“Top+15+Websites”


 * __ Assignment #2 – Top 15 Educational Websites __**


 * 1) **** You tube **


 * [|http://www.youtube.com] **


 * This website allows users to share videos by viewing and/or uploading them. It includes music video clips, movie clips, tv clips and homemade videos as well. This would be a useful teaching tool for teachers in the classroom. For example, there are videos that enlarge or/and exemplify a teaching topic. **


 * Grade Level: Teacher, Middle and High school students. **


 * 2) **** Pennsylvania Department of Education. Standards Aligned System **


 * [|http://www.pdesas.org] **


 * This website provides teachers with information regarding standards, assessments, Curriculum framework and Material Resources used in the state of PA. **
 * This website is useful for teachers so they can obtain teaching information and resources, for example teaching plans and tests on any subject, which has been approved by the Department of Education. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, Administrators. **


 * 3) Skype **


 * [|http://skype.com] **


 * This website is a software application which allows users to make voice calls online for free. **
 * I consider this site a great teaching tool since teachers as well as students can benefit from it by using in and out of the classroom. They can communicate among themselves as well as with others schools from all over the world. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, High school students **


 * 4) **** Sqooltube **


 * [|http://sqooltube.com] **


 * This site provides teachers, parents, and students with educational videos in all subject/ content areas k-12. **
 * This is a very useful teaching and reviewing tool for teachers in the classroom. It can also be used also a great help for parents at home! **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, parents, and students. **


 * 5) **** Spelling **** City **


 * [|http://spellingcity.com] **


 * This website allows students to improve their spelling skills by teaching, practicing and assessing students’ abilities to spell correctly. **
 * I consider this is a very useful tool for students since they can work on their spelling skills and have fun at the same time. They get to play spelling games which make learning more engaging process. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, students, parents. **


 * 6) Hulu **


 * [|http://hulu.com] **


 * This site shows commercial-supported TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, ABC, and other networks. This site is only available to users in the USA. **
 * This website is a useful tool for teachers as well as students since they can have access to different shows/ videos that may be applicable or relevant to a topic worked on in class. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers. **


 * 7) **** Discovery Education **


 * [|http://discoveryeducation.com] **


 * This website provides educators with curricular resources, professional development and assessment resources, as well as at home free resources. **
 * This could be a practical site for teachers since they can get teaching tools, especially digital instructional material, as well as lesson plans right from the web. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, Integrator. **


 * 8) **** Brain Pop **


 * [|http://brainpop.com] **


 * This website contains online resources for Educators which includes free lesson plans, video tutorials, professional development tools and graphic organizers. **
 * I consider this a useful website for teachers from all subject areas so they can use its resources as part of the curriculum Instruction. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers. **


 * 9) **** Glogster **


 * [|http://glogster.com] **


 * This website provides teachers as well as students with tools related to graphics, photos, videos, music, and texts. **
 * This site is useful for teachers who would like students to use the web as a creative and motivating tool in the classroom. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, Middle and High School Students. **


 * 10) ** Google for Educators

[]

This website seems to help educators K-12 innovate their teaching with online resources that both teachers and students can use in and out of the classroom: Online calendar, docs, glogs, create posters, Google earth, etc. This website would be useful for educators who want to use different teaching techniques in the classroom especially to trigger their students’ creativity, motivation, and knowledge of the world.

Grade Level: Teachers, Middle and High School students.

11) Joombla

[]

Joombla is open and free software that keeps track of all the content on your created website. The content can be photos, music, video, and documents. This site would be useful for teachers and students to acquire information as well as create projects and be able to share them.

Grade Level: Teachers, Integrator.

12) ** Pandora **


 * [|http://pandora.com] **


 * Pandora is a personalized internet radio service that allows any person find current as well as old songs and types of music. **
 * This website could be used in the classroom as a tool to have fun during class. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers **


 * 13) Kubbu **


 * [|http://kubbu.com] **


 * Kubbu is an e-learning tool for teachers to create activities for students so they can practice online. **
 * This website would be useful for teachers who would like to get extra resources and/or practice for students before a test. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, Integrators. **


 * 14) Engrade **


 * [|http://engrade.com] **


 * Engrade is a website tool for teachers so they can manage their classes online and provide parents with current information. **
 * This would be a good website for teachers so students and parents can access information about the classes (homework, work done in class, templates, etc) any time, any where. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers, parents. **


 * 15) Kids’ Zone **


 * [] **


 * This website allows teachers and students create five different types of graphs. **
 * This site is useful for teachers whenever they need students to get information organized for better comprehension, analysis, and even drawing conclusions of certain data. **


 * Grade Level: Teachers and Students. **