- Activate Instruction http://www.activateinstruction.org/ Primarily an organizational tool set up by teachers and used by both teachers and students.
- Socrative http://www.socrative.com/ A student response system using phones based on teacher-developed materials, has a demo video to watch
- Gooru: A Search Engine for Learning. http://www.goorulearning.org/#discover Watch the demo video; pick a topic and see what you get.
- cK-12 Education Resources http://www.ck12.org/teacher/ Look at resources for a specific topic, sign up so that you can look at one of the “flexbooks.”
- Nearpod http://www.nearpod.com/ Teacher created interactive mobile presentations
- Edmodo https://www.edmodo.com/ Classroom management and organization tool
- Review Game Zone http://reviewgamezone.com/teacher-info.php Online software for teacher created games to review basic info.
Online Applications for Students:
- Web 2.0 for Education: http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/web20foredu A nice apps chart/bibliography courtesy of the Leyden IL High School library. (Leyden is a 1:1 computing school.) Most of these have been around for a while.
- Larry Ferlazzo Newer Apps: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/06/16/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2013-so-far/ This is an annotated bibliography of newer online apps; also many lists here of the best apps to use for specific purposes.
- Phil Bradley’s Web 2.0 Tools and Applications Bibliography: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm Can search by application type, seems to be fairly up-to-date.
- Kerpoof: www.kerpoof.com Several applications, can be used by pre-readers.
- Create - A - Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx A simple graphing tool appropriate for elementary students.
- Educreations: http://www.educreations.com/ A sort of online whiteboarding plus embedded pictures and media application. Teachers could obviously use this as well, but I would have students use it. There are other similar apps; this one appears easy to use.
- Gamestar Mechanic: http://gamestarmechanic.com/ Application for students to use to design games
- Tynker: Computer Programming Instruction for Grades 4-8 http://www.tynker.com/school/ Some can be used by schools free.
- Noredink: https://www.noredink.com/ web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills.
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