Looked through a slideshow that was put together by David Kapuler that goes through 50 websites in 60 minutes. Very interesting stuff on the slideshow! Everything was broken up into categories so it was a little bit easier to get through and made everything a bit more manageable.
Here are some of the sites that I could really see myself using:
My Story Maker offers a fun and interactive way for students to make their own stories using fun little characters. You get to choose the scenery and everything! It is a great way to take story telling and present it in a new, fun and creative media.
BetterLesson is a site that EVERYONE needs to have in their bookmarks. This site, started by a group of teachers in Boston, is a way for teachers to share different parts of their curriculum with teachers all over the country. This would be a great place to go into and check out the different ways to teach lessons.
CultureCrossing is a site that any teacher like myself who is considering going and teaching for the D.O.D. needs to know about. Everyone forgets how drastically different each part of the world can be to the other, even if it appears that our differences are not that significant. Knowing some of the social cues from each part of the world can be used professionally or can be a fun thing to show your students.
SymbalooEDU is a fantastic site that creates a safe environment for teachers to share links with students. It breaks everything down into little categories so that it is easy to manage everything. I love this idea because this puts any information you might need to share with students on one central website that can be accessed easily.
Shmoop may be the single greatest website that I have come across since looking online for education sources. It not only offers book reviews and summaries for many of the classics, but it also presents the material in a way that would truly be entertaining to those that visit the site. This would be a great thing to use alongside a book to help students understand certain aspects that may be more difficult for them to grasp.