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"This collection provides a list of free educational resources for K-12 students (kindergarten through high school students) and their parents and teachers. It features free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audiobooks, ebooks and textbooks; quality YouTube channels; free foreign language lessons; test prep materials; and free web resources in academic subjects like literature, history, science and computing. This newly-released list is a work in progress. Please tell us if we're missing something good."

"Timelines have become an indispensable part of the learning experience as they enable students to participate more actively in learning and acquire knowledge the easy way. In other words, timelines help students easily understand and memorize events and dates. But how easy it is to create them? Which are the best - and free- tools that you can use? In the following list you will find the TOP 10 FREE Timeline Creation Tools for Teachers that are very effective, free and easy to use. "

"SoftSchools.com provides free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated. "

A great list of free tools to use in your classroom.

"There's no denying the fact that the Internet is a great tool for students to increase their knowledge. However, some search engines can also lead students to less-than-desirable websites or websites without any valid content. Use these 5 Best Free Web Search Tools for Teachers to ensure that your students find relevant and safe results whenever they search the web. "

"A Handful of Free iPad Apps for Creating Videos"

Free educational videos

Resources for free books

"Innovative Online Photo Editor   iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects, add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor!"

TeXT is a free classroom tool for publishing to a wider audience in a secure environment.

BIO Classroom provides free educational materials designed to encourage the use of biography in the classroom and help students explore the lives of those who have made an impact on our world.

Free K-12 educational videos ... organized. Tens of thousands of excellent, educational videos in a huge, intuitive directory. Organized, reviewed, rated, and described by teachers. Ideal as a supplement to a curriculum or for independent study. Designed for teachers, students, parents, homeschoolers, educators ... and all life-long learners!

Free Travel Blog - Journal Websites with Maps and Diaries - Use this web 2.0 tool in social studies to document immigrant journals, new world exploration etc.

Here is a great article with links to sites that offer free educational videos  This is the 1st time I am using Diigo to share and hope I am doing it successfully.  Kimberly

Arcademic Skill Builders are online educational video games that offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. New features allows teachers to track student progress. Free trial currently available.

Free resources for teaching. I found some useful comprehension and literary analysis pieces of text (folktales) to use with my class.

From the website: "Pora Ora is a FREE 3D world designed to make learning fun, where primary school children are rewarded for completing educational tasks that are linked to the national curriculum. The educational content is embedded in games and quests throughout the world, so children really are learning while playing. "

Improve reading in content-area classes for easily differentiate instruction for any reading. Simple, fast, and free! This is a quick and easy way to create a lesson plan. You copy and paste an article and it will help you create all kinds of lessons based on the words contained in it, in seconds. Amazing! And it's free!

"What it is: 300 free, teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for Basal reading series in grades 3-5. Why it matters: These lessons can be used immediately in the classroom and for professional development Who creates these materials? Hundreds of teachers worked collaboratively to develop these replacement materials, following deep training on the Common Core by Student Achievement Partners. Each lesson has been authored, edited, and reviewed by a team of teachers."

"A wonderful multimedia website where students can download, copyright free, multimedia kits that include pictures, information, and more."