Recommended Links

Teacher-Friendly Social Media

• http://www.pinterest.com/
• www.twitter.com
• www.storify.com (to catalog conversations)

Lesson Plan Ideas

• http://ed.ted.com/
• https://www.teachingchannel.org/
• http://www.classspeaker.com/
• http://learni.st/category/featured

Faith Development

• https://www.bible.com/
• https://mapsengine.google.com/map/?pli=1
• http://www.biblegateway.com/

Common Core

• www.engageny.org
• www.corestandards.org
• www.corestand.org
• http://www.teachingthecore.com/

Literacy

To create stories:

• www.storybird.com
• http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter

Curating Articles:

• https://www.diigo.com/
• http://www.livebinders.com/

Close-Reading Tools:

• http://docsteach.org/
• http://www.bounceapp.com/
• http://evernote.com/skitch/

Virtual Literature Field Trips:

• http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

Social Studies

Stats and Trends Information:

• http://www.gapminder.org/

Map Visualization and Information:

• http://www.statsilk.com/software/statplanet

Map Creator:

• https://mapsengine.google.com/map/?pli=1

Tech Tools

Classroom Response Tools:

• www.socrative.com
• www.polleverywhere.com

Infographic Creators:

• http://www.easel.ly/
• http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
• http://piktochart.com/
• http://visual.ly/

Classroom Backchannels:

• https://todaysmeet.com/
• www.twitter.com

Classroom Social Media:

• https://www.edmodo.com/

Video Tools:

• http://animoto.com/

Game and Story Creators:

• http://arisgames.org/
• http://www.kerpoof.com/

Apps that Complement Google Docs:

• http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/

Fake Text and Social Media:

• http://ifaketext.com/
• http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page

Virtual Walls/Graphic Organizer/Idea Board Creators:

• http://padlet.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://www.instagrok.com/
• http://www.spiderscribe.net/

Voice Over Slides/Other Media:

• http://slidespeech.com/
• http://voicethread.com/
• http://www.educreations.com/ (iPad)

Word Cloud Creators:

• http://www.tagxedo.com/
• www.wordle.net

Timeline Creators:

• http://www.tiki-toki.com/

Video Editing:

• http://www.wevideo.com/
• http://screencast-o-matic.com/

Multi-Media Presentations:

• https://popcorn.webmaker.org/
• http://prezi.com/

Flyer/Poster Creators:

• https://www.smore.com/app

Note-taking:

• http://www.videonot.es/
• www.evernote.com

Website Creation:

• http://www.weebly.com
• http://www.wikispaces.com/
• https://drive.google.com

Blogs:

• www.blogger.com
• www.wordpress.com

Discount Books:

• www.betterworldbooks.com