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Image Finding Sites (most are Creative Commons licenses)
Compfight

Flickr: The Library of Congress Photostream - This page has many primary sources and images in the public domain.

Behold - Searchable images with Creative Commons licenses.

Tag Galaxy - Flash based, fun searchable site that combines tags in a visual, friendly way.

PicLits - This is a neat site for letting students create pictures with various types of speech that they can add on.

Dictionary-Type Tools
Onelook - Dictionary with Power! This tool allows users to look up words that begin with or end with certain parts, shows concepts and relationships and has a Reverse Dictionary. Quizlet - Great site for using Flash Cards to study and has different methods for using them. Got Brainy - Great user-submitted definitions of words with images. Very funny stuff!! Vocabahead - Learn vocabulary using this site where users submit videos of various words. Can create word lists and quizzes!

Visual Dictionary Online - Merriam-Webster dictionary useful for looking up concepts. Great diagrams.

Literacy Works - Learning Resources - has //some// text (still in beta form) but has multiple activities for each text; vocab, sequencing, comprehension, etc.

Graphic Organizer Creators
Webspiration - Almost exactly like the paid version of Inspiration; except this one is free!! Can output into Word or Google Docs.

Vocab Grabber - Can copy and paste text into the box and this tool will sort out the relevant vocab words and create an organizer as well.

Bubble.us - Very similar to Inspiration, online and free.

Production Sites
Wall Wisher - Great site for students to add virtual Post-Its to a wall. Great for reader response or vocabulary.

Senteacher - Free special needs teaching resources. You can create flashcards with simple pictures.

Says-It - Fun site that allows students to create various posters and images that they can type on - like church signs and Coke cans!

Glogster - This site makes me want to be a kid again! Students can create virtual posters online and share them with their teacher!

Wordle - Fun website to create "word clouds" from text. Toondoo - Fabulous comic/cartoon creator with MANY options! Comic Creator - Good site for students to create comics - from Read, Write, Think.