Updated on March 10, 2017
These websites and apps offer free educational software and webware that students and teachers can use for papers, projects, and presentations. Read reviews of our favorites on Awesome Web Tools for Teachers and Students.
Several great math tools for high school students and teachers. Use the Graphing Calculator to graph up to 5 equations, finds intersections, can produce table of values. Use the scientific calculator for trig functions, inverses, logs, permutations and combinations. Use…
Aviary is a set of web-based creative image editing tools that teachers and students can use for classroom projects. They include image markup, effects editor and color editor, among others. There are videos, documentation and forums to help you learn…
Use Historypin to post photos to a Google map. Write a note or story explaining the photo, and select its time period. Explore the map for photos from different places and time periods. Time periods range from 1840 to the…
ToonDoo is a free fast way for students to create comic strips. It’s a creative way for kids to show what they’ve learned using cartoons. You just drag and drop your characters and backgrounds and write what they’ll say. If…
Spice up the content for your presentation, school project, or class website with the tools on Fodey.com. Use the simple Newspaper Clipping Image Generator to create your own news story image – you provide the name of your paper, date, headline…
Pixlr is an image-editing and creation service useful for students and teachers for presentations, projects, and graphic design elements for classroom websites. It comes in three flavors. Pixlr Express is designed forsimple editing and quick touchups – especially useful for…
PhotoFunia is a free online photo special effects tool that students and teachers can use to jazz up a presentation, school project, or classroom website. Upload a photo with a face, pick from more than 500 special effects and watch…
InstaCalc offers an intuitive conversion tool, several rate calculators, a BMI calculator, and a programming calculator. These calculators are similar to mini-spreadsheets. They are user-friendly and do not require that you adhere to a strict calculation syntax to get an…
This free image editing webware lets students redesign photos and pictures they upload, and add a variety of special effects. The free version interfaces with Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Phanfare, Photobucket, Picasa, Smugmug and Yahoo. Students can add text and borders,…
GeoGebra is a free award-winning downloadable software program and apps that combine geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, statistics and calculus. For example, you can use it for geometry to construct objects from points, vectors, segments, lines, and conic sections, and then use…
Audacity is a free downloadable audio editor and recorder, compatible with for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Use it to record live audio, podcasts, convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs, and edit Ogg…
Whyville is a virtual world where kids ages 8-15 can come together to learn and have fun. Students design their avatars and visit different locales to play educational games and learn socially responsible behavior. As Whyville citizens, kids learn a…
Flickr is a free tool that lets students and teachers upload, organize and share their photos online. You have the ability to limit who has access to your images. Free registration via a Yahoo account is required. Flickr is also available…
Google Drive offers an unparalleled set of free web-based, desktop, and mobile apps for students and teachers. The free version provides 15GB of secure storage space, as of this writing. Free registration is required, using a gmail account. Content is…
Google SketchUp is downloadable 3D design software and webware used by teachers and students to create models of anything they can imagine – from toys to buildings to theater sets or cars. SketchUp can also be used for computer-aided design (CAD) or geographic information…