You'll be able to create a "Newspaper Clipping."  You type the newspaper name, date, title of the story, and then you write the article.  You can then download it and print it off. 

Students are able to create a dialogue between two people.  This site is completely free, but it requires a log in and password.  It would be best to set them up and let students work in pairs.

This site is great for classroom use while in the computer lab.  Provide the link for the students and let them vote.  You can even let them use it at home.  Students can only vote one time for the chart questions and as many times as they want for text answers.  You can also submit answers with smartphones (iPhone, Blackberry, etc) and text messaging.

Example Question

This is an awesome site!  There are tons of options with this site.  Below are a couple of examples.  You can also print them in full page mode with NO advertisements.  Really cool.

This is eactly what you'd think it would be.  This is great to project up on the screen for the students to see.  It also has an alarm that will ring when the timer gets to zero. 

Hands down, this is one of the best sites on the Internet for student use.  As the teacher, you can assign quizzes for students to take at home, or create your own.  Students have individual log ins with passwords.  There are thousands of teacher made quizzes available as well as thousands of computer generated ones.  You have the option of downloading the grades into Excel.  You also can see how long each students spent on a specific quiz.  Here are just a few topics that you can use to create a quiz.

You get to pick the characters and then control the dialogue.  You can then print them or email them.  You can chose from two, three or four panels.  About fifteen different characters to use and different emotions for each one as well.  I apologize for the strip below.  I realize that it isn't funny, but the demonstration serves its purpose.

This site is a virtual surgery site.  You have the option of knee or hip replacement surgery.  This is great for following directions.  You can have the students do them individually or demonstrate it with a projector.

This is great story cite.  Pick the book and a "wonderful" celebrity will read it to the class.  Close captioning is available.  There are pre-activities for the class as well as teacher lesson plans and follow-up books.

Do you have a student who is very "special" and needs his own award at the end of the year?  you can create it here.  You can also create newsletters out of templates that are available.