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"This is a listing of 82 sites that legally offer free textbooks and written course material. "There is a separate page with links to free audio and video courses Free Audio & Video Courses Online "To the best of my knowledge all of the websites listed here offer only content that they are legally entitled to transfer to you. If you find a site listed here that you know illegally offers copyrighted material, please contact me through the site with a link to the infringing content. Mr6n8 "To the best of my knowledge every website listed here, and its downloads, are safe. By the rules of this site, no website that has a red or an orange rating at Web of Trust (WOT) is allowed in the listings. I also use LinkExtend, a browser addon that offers the ratings from six other website rating products, to verify the sites here are clean. I have never encountered any issue while visiting these sites. Additionally, I have downloaded something from every site that offers a download and have never encountered an issue. If you should ever encounter malware on any of these sites, please contact me through the site and provide the link to the offending content. Mr6n8" The lists will take some time to go through: 783 sites are included, with minimal descriptions. Variety of subjects. T/H to psmiley in Group diigo in Education This list is not comprehensive and if you know of any other sites please post in the comments below or at our forums. A comprehensive alphabetical listing of free books for reading or listening can be found on these pages:"

"The ease of use and simplicity of design are what really make ClassroomQ stand out. After creating an account, teachers can start a class session with one click. "Students join the session by going to classroomq.com/students, enter their teacher's name and class code. They can then ask for assistance and will be added to the teacher's queue with the push of a button. They can also see how many students are ahead of them at any time."ClassroomQ Assistance Button "Teachers see an ordered list of student requests along with any optional comments that students may have provided. Simply clicking on a student's name removes them from the list." Looks like a cool solution -- but wouldn't working in groups be a help? T/h to Nick LaFave

This is a very comprehensive list, with a few notes on each one to help you decide what RSS feed might suit you.

"A wizard for creating and managing customized Google maps of address lists * addresses come from your own Google spreadsheets * modify your address list and maps are automatically updated; done so daily, or on demand * privately be the only viewer of your maps, or publish them and show them on any website * access the address lists and maps from anywhere * download KML of your maps / export them to Google earth"

scroll down to see a list (thanks Mike M from webheads) a long list of video sites (where to find videos)

"The StoryCorps Great Questions Lists and Great Questions Generator provide you with excellent questions that you can use when interviewing people about their lives or about the lives' of others. The Great Questions Lists is just a list of questions that you can select on your own. The Great Questions Generator will help you select the best questions for the person or people you're planning to interview." Interviews are a great way to give students authentic listening-speaking and note-taking practice. The StoryCorps has created a massive archive of oral histories and this question generator will be a great tool for your students, both to think about what should be in an interview, and how to develop questions.

Jeffery Heil's list of discussions and websites on how to use iPads and smart phones for educational purposes. Join the list for updates.

"We learn most effectively when motivated. This is a list of games your kids will have fun playing ... while also learning important skills and lessons as a by-product!" Spotted this, via Sam Gliksman's blog. Several are social games also. I'm eager to try The Oregon Trail. Now, if only they made a Hypercard app.

The Academic Word List is divided into sublists based on frequency and each list has its own set of digital flashcards.

"Here are few tools which can be used to create tutorials. These screen casting tools are free alternative to some of the higher priced utilities. This list covers both PC and Mac utilities." But it doesn't specifiy which are Mac-only or PC-only, so it takes a little experimenting. I didn't realize there was a free, open source version of Camtasia. A good list, except Jing is apparently going to disappear -- get in now!

Dozens of websites for creating rubrics, viewing samples, and a large section on Common Core state rubrics. As always with lists of lists, you will need to do some digging around to find what you need.

"This list of five things that you may not know about QR codes contains some simple ideas that definitely pack a punch. These tips include strategies for differentiating instruction, distributing materials, and keeping families up to date on classroom activities. If you've tried one of these QR tips or have another to add to the list, the comments section of this post is the perfect place to share!"

"I intend to keep this as a live rolling list that will be updated regularly. I will attempt to publish biweekly, as I research the sites and add to the list. Feel free to share any sites with me too! Hey, let's develop our own community of sharing social networks and the associated reviews!" A blog by Shirley Williams, from Evelyn Izuierda.

A blog describing, very briefly, a large number of tools. Mostly a list, but promises to do more later. Includes both Web and mobile tools, but sorted only roughly into categories.

"Do you Diigo? To be honest, I signed up but never used the online social-bookmarking tool. Fortunately, TESOL's Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) Interest Section has been busy bookmarking some great online resources. Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith shared the Diigo CALL IS Virtual Software List on the TESOL CALL Community: http://www.diigo.com/user/call_is_vsl. This list contains tons of resources on various teaching topics! However, this post focuses only on the teacher-training videos." A nice review and selection by Sandra Rogers for the TESOL Blog.

"8 ways to use Learnist, a Pinterest-like education sit By Lindsey Smith Learnist bears a striking similarity to Pinterest by way of Wikipedia, and the busy knowledge-sharing site is bursting at the seams with content. "Want to know how to write objectively, use Photoshop, or experiment with the "flipped classroom"? Now you can with Learnist boards. Experts create pages or "boards," which serve as informative or instructional layouts where external sources are used to support any given topic. "Education Dive compiled a list of 8 ways that education-focused Learnist boards present trends, tips, and resources to help you learn and eventually share what you know:" This is an informative list that shows how to use a technology in ways that can expand the mind to other applications/format. Good links!

A place to share educational uses of wikis. Good examples: "The educational wikis on this page are listed in alphabetical order. They are awesome and we invite you to add your educational wiki to our list! You may also add the name of your country and a mini flag. Thank you! You may view visitor statistics here."

"This list is not meant to be exhaustive (obviously), or even authoritative (but rather, subjective). This is the 21st century, after all. Months after this post is published 2-3 of these tools could be outdated, and if this turns up in the Google search results of a query in 2018, they may seem downright laughable, but here and now, this is a fairly accurate litmus test of what the kinds of tools the average 21st century teacher can be expected to use and master." The list also includes very specific notations on WHY a teacher should be able to use these tools. Most useful.