Thousands of free audiobooks in the public domain. Readers can download also download text versions of the books onto readers. Many different genres and age levels available.
This is a great resource! I have an interactive whiteboard and the students love listening/viewing the online stories. I think it also shows a positive message from famous actors that reading is important. Thanks for sharing!
This web site features actors from TV and film reading popular picture books, including Stellaluna and Rainbow Fish. It can be a listening center for your students, especially if you have an interactive board.
Storyline is a free online streaming video program that features actors reading various books. Each book includes activities and lessons. This website is sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild foundation
This website is provided through the Screen Actors Guild foundation. Stories are read by actors. There are about 25 stories geared more for younger children. They provide options to comment on the stories or buy the books.
Turn any book or document into a digital classroom.
Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes-opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills.
A free grade book with sitting chart for teachers. I know must of us have our own system at school but this could be a back up or resource for posting when the system is down, or just for your records
Free literary and reference materials. Over 30,000 titles available. It was mentioned in "Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom" (Shelly, Gunter, Gunter 2010), but I thought it was important enough to make another note of.
Over 170,000 videos available since the 1980s that have aired on C-SPAN. They are also share=able and free. What a great resource for middle and upper grade found through the FDOE website
A free website to teach children to read. Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Contains exciting interactive books and phonics games.
This is another website that is part accessible for free, but there is a pay option to take advantage of the rest ($ per year). Scholastic offers lesson plans, worksheets, mini books, a whole section of "computer lab favorites" with learning activities students can do on the computer in 30 minutes or less, videos, a class homepage builder, and more. Building a whole unit (any subject) is made easy with the resources available on this site. There is even a special section for new teachers!
Each ZIP file contains all seven PDF titles in the grade-level series Students who don't read much over the summer show a decline in reading performance from the end of one grade to the start of the next.