most computers
Immediate feedback without "clickers" - https://www.plickers.com/ app that allows teacher to get immediate feedback from students, give students a QR code on a piece of paper, they hold up response that has a different answer depending on direction of QR code and the teachers phone/app reads responses.
GoSoapBox - http://www.gosoapbox.com/ instant feedback with phones, tablets, laptops, etc. Has a "confusion meter" with responses "I get it or no, I don't get it. Students can submit questions.
Other
Rewordify - http://rewordify.com/index.php - website simplifies English texts, copy & paste reading passages, difficult or confusing words are highlighted and replaced to aid with reading comprehension.
Booktrack - http://info.booktrackclassroom.com/ add background music to your writing/reading
ABCYa.com - http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm creates a word cloud
Tagul - http://tagul.com/ word cloud generator that allows hyperlinking words to sites
Tagxedo - http://www.tagxedo.com/ word cloud generator with ability to shape the cloud
Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/ word cloud generator with custom color, shape and fonts
WordTalk - http://www.wordtalk.org.uk/Home/ test-to-speech plugin for Microsoft Word
Mapwing - http://www.mapwing.com/ create a virtual tour using your pictures and allows pinpoints for information (map locations, parts of a paper, parts in a book, etc.) requires email
Text Messages - http://www.classtools.net/SMS/ - create text messages between historical figures, etc. No sign in required, allows you to save the screen shot of messages.
Trading Card Generator - http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php
Presentations
Prezi - http://prezi.com/ saves in cloud, ipad compatible, zooms in/out, can import images/videos
QuikSlides - http://www.classtools.net/qwikslides/ easy, slide presentation that will adjust size according to amount of text placed on slide. Limited editing ability with background
Haiku Deck - http://www.haikudeck.com/ ipad or web, simplified presentations, philosophy of telling story with fewer words and more pictures
Infographics - http://www.easel.ly/ templates or blank canvas to create infographics, can save as a pdf or jpg, requires login
Clarisketch - http://clarisketch.com/ - take a picture, record your narration, and draw on picture to explain
Primary Sources - Sites for finding primary sources
Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome
Civil Rights Digital Library - http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome
Georgia Historical Society - http://georgiahistory.com/
Georgia Historical Image Catalog - http://georgiahistory.pastperfect-online.com/37659cgi/mweb.exe?request=ks
Georgia's Virtual Vault -
University of Georgia Libraries/Primary Sources Search Guide - http://libs.uga.edu/researchguide/choosing/primary/index.html
Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript - http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/index.shtml
Walter J. Brown Media Archives - http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/
Emory University Archives & Rare Book Library - https://marbl.library.emory.edu/
Atlanta History Center - http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com (requires teacher login)
Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/
Teacher's Page - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Maps - http://www.loc.gov/maps
Prints & Photographs - http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Veteran's History - http://www.loc.gov/vets/
Historic Newspaper Archive - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/
Teacher's Page - http://www.archives.gov/education/
DocsTeach - http://docsteach.org/
Digital Vaults - http://digitalvaults.org/
ARC - http://www.archives.gov/research/search/
Smithsonian - http://collections.si.edu/search/
National Parks - http://nps.gov/index.htm
World Digital Library - http://www.wdl.org/en/
Poetry - Archive of Recorded Poetry - http://www.loc.gov/collections/archive-of-recorded-poetry-and-literature/about-this-collection/
NY Public Library digital collection - http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
Research
Diigo - https://www.diigo.com/ highlights, sticky notes, collaborate and share
Scrible (beta) - http://www.scrible.com/ multi-color highlighting, annotating and bookmark websites
Search Engines
Sweet Search - http://www.sweetsearch.com/ school safe search engine, all sites reviewed by librarians, educators, etc.
DK Find Out! - http://www.dkfindout.com/us/ free online encyclopedia in beta
Choosito! - https://www.choosito.com/ search engine with reading levels (early, emerging, fluent, & advanced). Additional features for a fee.
Timelines
Time Toast - http://www.timetoast.com/ does require sign up with email & password, free account will have ads
Timeglider - https://timeglider.com/ signup students are limited to 3 timelines in the free option
myHistro - http://www.myhistro.com/personal-business-education/#education also allows you to geolocate with Google maps, there is an app available, does require a sign in
Writing
Hemingway App - http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ color codes (highlights) writing to help with common errors
BoomWriter - http://www.boomwriter.com/ allows you to assign group/individual writing assignments & give feedback