Students'+Sites

[|THE GOVERNMENT] Federal government information - statistics, agencies, reports, I steer so many students toward this site for information they need for myriad classes.

[|INDIANA] Same type of information for the state of Indiana - agencies, social services help, statistics, reports, county by county data, legislators, etc... Encourage civil involvement and find out anything about Indiana.

[|PREZI] Get off the PowerPoint and into Prezi presentations - already a big hit, this one is fun to use, and virtually guarantees an "A" because of the novelty. When it wears off, we'll look at KeyNote for Mac, but I'll save that for later.

[|BREATHING EARTH] World population, mortality and CO2 emissions - in one of the most compelling formats on the web. Timer keeps track of how many deaths across the world since you've been on the site. Hover over countries to see population growth or decline and listen to the beautiful rain stick sounds.

[|GAPMINDER] Another great visual site, and extremely useful for statistics studies in another blow-your-mind format. Choose your X & Y formats for disease, age, population, labor statistics, etc.. turn students on the thrill of stastistics - really.

[|SPARKNOTES] I know what you're thinking...but get beyond the cramming synopses and look at the readers' forums and genre clouds - it's cool to find teen books reviewed by peers, and highlighted by character descriptions. Teen readers like it.

[|WIKISPACES] Build your project!! Collaborate with your group! Build a website around your own interest! This is a great way to learn website building and take care of a school project at the same time.

[|SHELFARI] Another favorite teen readers' site - synopses, forums, recommendations. Also a great place to study themes, devices, and breakdowns of chapters and characters. Fun to browse.

[|WORDLE] One of my favorites - especially with students - they love to be creative, but I love to use it for teaching - like - name the book, who is this character, etc.. Also great for social events like wedding showers and personal gifts.

[|STUMBLEUPON] Fun, fun, fun! Students like this, but you have to be careful about the advertisements. Sometimes they're risque. Plug in your interests and it takes you to relevant and interesting websites that you'll like.