Free Music Archive

Free Music Archive offers music tracks that are safe to use in podcasts and other productions.  You can search songs or browse by artist and genre.

MorgueFile

MorgueFile is an online collection of royalty free photos.  They do not require attribution, or crediting their site for the photo, but they do provide url’s for the image that I would use to cite the source just to be safe.

Pics4Learning

Pics4Learning.com is an image library specifically made with teachers and students in mind.  The images are free and safe to use and each image is accompanied with a short bibliography for proper citation.  You can also join the community by submitting your own pictures to share.

FreePhotos.com

FreePhotos.com provides royalty free stock photos for online use.  You can download high-resolution images and use  them in a project that is shared online.  Their one requirement is that you link back and give credit to their site whenever you use one of their pictures.

Fuel the Brain

Looking for some educational games?  Fuel the Brain has a great selection of math related interactive online games.  These are excellent for practicing many elementary level math skills!

Free Rice

This website has become well known for some time now but it is one I still love to revisit!  Free Rice is a vocabulary game that instinctively adjusts its difficulty level based on how well you are answering each question.  Don’t forget that by playing the game you are also donating 10 grains of rice with each correct answer.  It offers a great challenge to almost any user and offers a chance to facilitate conversations about social awareness.  Win Win!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

March 2 is the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss.  Seussville is a website full of information about the author and his books.  You can also find videos, educational games and even special pages for parents and teachers.  Have fun remembering one of our culture’s most beloved authors!

Study Island High Score

GCMS 4th grader Seth Breeden made the Study Island state high score table today!  He scored 1050 in the Fishing game for factors and multiples, placing him 3rd on the high score table.  Great job!

Study Island is an ISAT prep website used by students all over Illinois. Visit their websiteto learn more.

Vocab Genii

Vocab Genii is a great vocabulary activity that offers an excellent challenge and allows you to track and share your progress with other people.  Both your overall score (based on the number of words you correctly identified) and your word strength (based on the difficulty of the words) are judged.

I would not recommend this site for anyone needing an extra challenge, and the difficulty level can become pretty significant.

4A Study Island High Scores

A whole slew of students from 4A made the State high score table today.  Gabby Dammkoelher hit 4th place on the Banana Toss game for Heat Energy with a score of 3660.  Andrew Eisenhardt scored 250 on the Penalty Kick game for Heat Energy earning 2nd place.  Josh Astronomo also hit a high score of 220 in Penalty Kick placing him 5th.  Andrew Laughery took 3rd place in Island Hopping for Classifying Animals with a score of 1068.  Great job everyone!

Study Island is an ISAT prep website used by students all over Illinois. Visit their websiteto learn more.