Pixabay

Pixabay is a public domain that hosts free images.  Once you search for an image that you need, you download the images that are below the row of shutterbox images; these are free. 
 http://pixabay.com/en/

ThumbScribes

ThumbScribes is a community for creating collaborative pieces of writing.  You can create privately, invite friends or leave it open for anyone to join. Contributions can be submitted through IM or Twitter as well.

https://www.thumbscribes.com/login.php?l=signup

Prelinger Archives

Several years ago I attended a workshop that was focused on Differentiated Instruction. Several weeks ago my night school instructor reminded me of the same website that I was introduced to from this workshop.  Prelinger Archive is an open directory of videos (including historical), music and other media.
http://archive.org/details/prelinger

For Educators:
Students can create Mash ups of the media from this site.

Garfield Comics

Online comic strips featuring Garfield. http://www.garfield.com/

This link is where you can create your own Garfield comic strip http://www.garfield.com/fungames/comiccreator.html

Art Appreciation for Kids.....Garden of Praise

This site is called Garden of Praise and it has a section that offers art appreciation lessons for kids on famous paintings and learn about the artists as well.  This site offers biographies, worksheets, prints, puzzles, printables as well as  links for further research on a particular artist and links to art lessons.  The prints on this site are public domain. Not bad for Smartboard use.
This site has a game called "Who is the Artist"?
http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm

Storynory.......Free audio books

Storynory is a free audio stories for kids. There are educational stories.  Stories are read by professional actors.  Original stories, fairytales, and classics are available.  http://storynory.com/   

Masher Video Creation

Masher is an online tool that lets you create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos.  FREE!      http://www.masher.com/

HOWTOONS and INSTRUCTABLES......Comics

These are instructional manuals.  These manuals encourage creative problem solving skills.
I thought this site would give many great ideas.

Their mission at Howtoons is "to provide engaging content that teaches kids how to build things, combining instructions with storytelling. Howtoons has a foundation of science and engineering education, inspiring creativity through art and imagination." 


This site offers PDF for downloading comics and the site features a content search.
 http://www.howtoons.com/

The following link will connect you to Instructables from Howtoons.  http://www.instructables.com/group/howtoons/ You can also share what you make with the world.

Curriki

http://www.curriki.org/  Curriki is a free site where teachers can share lessons and resources with everyone;  It is from K-12 open learning resources. The resources can be browsed by subjects.

Zondle

Zondle is a free website where students use games to support learning. Teachers can choose or create a topic that children can play......teacher-controlled restricted view for students.

What is Zondle?

A youtube video on how to get started with Zondle:

Board Games Generator

Online tool to create board games.............Great to use for class projects.


http://www.toolsforeducators.com/boardgames/

http://boardgames.lovetoknow.com/Board_Game_Templates

VoiceThread

VoiceThread is an online version of the program Photostory.  An online tool that is a multimedia slideshow where one can use voice to add comments add audio files or video. Group conversations are collected and shared in one place.
Youtube video that demonstrates what Voicethread is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2nb7FO7p8
There is voicethread for K-12.
VoiceThread:  https://voicethread.com/products/k12/

Science for kids

A lot to do on this site:  experiments, free games, science fair projects, fun quizzes, interesting facts, amazing videos, worksheets and more!  For grades k-9


 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/technology.html

Image After.........Free Stock Images

Image After: 

Free stock images that students can use to create multimedia projects.

 http://www.imageafter.com/

More Free Stock Photos

Free stock photo search engine:  http://www.veezzle.com/  

and http://www.picsearch.com/

Free Stock Photos

Free stock photo and clip art sites:
http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php

http://www.school-clip-art.com/

Art--Louvre--Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the "Louvre" art gallery.

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Modern Art

Destination Modern Art is a  site that explores modern art a website fore children ages 5-8.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/#

The Environment

Game on Green Challenges
http://pbskids.org/fetch/games/green/


Young Voices for the Planet is a film series featuring young people who are making a difference! They are shrinking the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.
http://www.youngvoicesonclimatechange.com/

Zero footprint youth calculator

http://calc.zerofootprint.net/youth/ 

Common Craft........Tutorial Videos

Are a series of videos on youtube that explain “how to” in simple English. This youtube link list a series of short videos on understanding things such as twitter, blogger, etc……

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=common+craft+&oq=common+craft+&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.35942.37409.0.38142.6.6.0.0.0.0.93.467.6.6.0...0.0...1ac.aQEbNxX3hKg