Free Education Websites

I did look over the 50 or so websites that are free to educators but some of them look like they have a fee if you sign up for the year.

The only sites that were familiar to me were twitter, Pinterest, and Weebly. I have never used these myself, but have heard others who have and liked them.

I had signed in to ClassDojo, though I didn't remember doing so, which makes me think it was for one of my previous classes! The site is really for elementary school students.

I will be teaching middle school science so a few of the sites won't be suitable for me.

However, after looking over the list, I think I might use the following sites:

 Thinglink - definitely makes the lesson eye-catching and interesting. You can add sounds and videos and notes to sections of a photo. I think it would help to keep the students engaged.

Kidblog - reading and writing in content area is being stressed now in the classroom. Instead of using a journal, a blog would be the way to go for many of these students.

Schoology - might use this. The fee is nominal but it looks very useful for creating lessons for students.

Animoto - would love to introduce this to the students for their projects. It's an online video maker.

Remind101- free text messaging for teachers to contact students and parents. Good idea.

LessonPix - you can search for sounds in words. This is good to know that this site exists, especially if I have a student that needs this resource to help them with vocabulary words.

Canva - this is a graphic design tool. Very important for students to learn - for the business world and for the academic world.

Photopeach - this is a site that creates a slideshow of pictures to music. Though I first thought of it as  a personal thing, students might be able to use this in the classroom...

Haiku Deck - again - this is presentation software and an important skill for students to learn.

Read & Write for google would be a good site for students with learning disabilities.

Any of the sites that dealt with quizzes, tests, or exams did not impress me. I thought we were moving away from those types of assessments?