1. http://www.terraclues.

com TerraClues for Schools is an easy to use tool where teachers can create interactive scavenger hunts with Google maps. Teachers can access hundreds of already made TerraClues to use in conjunction with curriculum or create their own TerraClues to fit their classroom needs. Teachers can also create private classrooms where they assign students to specific hunts. TerraClues hunts can also be shared with other teachers in your school, district, or anywhere in the world. 2. Gabcast Gabcast is a podcasting and audioblogging website that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. 3. http://freerice.com/ Free Rice has two goals: to provide English vocabulary to everyone for free and help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free (this is made possible by the sponsors on the site). Free Rice is a sister company of www.poverty.com. 4. http://www.netsmartzkids.org/ Technology is quickly changing the teaching and learning environment. The Internet in particular opens up our classrooms and students to the rest of the world. Netsmartz Kids teaches students about internet safety through fun songs, characters and interactive games. The site does not link to any outside sites. It is safe and easy to use. 5. http://www.fanlala.com/ Social networking is now school networking! Fanlala allows teachers to extend their classroom beyond four walls and onto the Internet. Establish class blogs and promote online interaction and collaboration. Teachers and Parents can work together closely to guide and teach about social responsibility online while increasing classroom learning. 6. http://www.starfall.com/ Starfall is a free learn-to-read phonics website primarily designed for kindergarten through second grade. It is a great resource for struggling readers. Starfall offers beginning readers interactive books, games, videos (complete with fun reading strategy songs). Starfall also offers free downloads of their printed materials which include short readers, writing and phonics journals, and more. 7. http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html Gamegoo features fun educational games that help students develop reading and language skills. When students play Gamegoo games, they are practicing the skills they are learning in class. Gamegoo is great for Kindergarten through third grade (although my fourth and fifth grade students still ask to play the games).

8. http://www.wonderville.ca/ Wonderville is a place where your students can explore science in a fun, interactive environment. Wonderville has science games, interactive activities, printable activities, science works videos, ever wonders (fun facts), and downloads. Topics covered include photosynthesis, energy, fossils, forces, weather, basic physics, robots, moon phases, water treatment, levers and much more! This website is best for 3rd-8th grade. 9. http://www.artsonia.com/ Artsonia is the worlds largest kids art museum where each student in your class can have an online art gallery displaying their masterpieces for free! Artsonia is for pre-school through high-school students. Your students will develop a new sense of pride and feel like famous artists published in a museum 10. http://www.bookadventure.com Bookadventure is a valuable tool for your reading program. Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for kindergarten- eighth grade students. Students can create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books theyve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Teachers automatically get students quiz scores in the teacher area. You can print out automatically generated notes home with each students information plugged in. 11. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/visit-5-virtual-museums-leaving-home/ http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/flashVersion/index.html It is part of the largest museum complex in the world run by the Smithsonian Institution and is also the most popular. Even if you take the real tour, it is a complex of 19 museums and research centers. For a lot of us, it has to be on the places to visit in our lifetime list. Even though that day is in the future for a lot of us, we can take a peek into the treasures thanks to the virtual tour. 12. http://www.europeanvirtualmuseum.net A collection of items from various museums in Europe have been put up on this portal with the help of 3D images. Visitors can explore the history of Europe through the artifacts and archaeological information linked to them. You can go by the eras, the area, objects, route, or pick up a museum to browse their collection online. Although its not as visually impressive as the online museum above, the European virtual museum is an educational treasure trove if you are studying European history. 13. http://www.louvre.fr Another museum which ranks among the worlds largest and also has a neat virtual tour is the Louvre. When it comes to art, this museum in Paris holds the top spot. The virtual tours of the museum come in snippets which cover different sections of the museum.

14. http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html From paintings and sculptures to frescoes, the Vatican Museum is an art connoisseurs delight. The homepage includes several collections you can view online if you havent yet managed a trip to the Vatican City. The 360 degree virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel will show you what you are missing. You can explore the other collections in a little Java player. 15. http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/data_e/a03_01.html The Toyota Automobile virtual museum doesnt give you the 3D experience with pan, zoom, and tilt, but if automobiles are your thing, you wont mind. If you are planning to visit the museum in Japan, check out the virtual tour beforehand. Clicking on the map takes you to the different galleries and you can take a look at the photos of the cars that are displayed there. The only thing thats missing is a bit of historical detail on the cars displayed. But I guess thats available on the museum floor. 16. http://www.avast.com AVAST Software leads the security software industry protecting 150,107,324 active users around the globe by distributing FREE antivirus software that makes no compromises in terms of protection. Dependable and fast, with a small resource footprint, it often outperforms competitors paid-for antivirus suites. 17. http://www.facebook.com Shares and highlights your most memorable posts, photos and life events on your timeline. This is where you can tell your story from beginning, to middle, to now. 18. http://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn started out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman in 2002. The site officially launched on May 5, 2003. At the end of the first month in operation, LinkedIn had a total of 4,500 members in the network. As of March 31, 2012 (the end of the first quarter), professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of approximately two new members per second. The company is publicly held and has a diversified business model with revenues coming from hiring solutions, marketing solutions and premium subscriptions. 19. http://twitter.com/ Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting. Simply find the accounts you find most compelling and follow the conversations. 20. http://www.shop.com/ SHOP.COM is a new kind of shopping comparison site that offers the most comprehensive shopping experience on the web. Our shopping experts have drawn on their industry experience and insider connections to bring you the best collection of the stores you can't live without, and the brands and products you love all in one place.