GOOD is a website that only has good news on it. Users can create an account, select topics they would like to read about, and follow people who post things they like. Teachers can suggest this as a place students find articles for current event papers from.
Mindmeister
Mindmeister is an online tool that allows users to brainstorm in an organized fashion. Users can change the color and font, and add pictures or icons.
Wordle
Wordle is a word cloud generator. Users type in multiple words, and the generator creates shapes with the words and changes the colors and fonts.
Adobe Connect
Adobe Connect is an online conferencing platform. Users can conference online and share presentations and information without actually meeting.
Small Demons
Small Demons is an online resources that allows users to search things about their favorite books. You can type any book name in and this website will give you a short description of it, and then links to information about the people in the book, the places mentioned, and much more.
OneNote
OneNote is a note taking website. This website allows users to compile files, videos, links, typed documents, websites, etc. in one place. Users can customize their notes to their liking.
Scribd
Scribd is an online library. Users can share documents, read others' documents, and publish their own documents on this website. There are categories listed at the top to help users focus in on what they are trying to find.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
This website is an online dictionary and thesaurus. Students can use it to check spelling and grammar, and also help them with word choice. There are also English games and quizzes that students could play if there was extra time in class the teacher needed to fill.
Purdue OWL
This resources is the Purdue Online Writing Lab. It has multiple resources that would be beneficial for high school English students to use. There are links to information about writing, grammar, citations, punctuation, and much more!
NCTE
NCTE is the National Council of Teachers of English. The website is a good resource for teachers because it has resources that they can use for any grade level, professional development information, and many other things English teachers need to be informed about.
Teaching English with Technology
This website is devoted to helping English teachers learn how to incorporate technology into their lesson plans. This website has useful resources for K-12 teachers.
Academic Merit
Academic Merit is a website that walks teachers through how to incorporate the common core standards into their language, writing, and reading lesson plans. It is a very easy resource to use and has multiple links to research, news, and resources.
Diigo
Diigo is an online note taking,research, and annotation tool. Students can use this website to collect and store research, upload images, and bookmark pages. It is also available to download on Ipads, Iphones, and other places so the students would always have access to it.
Glossi
Glossi is an online magazine maker. Users can upload pictures, files, and more to create their own magazine. There are also links to other people's magazine that they have created.
Gone Google Story Builder
Gone Google Story Builder is an online tool that brings text to life. Users can type text on the document and add sound and picture to the story board.
FreeBook Sifter
This resources is a website that has over 38000 free ebooks. They break the books down into genre to help users find what they are looking for. Students and teachers can use this resource.
OuiBox
This resource automatically adds citations to your paper as you write. It will cite your paper in either APA, MLA, or Chicago format. As you type, it searches for sources that contain that information, and then notifies you.
Awesome Stories
Awesome Stories is an online tool with multiple resources linked for students or teachers to use. There is a separate section tailored to students and one specifically for teachers too. This is a credible sources for students to find research information.
Shake Sphere
This website is a great resource when teaching or learning Shakespeare. It has a study guide for each play, plot summaries for each play, resources about Shakespeare himself, and much more.
What Should I Read Next?
This website is useful for students. Users can enter in a book title that they have liked in the past and it will bring up titles that the student might like to read next. If you create an account, the website will keep your list of searches and also add the books that you have previously read.
MailDiary
MailDiary is an online blog with a twist. Each day the user logs on and MailDiary will have prompted questions asking new things everyday. This is a great resource for students because they can respond to new prompts and journal about new things each day without the teacher having to prompt them.
Thought Questions
Thought Questions is a website that has multiple thought provoking questions. Teachers can use this website for writing invitations for the students.
Annotary
Annotary is a resource used to share websites and other online tools. Users can save webpages and other online resources, share them, and also annotate them. Users can also collaborate with others on this website.
Lesson Stream
Lesson Stream is an online lesson plan sharing website. The lessons are divided into different ability level, topic, and time. There are also lessons for ELL students.
The Mind is a Metaphor
The Mind is a Metaphor is a website which has a collaboration of multiple different metaphors from all different time periods. You can search on the side by genre, time period, gender of author, and more.