Here are great resources for Language Arts

1.   Creative Quotations

2.   ThinkFree- Online Office software with 1Gb storage and it's free!

3.   One Word - simple. you'll see one word at the top of the following page. you have sixty seconds to write about it. as soon as you click 'go' the page will load with the cursor in place.don't think. just write.

4.   Visuwords- is a free online visual thesaurus

5.   Lightning Bug - A guide (from Australia) on finding a story idea, developing the story, and finishing the story. Many writing-related links are included in these 3 categories.

6.   ReadWriteThink - Interactive tools that are easily used in the classroom for a variety of LA topics. Here is their index of Student Materials.

Digital Storytelling

Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories
Bernajean Porter's digital story telling site has lots
of projects including tips and rubrics for all
types of digital storytelling projects.

Here are great resources for Math

1.   The list of math applets from the Math Forum.org site

2.   Geogebra - Algebra and Geometry dynamic free software. Great for visualizing concepts.

3.   calculus demonstrations for geometer's sketchpad - http://www.calculusinmotion.com/

4.   Winplot - free graphing software, the .exe can be placed on a shared drive and run without any installation whatsoever! 
 

More resources that math teachers are using: 
The list of sites below are those which can be used in conjunction with the whiteboard in Math Class. 

http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/browse_by.jsp 

Her are some on-line interactive math resources. 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html 

The above link is great for high school math manipulatives and reinforcing high school math skills. 

http://www.inspiration.com/resources/ 
The above link is for great ideas to use Inspiration in the classroom with the Smart Board. 

http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+Activities/Notebook+Activities/Browse+Notebook/United+States/
The above link is for high school lessons ideas in all curriculum areas. You can sort by level and subject.

Here are great resources for Social Studies

http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+Activities/Notebook+Activities/Browse+Notebook/United+States/

The above link is for high school lessons ideas in all curriculum areas. You can sort by level and subject.

Here are great resources for Science

General Science or Mixed Content Areas

Learning Science

Created by one of our coaches (George Mehler, Central Bucks) and his colleagues, this website includes a host of science tools which have been vetted by Science teachers. Tools are organized by grade and standard. Each tool is categorized by the type of tool it is (e.g. Web Interactive Lesson or Web Visual Lesson).

Laboratory Safety

Here's a great tutorial and interactive quiz on laboratory safety. When the student successfully passes the quiz they receive a certificate to show their teacher.

Exploratorium

For the educator: a wealth of activities, research, professional development. In addition, there are exhibit-related multimedia presentations

Biology/Life Sciences

Cell Biology Animation
Select a cell biology topic to see the cell structure animated. In some cases, a series of topics are linked together. Key points of the structure are clickable to get more detail.

Biological Animations
Short animations of biological processes from the Biology Dept. at St. Olaf's College

Interactive Science Courseware
From the Virtual Courseware Project
Interactive, online life science simulations which include online assessment
 

Earth Sciences

Interactive Science Courseware
From the Virtual Courseware Project
Interactive, online simulations of earth science field studies, including online assessments

Physics

http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home Phun is a free game like 2D physics sandbox where you can play with physics like never before

Phet Interactive Physics Simulations
Interactive, research-based physics simulations from the Physics Education Project at University of Colorado

Brain Bites from NASA
They call this site "munchies for your mind". It is filled with short high-action videos answering questions about space and linking everyday activities to space.

NASA Educator Resource Center
Loads of NASA resources organized by the University of Pittsburgh

NASA's Digital Learning Network
Learners have the opportunity to interact directly with NASA scientists

Where Science Happens
Educator resources from Carnegie Science Center. At first glance, this appears to be a site strictly tied to field trips at the science center. However, the High School educator guides are filled with science activities.

Here are great resources for Research

Here are some research links

• Nettrekker
• What Works Clearing House
• Best Evidence in Education

Here are some resource links for getting your World Language class connected:

• Wikispaces - Create a collaborative learning environment for your courses. Collaborate with classes in your target culture.
• Google Earth - Virtually TAKE your students to the cultures that speak their language, view photos, and much more.
• Googe Page Creator - Create your own webpage. It's fast and very easy with Google!
• Epals - Find classrooms around the world with which to have email exchanges.
• Skype - Peer to peer communication via text, voice or video. Great for quick videoconferences.
• Elluminate - Set up a virtual space to do videoconferences with a few people or a whole class.
• iTunes - Find music and podcasts to use in class.
• Quia - Create and share activities, games, quizzes, and more.
• Filmarobics - Target language films & lesson plans. Great for teaching culture.

Poll and Surveys

Survey Monkey ( http://www.surveymonkey.com ) *By far the most recommended 
Survey Gizmo ( http://www.surveygizmo.com ) 
ZoHo Polls (http://polls.zoho.com ) 
Polldaddy ( http://www.polldaddy.com ). Make polls embeddable on your website. 
Profiler PRO ( http://www.profilerpro.com ) was recommended but required those taking a poll to create an account.