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 50 Online Reference Sites for Teachers: Finding time to go to the library or conduct research for the classroom can be downright impossible for a busy teacher. Fortunately, there are plenty of reference materials on the web that can guide educators to lesson plans and other resources that can be used in the classroom. Here are 50 online reference sites that would be useful to almost any teacher:  Teachers who are interested in implementing technology in the classroom and in their own personal lives can find plenty of free resources online. Here are 20 websites worth visiting today: Other sites: [|The Story Place]  is a children's digital library produced by the [|Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg counties]  in North Carolina. The Story Place features digital stories in English and Spanish for students of pre-school age through elementary school. The digital stories are arranged by age group and by theme. I looked at the pre-school story about firefighters and thought it that it is the type of story I would share with my pre-school aged child, if I had kids. Along with the digital stories are activity guides for parents and reading lists. Whether you’re looking for ways to incorporate technology into the classroom or into your daily life, the Internet has the tools you need. There are lots of free web apps and websites designed specifically for tech-loving teachers on a tight budget:
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 * [|The Educator’s Reference Desk]  – The Educator’s Reference Desk is an extremely valuable online reference site for teachers. Specific features include lesson plans, teaching tips, and information about teaching education and certification.
 * [|RefDesk]  – This award winning website is one of the largest and most useful reference sites on the web. Ref Desk offers news, fact checkers, reference books, historical information, calculators, converters, and links to other valuable resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Questia] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Questia is the world’s largest full-text online library. Not all of the resources on this site are free, but the majority can be accessed at no charge.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Answers.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site provides information on more than four million topics though original articles, community-contributed articles, and leading reference publications.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Virtual Reference Shelf] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This website provides a huge collection of web resources compiled by the Library of Congress.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|INFOMINE] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources selected by college and university librarians.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Info Please] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This Pearson Education company offers a free encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and other reference materials. Teachers will especially like the FactMonster section of the site, which includes kid friendly resources, games, and quizzes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Wikipedia] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The accuracy of Wikipedia is sometimes questioned, but this free encyclopedia is still a good place to begin researching various subjects.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Scholarpedia] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site is similar to Wikipedia, but features information that has been reviewed by scholars.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|American FactFinder] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This U.S. Census Bureau site is a great place to find economic, housing, population, and geographic data. Other special features include a reference shelf with digital versions of Bureau publications.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Subject-Specific Reference Sites **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|OWL] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an excellent reference site for teachers who need writing and grammar resources. The site even includes a special section for instructors who teach grades 7-12.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|SparkNotes] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Although this site is designed for students, it makes a good English teacher reference too. SparkNotes offers free study guides, literature summaries, grammar help, and other educational materials that can be used in the classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Language Materials Project] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This UCLA site is dedicated to providing teaching resources for less commonly taught languages. Resources are available for a wide range of languages and learning levels.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – FREE hosts a large collection of free teaching and learning resources from federal agencies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Smithsonian Education] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Designed specifically for teachers, the Smithsonian site hosts lesson plans and reference information. Covered subjects include art, science, history, and language arts.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Kids.gov] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Kids.gov is the official government portal for kids. The site provides free lesson plans and classroom activities for teachers in addition to kid friendly information about government, history, social studies, and related subjects.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Wolfram MathWorld] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Thought to be the most extensive math encyclopedia on the web, MathWorld is a fantastic reference site for teachers who need quality information for lesson plans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This online reference serves as a companion to the book written by Craig Roland. Special features include downloadable classroom materials, links to virtual museums, and a list of valuable web resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|John Hopkins Medical Desk Reference] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This online reference from John Hopkins is great for health teachers. In addition to an alphabetical list of illnesses and medical problems, the site also provides links to additional resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|International Center for Scientific Research] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The ICSR is the world’s first science portal. The site is dedicated to guiding scholars, researchers, and teachers to journals, published research, and other science resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Almanacs, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|The Farmer’s Almanac] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The online version of the Original Farmer’s Almanac has many of the same features as the print version. Teachers can also access a word of the day, puzzle of the day, question of the day, and other daily activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Astronomical Almanac] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This interactive almanac from SkyAndTelescope.com provides astronomical data that can be customized by location. Data is available for any date between 1600 and 2400 A.D.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Merriam-Webster Online] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – America’s best-selling desk dictionary can be viewed online along with a virtual thesaurus. Other resources on the online version of M-W include a word of the day, word games, spelling bee information, and quizzes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Dictionary.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site features the largest free dictionary on the web. Entries include audio pronunciation and definitions from trusted sources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Encyclopedia.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Encylcopedia.com provides free access to 49 encyclopedias. Other resources include free dictionaries and thesauruses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Children’s Encyclopedia of Women] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This online encyclopedia, which was created by third and fourth grade students, includes a wide range of entries, important dates in women’s history, and research sources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Encyclopedia of Life] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The EOL is an online reference that details each species of organism on Earth. Each entry includes text, images, and links to additional information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Artcylcopedia] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This free encyclopedia doubles as a search tool to help teachers find images of fine art on the Internet.