AASL Best Websites of 2015

I returned from my summer institute all pumped up and ready to jump right back onto the librarian bandwagon!  Those three days got me very excited about the sorts of activities and resources I can use with students in the future.  I checked out the AASL Best Websites of 2015 list and was pleasantly surprised to see that I am already familiar with quite of a few of them!  Yay!  That means that I'm actually paying attention in my LIBS classes!  
But seriously, here are three websites that I thought looked especially interesting and short description of each.

1)  Storyboard That 
Calling all English teachers, this is THE website for you!  I immediately loved the setup to the Storyboard That website, and I found it to be intuitive to use.  Students can use the website to pick among 6 different layout choices:  classic, T-chart, grids, Frayer models, Spider maps, and timelines.  With a free account, you can make up to two storyboards per week.  There is no software to download and students can save their projects on their accounts.  As the website says, students will really be able to "bring a book to life!".

2)   Google Classroom
What I love about Google classroom is how it is already so familiar to the students.  Some of the teachers at my school already use Google classroom and the students are very impressed with how easy it is to use.  They create documents in the Google docs and upload them for the class (and teacher) to see.  Another great feature of Goggle docs is the collaboration that is available with groups of students.  Multiple students can be working on the same document at the same time!  Assignments can be organized into folders, which makes it easy to keep track of students' work.

3) FlipQuiz
This website allows students to create their own game show-style boards for review.  What I love about this website is that it displays the game shows on the screen instead of the students having to create paper-and-pencil style games (like the old paper version of Jeopardy, taped to the front board of the classroom).  This website offers a much easier and faster way to create review games for students, and the students can make their own (instead of the teacher creating the review game).  It's a great opportunity for students to take responsibility for their own learning!