Source: Harmony Square Harmony Square is a free online game financially supported by The U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with DROG and the University of Cambridge. The game puts the player in the role of community disinformation officer….
Source: Brilliant | Learn to think A lot of the sites I link to have a lot of value at a the free tier. Although Brilliant does have some activities available for free, to get the most out of it you’ll need to subscribe. Also, the site doesn’t have any classroom management or school plans….
Source: Ship – shapeWright.com Here’s a fun little ship generator that builds a spaceship based on the words you feed it. I could see this being used to create graphics for stories. In science, students could figure out what a space ship would have and label those parts on their own ship.
Source: CodeGuppy | Free Coding platform for kids, teens and creative adults Have you done everything you can with Scratch and the Hour of Code website and you want to try something new? Then check out CodeGuppy! CodeGuppy is an entirely free learn to code site designed for kids, but useable for adults. Teachers can…
Source: tixy.land It took me awhile to wrap my head around tixy.land, but the author’s Twitter announcement thread helps. Basically, you have one line of up to 32 characters at the bottom of the screen where you write your code. The math of the examples is above my head, but maybe some math teachers can…
Source: Bongo Cat Have you had rock star dreams? Bongo Cat won’t get you there, but it’s still fun! The site doesn’t do much, it lets you select an instrument and play that instrument. Bongo Cat would be really good for a general music class, simple tools to create music. Or, if you don’t have…
Source: The Reedsy Book Editor: A FREE Online Writing Tool | Reedsy Reedsy is a pretty impressive online book editor. You can use it to write your book and then export it as .epub (for e-readers from Barnes & Noble, Apple devices, and more) or .mobie (Kindle e-readers). The site supports Google accounts, and you…
Source: Hello Kinopio – Kinopio Kinopio is mindmapping software that is free for up to 150 cards. What’s really nice is that with anonymous accounts, all data is stored locally and not transmitted to a server. This is also an issue with shared devices, but if your students have their own device, then they don’t…
Source: Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster lets you select a year, and it will then show you the words that were first used in print from that year. You can also type a word in to the search and see not only the definition, but also the year it was first used….
Source: cyberpumpkin.zone Here’s a fun little website to get you and your students ready for a virtual Halloween. Draw your carving on the left side, and a virtual knife will carve out the pumpkin on the right side. When finished, students can share their creation through the address, here’s mine, or they can take a…