Previous Sites of the Moment
Wordle - A website for making word clouds from text you provide. The more time the word is in your text, the more prominently it is displayed in the cloud. Beware using this with students, since anyone can save anything to the gallery. Skip the gallery and go right to the create your own Wordle.Time for Time Clock - Show the current time with analog and digital (based on your computer's time). Can also be used to teach time as the clock can be set behind or ahead the current time (must have Flash Player installed).
Moving Forward Wiki - contains videos, slideshows, handouts, and other resources for presenters. Some videos may be stored on sites that won't go through school filters (youtube...). So plan ahead and download to your computer (from home).
World Wide Telescope: from Microsoft; a download that works similar to Google Earth, except that it is the universe. Pretty hefty system requirements though.
Themes and Topics over 740 topics with presentations, PowerPoint presentations, and gamesThinkfinity - Free web resources in the arts, economics, humanities, math, language arts, science, social studies, and the Smithsonian. This site was previously known as Marco Polo.
Citation Machine - great for middle school - university students and for teachers to model good copyright behavior by citing their sources
Polar Bear International - Because it was 32° in Lubbock, Tx today (11/15/07).
Rocket Science 101 - build a rocket simulations from NASA
Strategies for Conserving Battery PowerCulture Grams State edition - info, maps and flags about every state
Research Project Calculator - Enter the due date and type of project and receive a schedule of the processes of the project.
Weather Bonk - Enter your zip code to see the current weather in a Google Map. WebCams of locations as close to your zip code as possible are displayed as well.