A great post from MakeUseOf.com lets you explore the digital collections of some of the world's premier museums. Everything from the Louvre to the Library of Congress is available online for your own perusal. So take this opportunity to broaden the cultural horizons of your students with a virtual field trip into some of the world's best historical archives. There is something for everyone here if you look.

Instructify and other blogs have posted some useful climate change resources. The United States Global Research Project has a good toolkit for teachers to help educate students about the issue of climate change around the world. There are videos and interactive displays that will be great for integrating into any kind of Science or Social Studies project on this topic.

Zoho discussions were recommended today by Larry Ferlazzo. The free account offers two free, self-regulated forums, or discussion areas, that could be integrated with classroom topics without too much difficulty. The video on the front page explains more. Also from Larry is Stupeflix. Odd name, but interesting concept. It hails itself as a web service that turns your pictures, videos and text into a slideshow. It is a bit like Animoto but with text ability, only not quite as visually impressive. Again there is a video intro on the front page.

Finally, an avatar creator based on the Mii characters is available at My Avatar Editor. This great student friendly site came via Tammy Worcester.