Wikimedia commons provides pictures, sounds, and videos that can be used provided the user follows the commons licensing agreement. This is like creative commons.
Upgrade the typical book report with a digital spin! Integrate reading, writing, and 21st century literacy skills into an interactive and engaging project. Participating teachers will be helping students meet the demands of the Common Core, which include requirements for students to present ideas with "multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes."
"Today's kids connect,
create, and collaborate through media. But who helps them reflect on the
implications of their actions? Who empowers them to make responsible,
respectful, and safe choices about how they use the powerful digital tools at
their command? Our Common Sense Parent Media Education Program and our Digital
Citizenship Curriculum give educators, administrators, and parents the tools and
curricula they need to guide a generation in becoming responsible digital
citizens."
Common sense media has information broken down by grade level. This link takes you to sexting there are resources for educators available on this link.
The National Science Digital L ibrary is the nation's online libdrary for education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It provides free math lessons and activities aligned with the Math Common Core Standards, as well as STEM-related blogs and other free teacher resources and lesson plan ideas. Targeted for K-12 teachers, higher-education professionals, and librarians, NSDL also provides science literay maps and ITunes multimedia files.
Share my lesson has lesson resources for teacher from over 50 content partners. It is free and you can search for content by subject, and grade level. Lots and lots of resources for free.
"Arcademic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multiplayer and single-player games."