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Bartleby] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Bartleby is a great reference site for teachers. The site’s published materials include encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotation books, and well-known reference guides.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Bibliomania] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The reference section of Bibliomania includes free digital versions of popular encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, and other reference materials.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Virtual Libraries **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Internet Public Library] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The IPL is a free online reference and learning environment. Resources that would be of interest to teachers include books, newspapers, magazines, reference materials, subject collections, and a list of trusted research websites.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Library Spot] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The Library Spot offers a comprehensive reading room, a virtual reference desk, and a directory of online and campus-based libraries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|ERIC] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library featuring education research and information. ERIC is a good place to find information about teaching, learning, and education.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Library of Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The Library of Congress provides more than 10 million online resources for teachers, including an online reference service, lesson plans, activities, encyclopedias, and digital collections.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|CIA Library] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The CIA’s online library includes a digital copy of The World Fact Book, a directory of foreign leaders, maps, historical documents, and many other reference materials that can be used in the classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">New and Current Events **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|NY Times] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Teachers can check on current events and search for news stories dating back to 1851 on The New York Times website.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TIME for Kids] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This weekly classroom news magazine offers online features, lesson plans, quizzes and other powerful teaching tools.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Scholastic News Online] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Scholastic’s daily news source for kids includes information about current events, lessons, games, quizzes, and downloadable materials for teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|CNN Student News] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – CNN offers a student news section that includes news stories, videos, kid-friendly quizzes, and other special resources for teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Teachers TV] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site features more than 2,000 news and education videos made specifically for teachers. Other resources include worksheets and lesson plans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Calculators and Currency Converters **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Calcoolate] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site has an online calculator that is easy to access and use. Calcoolate is also good for distance, temperature, weight, volume, and area conversions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|World Wide Metric] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site offers a number of different conversion calculators to convert length, distance, weight, volume, pressure, and temperature.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Universal Currency Converter] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – XE’s Universal Currency Converter can convert more than 85 world currencies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|PracticalMoneySkills.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Teachers who want to teach their class about personal finance will love the budgeting calculators, savings calculators, loan calculators, and credit card calculators that are available on this site.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Nutrition Toolbox] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The Nutrition Toolbox from Principal Health News includes a nutrition calculator/database with more than 40,000 entries. This online reference is great for teachers who want to teach students how to calculate the nutritional value of different foods.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson Plans **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|The Lesson Plan Library] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This online library from Discover Education offers elementary, middle school, and high school lesson plans for math, history, science, language arts, and other traditional school subjects.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Scholastic] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Scholastic provides a wide range of lesson plans, units, teaching ideas, and tools for teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|LessonPlansPage.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This HotChalk site features nearly 4,000 lesson plans for Pre-K through the 12th grade.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|EdHelper.com] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – EdHelper is dedicated to assembling resources for teachers. The site provides lesson plans in addition to puzzles, word searches, mazes, and other games.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Teachnology] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – With more than 25,000 free lesson plans and 7,000 printable worksheets, Teachnology is one of the largest and most comprehensive online reference sites for teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">20 Great Websites for Teachers **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Schmoop] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Schmoop is a great new site that is becoming very popular among teachers. The beta site dedicates itself to making reading and writing more fun for both students and teachers.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|ClassMarker] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Teachers can create professional looking online quizzes on this website. The quizzes can be taken and graded online.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|LectureTools.org] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- This site can be used to create student-friendly slide presentations and lectures. Other interesting features include the ability to check class attendance and encourage electronic questions during a lecture.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|SlideShare] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Many teachers use SlideShare to upload and share presentations online. SlideShare can also be used to create private webinars.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Eduslide] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This open source package can be used to deliver online courses in your school. Courses can be made public or kept private.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Google Apps Education Edition] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The Education Edition of Google Apps is a free suite of products specifically designed for schools and universities who want to improve communication and collaboration. The suite includes free email, messaging, calendars, shared documents, and more.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Engrade] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Engrade is a suite of web-based tools that can be used to manage your classroom online. More than 50,000 teachers use this free suite to communicate with students and parents.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Remember The Milk] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This free web app wasn’t specifically designed for teachers, but it is definitely one of the best ways to manage tasks online.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Go2Web20.net] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site is a well-organized directory of free web apps and other web 2.0 tools.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|The Clever Sheep] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This teacher podcast focuses on sharing web 2.0 technologies and e-learning tools. New podcasts are posted each week. Most last less than ten minutes from beginning to end.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TILT] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – TILT (Teachers Improving Learning with Technology) is a vidcast that broadcasts technology tips for teachers from other teachers.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TeacherTube] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Known as YouTube for Teachers, TeacherTube is a wonderful place to share instructional videos with others educators.