"FunnelBrain is
a collection of academic questions and answers that are created, edited and
organized by its users. To get started, click "Create Flashcards" to add
questions or select "Study Teams" to collaborate with your classmates. Be sure
to check out the free
Degree and Test-Prep Quiz
Page
for GMAT, Accounting, Criminal Justice and other free
quizzes."
"TypingWeb
is a free online typing tutor
& keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb also
offers officially sanctioned typing and 10 Key certification."
this site is a free online listing of grants available for K-12 schools and teachers. Grant Wrangler can be especially helpful as school technology budgets tighten. Grants can be searched by keyword or by deadline. The news bulletins are updated daily and contain direct links to applications that are available online. Teachers and administrators can also subscribe to Grant Wrangler's daily e-mail blast, which lists up-to-date grant opportunities.
many educators are using technology to engage students in project-based learning exercises that build 21st-century skills and motivate students with practical and hands-on-activities. The nonprofit Buck Institute for Education and Boise State University have put together resources to help educators plan, design, and implement such leassons. Guides and planning tools are available, as are a handful of examples of project-based teaching and learning strategies that have been successful in the classroom.
The UK-based nonprofit Peace One Day (POD) is offering a free online curriculum focusijng on conflict resolution and nonviolence for grades 6-12. The curriculum aims to foster discussion among young people about peace and nonviolence in their schools, local communities, and the world at large. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the documentary The Day After Peace. POD will distribute free copies of the film to schools using the curriculum.
"Engage, inform, and educate your students with
TweenTribune and TeenTribune. These sites let students interact with the
news, while fulfilling requirements for language arts, computer skills, and
other classes. Kids love it - and so do their teachers" Teachers can sign up and customize Tween Tribune and TweenTribune for your classroom. Free
"Introducing
Zoho Show 2.0:
The online tool for making powerful presentations.Whether you
are a professional, a teacher, a student, a businessman, a salesman or anyone
looking to put together a cool presentation, you have come to the right place.
Zoho Show's pre-built themes, clipart and shapes coupled with features like
drag-and-drop makes it an easy application to use."
"Skoolaborate is a global initiative uses a blend of technologies including,
blogs, online learning, wiki's and 'virtual worlds' to transform learning. We
aim to use these tools to provide engaging collaborative learning experiences
for students aged between 13 and 18 years of age.
We aim to learn how to use these blended experiences to make learning more
meaningful and engaging. The projects we create will integrate curriculum and
digital technologies into collaborative global actions.
Our virtual learning space is secure and only accessible via invitation.
Students from schools around the world are invited to participate. Initiated and
manage by Westley Field at MLC School Sydney, Skoolaborate now has over 40
schools and organisations from Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore,
Chile, Portugal, Canada, the UK and the USA."
"Alexa is a useful resource for people to discover information about websites.
You can use Alexa to discover how popular a site is, to find new sites, to learn
who owns a site and a lot more. Whether you are a web professional trying to
size up your online competition or you're just trying to find the best website
to buy a new TV"
Wikimedia commons provides pictures, sounds, and videos that can be used provided the user follows the commons licensing agreement. This is like creative commons.