Roy the Zebra

These interactive reading games are ideal for developing the reading skills of your pupils.

Bit Strips Comics

A great comic strip maker.

Comic Creator

A great comic strip creation tool from Read Write Think.

School Centre

All about Maths.

Sitehoover Showcase

Some of the useful applications presented at the showcase I attended.

History Inquiry Weebly

Online Resources to Support Historical Inquiry.

Julia's Rainbow Corner

Julia's Rainbow Corner has been bringing fun and games for preschoolers - grandparents to the internet for almost nine years now and we're still growing everyday. We're entertaining thousands of kids a month from every corner of the planet, a fact that shocks, amazes and pleases us immensely. We'll continue to do everything we can to provide a safe, ad-free place for your little ones to explore, learn and play. Thanks for growing with us!

ReadWriteThink

Here at ReadWriteThink, our mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.

Ideas to Inspire

Ideas for interactive and engaging lesson activities in a range of curriculum areas. Contributed by teachers from all around the world.

Google for Educators

A useful site for educators.

Wildlife Fun 4 Kids

This is a site dedicated to the wildlife conservation, geared towards children.

Livebinders

Livebinders is your 3 ring binder for the web

Collect your resources
Organize them neatly and easily
Present them with pride
Best of all, it's free!

Qwiki

Qwiki is a platform that creates interactive, on-the-fly, multimedia presentations of information.

ABCya

Free kids educational computer games and activities.

Study Ladder

Studyladder is a highly effective, logically organised, Mathematics and Literacy program. It has been developed by experienced educators to inspire and motivate learning. It is suitable for Primary and Junior High School students and is very easy to use - students simply login with a username and password to access all the learning materials.

Purple Planet

A donation-supported collection of royalty free music that can be used for any type of film production or web presentation.

A picture based interface encyclopedia for students in primary of for students who have different learning needs. Navigation is easy and the topics cater to younger students. An ideal resource to be used online in classrooms as content is relevant and safe.





Suitable for: Very young children and those with different abilities.

Encyclopedia.com

Encyclopedia.com is an online library and research Web site. Encyclopedia.com puts millions of articles from some of the world’s most authoritative and highly respected publications at a student’s fingertips. It is a free online encyclopedia and features premier titles like The Columbia Encyclopedia, Oxford’s World Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography.



Suitable for: Upper primary and secondary students.

Britannica Online For Kids is an essential online homework helper for children aged 6-14 years. It covers core subjects - Mathematics, English and Science as well as History, Geography, the Arts and many more subject areas. Britannica Online For Kids provides access to curriculum relevant encyclopedia articles, learning activities, games and videos for Years 3 through 10 in Australia and New Zealand.



Suitable for: Lower and upper primary and junior secondary students.

The Childrens' Encyclopedia

The Children's Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originated by Arthur Mee and published by the Educational Book Company, a subsidiary of Amalgamated Press of London.

It was published from 1908 to 1964. Walter M. Jackson's company Grolier acquired the rights to publish it in the U.S. under the name ‘The Book of Knowledge’ (1910). Each search will also generate appropriate images, photographs, drawings, maps and other pertinent illustrations.

Suitable for: Lower and upper primary and junior secondary students.

Fact Monster

The Fact Monster provides students with an Encyclopedia Search that has access to more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. It offers an inviting uncluttered interface and the information is appropriate for most students in primary and secondary schools.

Rudiments of Wisdom

An interesting concept, with the rudimentary topics of an encyclopedia represented in cartoon descriptors. This will appeal to students who enjoy cartoons and require simplified content for research in an amendable format.





Suitable for: Lower and upper primary and junior secondary students

Voicethread

Record a group's ideas about a picture or a slide.

Block poster

Enlarge a picture to poster size.

Storyjumper

Create kids books online and in print.

Toondoo

Tell a story in a comic strip.

Bubbl.us

A brainstorming tool.

VUVOX

VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant sharing service that allows you to mix, create and blend your personal media – video, photos and music into rich personal expressions.

Interactive Timeline

Another site for creating online timelines.

Slide

Another tool for creating slideshows online.

Teaching and Learnning Resource Website

Resources across the learning areas.

Planek Kodu

Planet Kodu is a resource developed by ideasLAB to support users of Kodu Game Lab for PC, a free programming language for children developed by Microsoft.

Scratch

Scratch: a programming language for everyone. Create interactive stories, games, music and art - and share them online.

GO2WEB2.0

Find all Online tools and applications on one page, get a short description, compare, read reviews, see what people are saying about each one on the web, ...

Diigo

Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community.

Fanfiction

World's largest fanfiction archive and forum where fanfic writers and readers around the globe gather to share their passion.

Flickr

Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community.

TED: Ideas worth spreading

Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.

Art Project

Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Timeline Maker

A quick and easy site for younger classes to create a simple timeline.

Old and new toys by Naace Primary Working Group

This is a good site particularly for the younger classes when looking at toys through history.

Teacher Talk

A great blog with links to good activites and information

The Top 5 Alternatives to Starfall

When it comes to interactive literacy websites, does your child need a change? Are your students longing for a little variety during computer center time? Let's face it. Starfall.com is one of the best websites out there, but it's not the only one available. We've scoured the Internet and have compiled the top 5 alternatives to Starfall.com.

Tutpup

About us
Our aim is to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge.
• tutpup.com is owned by Mind Candy, you can contact us by email.
• Our focus is on helping children gain confidence and mastery of basic educational skills.
• We don't aim to replace teachers, schools or parents, but we do think that children can learn while playing fun games against other children from all over the world.
• Tutpup is free for any child to use and children can only participate with their parent or guardian's approval.
• We collect only the minimum amount of information necessary to run the site and strive to exceed the highest standards of privacy and data protection.

Furbles

Furbles is a free flash web application that teaches kids about about sampling, patterns and organizing data into small, organized groups, as well as about different chart types such as pie and bar charts. A fun site!

Wishball

The Wishball series of learning objects encourages thinking about place value. It also provides opportunities for mental addition and subtraction.

Wishball whole numbers

Wishball challenge tens

Wishball challenge hundreds

Ken Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids

A great site for all things poetry. Lots of funny poems, word games and hints on how to write poetry.

My Place

My Place tells the story of one house in South Sydney and the 13 children who have lived in it over 130 years.

TodaysMeet

TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.

Scribble Maps

Scribble Maps is the quick and easy way to rapidly make and share maps!
With Scribble Maps you can:
Draw shapes and Scribble!- Pace Markers and text- Create a Custom Widget- Save as KML/GPX- Send maps to friends
Whether it is planning a vacation, or plotting a hiking trail, Scribble Maps can help you out!