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TeAchnology] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This online teacher resource offers access to thousands of free lesson plans, printable worksheets, classroom games, downloads, and teaching tips.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|The Educator’s Reference Desk] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – An excellent reference site for teachers, The Educator’s Reference Desk offers lesson plans, links to more than 3,000 education resources, and answers to hundreds of frequently asked questions.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|NCATE] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is a great place for teachers to learn more about online events, teacher certification, and campus-based education programs.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Edublogs] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This blog host makes it easy for teachers and students to begin a blog. Edublogs come with a generous amount of free upload space and many other nifty features.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Wetpaint] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Nearly 2,000 educators use Wetpaint to create free educational wikis that can be used in the classroom.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Teacher Lingo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Teacher Lingo is an online community for teachers who want to connect through blogs and forums. The site also offers a place to share lesson plans and thoughts on education.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TeachStreet] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This social networking site is designed to bring students and teachers together. Teachers can post a profile, connect with other teachers, and recruit students for classes.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|PBS Teachers] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – PBS offers a lot of useful resources for teachers. One of the best is their subject-specific activity packs, which link to helpful resources and supplemental activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">25 Free Apps And Websites For Tech-Loving Teachers **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|VerbaLearn] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – VerbaLearn is a comprehensive vocabulary building site that uses audio, video, flashcards, and games. It is a great place for teachers to help students improve English vocabulary at home or school.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Writewith] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This free web app makes writing online a snap. Writewith allows you to upload documents, assign tasks, chat, collaborate, and track everyone’s changes and progress.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Chalksite] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Chalksite is a quick and easy way to expand your classroom onto the web. This innovative site allows teachers to assign homework, grades, messages, and more.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Phonevite] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Phonevite is a free online voice broadcasting system that can be used to send alerts, reminders, follow-ups, and cancellations to parents, students, and other teachers. The system works by sending your recorded message to your social media sites and pre-inserted phone numbers.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Edmodo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Edmodo is a micro blogging site like Twitter but it is specifically designed for students and teachers. It can be used to send reminders, assignments, notes, files, and more.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Oovoo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This free online video chat allows you to talk to up to six people at once. Oovoo is a perfect for teachers who want to conduct online conferences with parents or chat with colleagues.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Classroom 2.0] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Classroom 2.0 is an online social network created for teachers. It is an excellent platform to discuss technology, find events, and collaborate with colleagues.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Education World] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Teachers looking for tools and templates to increase productivity in the classroom will enjoy Education World. This site has great features like assessment tools, awards, bulletin boards, calendars, and more.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Empressr] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Empressr is a media presentation tool that can be used to create classroom presentations with text, images, audio, and video.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TeachAde] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This free social networking site was specifically designed for educators who want to collaborate on projects and share lesson plans. TeachAde also features informational blogs and other tools teachers will enjoy.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Moodle] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This popular software package allows teachers to create free educational courses and websites. Moodle is a good place to teach an online course or create websites for students to study.
 * 12) [|Bubbl.us]<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Bubbl.us is a free web app that streamlines the brainstorming process. It can be used to create colorful mind maps, organize thoughts, and share ideas with the classroom.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Evernote] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Evernote lets you capture all your thoughts, lists, notes, assignments, and more across a variety of devices.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|TeachStrong] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – TeachStrong is an online learning community for educators with information, tips, and tools relating to digital technologies.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|FlashcardExchange] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Any teacher that uses flashcards will love this high-tech alternative. FlashcardExchange can be used to make, study, and share flashcards online.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Mikogo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Mikogo is a free screen-sharing program that allows teachers to have online meetings, conferences, or give students online support.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Bookgoo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Bookgoo makes it easy to upload homework and reports and then highlight and annotate them online.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Diigo] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Ever wish you could highlight and add sticky notes to the web? Diigo lets you do that. This handy web app also allows you to share your finding with others.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|MyStickies] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – A better alternative to traditional bookmarking, MyStickies allows you to add digital sticky notes to web pages. Stickies can be sorted searched, edited, and browsed from any computer.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Academhack] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Academhack is an online blog loaded with tips and tricks for introducing new technology into academics.
 * 21) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Notely] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Although Notely was created for students, this web app can also serve as an online time management tool for teachers who need to get organized. Notely offers a calendar, to-do lists, a homework organizer, course manager, and a note taker.
 * 22) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Web-chops] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Web-chops makes it extremely easy to collect, organize, and share web content. Teachers can use it to display reports or present information to a class.
 * 23) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Teaching Today] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – This site is created for teachers wishing to learn innovative new techniques for teaching. Teaching Today offers articles, lesson, tools, and an online community of colleagues for questions.
 * 24) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|4Teachers] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – 4Teachers is a good website for teachers who want to integrate technology into the classroom. The site offers tips and resources to find web lessons, quizzes, and classroom calendars.
 * 25) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: blue; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">[|Keep and Share] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> – Keep and Share is a free and secure way to share files with your students. Things that can be shared include files, to-do lists, calendars, documents, bookmarks, and photos.