Information is beautiful

This site is great for visual learners.  Lots of graphs and visual tools to explain news items.

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Collaborative storytelling

Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed (soon), watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library.  Also good for creating picture books.

http://storybird.com/

Teach with humor

The Museum of Humor has some lesson plans you might want to check out.

http://www.museumofhumor.com/ForTeacher.htm

dotSub

This is a great site that will add subtitles to videos in different languages.  Translate to English or to a different language.  Give it a try.

http://dotsub.com/