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PBS Learning Media – Interactive Activities & Video Resources

PBS Learning Media has over 12,000 digital learning objects, which include video clips, documents, games, images, and activities. Approximately 60 percent of the collection is made up of  purpose-built short pieces of video that have been produced or adapted for use in the classroom.

The free service allows educators to search for any keyword, standard, topic, or grade level and use the content they find in the classroom. The premium service, which adds a fee, allows for greater customization and enhanced features.

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

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28.Jun.11 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Free Nature Sounds

Free Nature Sounds lets you create you own composition of nature sounds, like bird sounds, water, wind.

A great resource to add to your videos or presentations. You can use individual sounds or combine various sounds together, like birds singing, running water, and wind to create a nature scene. You can adjust the sound level for each sound or use some preset combinations to varying the level over time.

Once you’ve finished composing you can download your composition for free and add to your project.

http://naturesoundsfor.me/

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07.Sep.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Teacher Guides

Microsoft have released a series of teacher guides covering a range of web 2.0 topics

Watch videos, and download guides and e-books to inspire your class and to help you make the best use of tools and technology in your lessons. Topics include…

Bing

Learn how you can use the decision engine to find what you need-fast-in a visually dynamic and organized way.

Critical thinking

Applying critical thinking skills through web research will help students improve search skills and evaluate what they find.

Digital storytelling

Creating digital stories ignites a love of learning and is a powerful student-centered learning activity.

Free tools

Engage your students, energize a lesson plan, and save time using free tools you can download today.

Office

Improve collaboration and increase productivity with Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Office Word, and Office OneNote.

Office Web Apps

View, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents from virtually anywhere with an Internet connection.

Windows 7

Make everyday tasks easier, and take less time to complete them. You’ll quickly discover shortcuts to the things you use the most.

Windows Live Movie Maker

Enhance your lessons with movies you make in Windows Live Movie Maker. It’s fun and easy.

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19.Aug.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Project Gutenberg – 32 000 Free eBooks and Audio Books

Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 32,000 free ebooks to read on your PC,  iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

“These books were previously published on paper by bona fide publishers and digitized by us with the help of thousands of volunteers.”

All our ebooks can be easily downloaded: Choose between ePub, Mobipocket, HTML and simple text formats.

No fee or registration is required

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

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21.Jun.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Free Music

If you’re looking for some music to add to your projects, take a look at Jamendo for free music downloads

http://www.jamendo.com/en/

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23.Mar.10 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Free Fonts

Ace Free Fonts have one of the largest archives on the web including free fonts for Windows and Mac! – 20309 fonts for Windows and Mac (yes, twenty thousand three hundred and nine!) with customisable previews and full character maps.

http://www.acefreefonts.com/

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25.Nov.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

Literacy Development

FreeReading is a free,  open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials.

Research-based lessons and materials that  can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy.

FreeReading truly is free. The materials on it are free for you to Review, Download, Print and Teach what’s already here, or Contribute Comments and new Lessons to the FreeReading site.

http://www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

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12.Nov.09 Sites of Interest Comments (0)

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