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New to the List Websites

Free Rice website devoted to feeding the hungry through vocabulary building. Each word you get right, you get 20 grains of rice. Fun activity.
http://www.freerice.com/

Current Events  News from the World News Network
http://www.currentevents.com/

I-Safe  E-security
http://www.isafe.org/

Letter Generator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

BookGuide   Seen the movie? Now read it!
http://www.lcl.lib.ne.us/depts/bookguide/lists/oscarwinners.htm

Best Information on the Net  O'Keefe University Library link of many great & diverse resources. Every subject, bios, math calculators, maps, English usage, disability resources, student resources, plagiarism, calendars of events etc.
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Online/onlindex.htm

Science News Online
http://www.sciencenews.org/

EXtr@ Really fun webshow site. Episodes of young friends in 3 languages. Always an English lesson.
http://www.channel4learning.net/sites/extra/

EOL  Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.
http://www.eol.org/

Online Graphical Dictionary    nice way to visually represent word associations
http://www.visuwords.com/fullsize.php

Women of Web 2.0
http://www.womenofweb2.com/

BrainPop   educational animated videos on educational topics
http://www.brainpop.com

TeacherTube site for educators to post and use posts of videos for teaching
http://www.TeacherTube.com

VoiceThread  still and video site for commenting on media. Amazing site. Educators should follow the links to signing up as an educator.
http://www.voicethread.com

MotionBox   new site for posting video
http://www.motionbox.com  math example http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/359cdbb1191ebe#1

Blabberize  fun site for making still photos 'talk' be aware some pages can have offensive photos
http://www.blabberize.com

School Resources by Discovery  plethora of great links
http://school.discoveryeducation.com

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators  amazing list of help
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

TED Ideas Worth Spreading Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers
http://www.ted.com/

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/206  Try it with this one on underwater astonishments.