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"Free books can be found everywhere--if you know where to look. This list shows you 50 places to find free books online. Offerings include free fiction and nonfiction books, free audio books, free reference books and free textbooks. "

"Audio story books are a great means of improving learners reading and listening skills. There are several website resources now offer free audio materials but not all of them are free. To look for quality audio books that are free can take you a lot of time and energy. In this regard and in an attempt to make it easy for educators visiting Educational Technology and Mobile Learning to get a free access to the materials I have been reviewing here about the best websites you can browse for free audio books, I have compiled a list of links in a presentation that you can download and share with your students. I have reviewed all the links included and if you want to read the review just click on any title and you will be directed to the post."

"LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video Directory The LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video Directory offers a selection of over 5000 free educational audio and video titles. Our directory features free audio books, courses, talks, interviews, speeches, and many other great free audio and video resources."

"SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. All the resources available or listed here are free for use in schools, colleges and at home. * The Printables Page has a selection of printable worksheets, handouts and teaching aids most of which can be customised to suit a range of learners. * The Links Page lists websites which have been carefully selected for the quality of their information or because they provide further excellent sources of cost-free learning resources and software. * The Files Page lists free educational software from many sources which has proved useful to teachers and parents of special needs students. * Search Tools are custom Google search engines which make it easier to locate free resources and information from several different SEN related areas."

"SEN Teacher provides cost-free teaching & learning resources for students with special needs and learning disabilities. Many resources here may also be of use to educators of primary and elementary students. All the resources available or listed here are free for use in schools, colleges and at home. * Printables has a selection of printable worksheets, handouts and teaching aids most of which can be customised to suit a range of learners. * Web Links lists websites which have been carefully selected for the quality of their information or because they provide further excellent sources of cost-free learning resources and software. * Downloads lists cost-free educational software from several sources which has proved useful to teachers and parents of special needs students. * Search Tools are custom Google search engines which make it easier to locate free resources, video news and information related to special needs teaching."

"This way you can listen to the audio while you are running, working out at the gym or commuting to work. There are many desktop software and also online tools to convert text to speech (TTS). However it is not easy to find free and good ones. Most free online text to speech conversion tools are severely limited, allowing only few hundred characters or do not give any download option. In our search for free Text To Speech Online Tools, we found five best ones which we are listing here."

"Seven Places to Find Free eBooks Every year schools around the world spend thousands of dollars on textbooks that are often outdated by the end of their first year in the classroom. Ebooks, many of them free, can represent huge savings for schools over purchasing textbooks. Here are seven places that you can find free ebooks. "

Convert scanned images into editable text. Free Online OCR is a free service that allows you to easily convert scanned documents, faxes, screenshots and photos into editable and searchable text, such as DOC, TXT or PDF. The service is completely free and you don't need to register or install anything on your computer. Just select an image file and click Convert. You can immediately download the resulting document.

EncycloMedia.com™ is a free video encyclopedia that covers everything you need to know or want to learn. If your passion is entertainment, fitness, health, history, nature, people, science, spirituality, religion, or travel - free video encyclopedia provides the access you need. And if you'd like to take a break and have a little fun, we have free videos that will make you laugh too."

Instant screen sharing. Instant Aha! Get everybody on the same page, when they're not in the same room, instantly. Review documents and designs. Train staff. Demo products or just show off. join.me is a ridiculously simple screen sharing tool for meetings on the fly. join.me free screen sharing 250 viewers share control multi-monitor chat send files viewer: iPad/iPhone or Android join.me pro all the goodies in free, plus presenter swap pro desktop app personal link & background meeting scheduler meeting lock user management international conference lines try it free for 14 days try join.me pro

Free software for hands-free computer access - use with a webcam and free dwell-click software (built in or use Sensory Software Dwell Clicker)

"The free iAdvocate app from Syracuse University (announced today) may just be the future of learning and helping parents advocate for their children with learning disabilities. If not, it is certainly the future of successful, useful grants to universities. What could be more useful than releasing free apps to help learning? "

"Over 300 Pages Getting Started: iPads for Special Needs book has over 300 pages of information, How to's, etc. Read the Book Online for Free Getting access to the entire book online for FREE. Read Book Online For Free Over 240 Screenshots  Getting Started: iPads for Special Needs book has over 240 screenshots and photos!"

"ere are dozens of free autism social skills teaching resources, most with free pdf downloads.  They are organized by color-coded categories below:  1. Communication/Relationships 2.  Emotions 3. Communication/Relationships/Emotions"

* Create a free website & blog * Easy drag and drop interface * No technical skills required * Dozens of professional designs * Free domain hosting

"Today there are dozens of great Internet web pages that offer hundreds of thousands of free public domain and royalty free images that have been taken by other users on the Internet. Below is a list of some of the best available sites to find these pictures. "

"We are a search engine for free photos. These come from many sources and are license-specific. You can view a photo's license by clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Membership is free, without advertising, and allows you to rate, tag, collect and comment on photos. "

"Free Basic Math Skills Video Lessons A collection of the best free basic math and math skills videos from around the web. Videos are updated daily!"

"Today I am introducing you to a set of awesome tools that allow users to easily select any part of a text and hear it in the voice and accent they want. These tools can be very helpful for language teachers. Students can use them to impprove their pronunciation and develop their reading skills. All these tools are easy to use and above all free of charge. Most of these tools are extensions that you can install on your browser."

"Join Michael Roush, Technology Coordinator for the Region 14 State Support Team, and Tom Kitchen, Curriculum Consultant at the Ross-Pike ESD, to learn about research-based practices to improve literacy in grades 6-12. Michael and Tom will introduce each of the five Practice Guide recommendations for improving adolescent literacy from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), an arm of the U.S. Department of Education. For each recommendation, they will suggest free tools that support it."