Introduction 

Student Communication

Teacher Web Sites

Web Based Activities

Worksheet/Certificate Generators/ Lesson Planners

Online Practice/Test Generators

Web Based Bookmark Managers

Online Polls

Introduction

Note:  As sites are frequently changing, some that were previously listed as Free are now charging a fee.  Instead of removing them from this site, I have put them in a separate section at the end of each category for those who would like to check out that resource.

Student Communication

• SchoolNotes - http://www.schoolnotes.com/ SchoolNotes.com complements school websites by allowing teachers to post school information on the WWW without worrying about HTML or FTP.

   

• ePALS - http://www.epals.com...Email for students. A good site for controlled e-mail with two great features- profanity filter and the opportunity to do an e-mail exchange with other classrooms by criteria you select.
  

Fee Based

• eBoard - http://www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/IndexLoginServlet Your own 'Virtual Corkboard' where you can post messages, photos and links online in seconds. With an eBoard you can quickly and easily make information accessible to others on your own private place online. eBoard is perfect for anyone who would like to put information online but doesn't have the need for a web site.  
  $29 a year.

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Teacher Web Sites

• TeacherWeb - http://www.teacherweb.com/ With TeacherWeb, you simply type in new homework assignments & special announcements while viewing your website. Your updates will be instantly available to your students using any Internet access! Security is built-in -- only you will be able to make updates to your website, using your own password. You can use TeacherWeb to point students to Internet information sources for further study. If you choose, your students can also email you directly from your TeacherWeb.
  
  
• Think.com - http://www.think.com ...Think.com is a free, web based environment for primary and secondary students and teachers.  Students are given the tools and space to create and share their work online.  Technology and the Internet facilitate global communication and collaboration within a learning community.  
  
  
• SchoolNotes.com - http://www.schoolnotes.com

Low Cost Teacher Sites

• TeacherWeb - http://www.teacherweb.com ...$2.50 per month charged to your credit card, or $25 if a teacher pays for a year in advance by either credit card or check.
  
  
• My School Online - http://www.myschoolonline.com/golocal/ ... A one-year subscription  $29.95 for a single Class, PTA, or Community website 

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Web Based Activities

• Filamentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. Templates to create Hotlists, Treasure Hunts, WebQuests, Scrapbooks and Subject Samplers.

   

• TrackStar - http://trackstar.scrtec.org/ TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) into lessons. The list of resources acts like a table of contents and remains visible throughout the lesson allowing the user/student to easily browse through the lesson and stay on track.

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Worksheet/Certificate Generators/Lesson Planners

• Puzzlemaker - http://www.puzzlemaker.com Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.

   

• Certificates, Awards, Achievement Certificates - Success Award Certificates - http://www.successcertificates.com/...a free site that has almost 500 free certificates to print from the web

   

• edHelper.com - http://www.edhelper.com/...over 250 Worksheets 1,000 Webquests and 9,000 Lesson Plans. Free math worksheets from Algebra to Trigonometry, plus a well organized directory of lesson plans, webquests, and educational software.
  
  
• Worksheet Generator - http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/index.html
  
  
• Lesson Planner - http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/lessonplanner/index.html

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Online Practice/Test Generators

• Quizlab fromFunbrain - http://www.funbrain.com/quiz/index.html Give paperless quizzes to your class. Quiz Lab automatically grades the quizzes and emails the results to you. Access thousands of assessment quizzes written by teachers like you.

   

• Quiz Center - http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html Quiz Center is a powerful tool you can use to create, administer, and grade quizzes online. Without any Web development background whatsoever, you'll be able to make online quizzes that provide instant feedback to you and your students. All you have to do is join My Discovery and set up a Custom Classroom.

Fee Based

• Quia! - http://www.quia.com/ 
  • Create 14 types of games and learning activities: Matching game, Flash cards, Concentration game, Word search puzzle, Challenge board, Columns activity, Hangman game, Jumbled words, Ordered list activity, Picture perfect activity, Pop-ups, Rags to riches game, Scavenger hunt, and Cloze activity.  
  • Create quizzes with 8 types of questions:  Multiple choice, True-false, Pop-up, Multiple correct, Fill-in, Initial answer, Short answer, and Essay.
  • Create class pages for communicating with students
  • Maintain an online schedule and calendar
  • Upload images and audio clips

  $49 a year to create your own.  You may still use other teachers' activities for free.

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Web Based Bookmark Managers
Store your bookmarks online and access them from any Internet connected computer. 

• Backflip- http://www.backflip.com/ ... Backflip allows you to create folders and subfolders to organize your bookmarks. Annotate your bookmarks to make sense of them later. Most frequently accessed bookmarks are kept track of and listed in your top ten. Search your bookmarked webs right from backflip.
  
  
• iKeepBookmarks.com - http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/home.asp  
  
  
• Bookmark Tracker - http://www.bookmarktracker.com/ 
  
  
• MURL - http://murl.com/splash/ 
  
  
• My Bookmarks - http://www.mybookmarks.com/
  
  
• BaBoo Online Bookmark Manager -  http://www.baboo.com/  
  
  
• BookMark Commando - http://www.bookmarkcommando.com/
  
  
• Bookmark Factory - http://www.bookmarkfactory.com/
  
  
• Freelink - http://freelink.org/ 
  

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Online Polls 

• Mister Poll - http://www.misterpoll.com/ 
  

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Miscellaneous 

• Plagiarism.org - http://www.plagiarism.org/
  
  
• Reading Level Estimator - http://pt.liverpool.k12.ny.us/reading/levelestimator/estimator.htm

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