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"Google Forms is a great tool and I hope to use it more throughout this year. Take a look here for a more detailed introduction and guide to using and creating a Google Form - this was written prior to Google bringing forms into the NEW menu. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. With help from a Googler I have included a link so that you can get your own copy of the form - click on the appropriate link and it should open in your docs home."

"Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers."

"A coalition representing 11 state education agencies is setting out to create open educational resources to support math and English/language arts in K-12 schools."

" featured lessons & teachers"

A guide to standards- aligned electronic learning resources and assessment for teachers, administrator and parents

"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can contribute to universal access to education, equity in education, the delivery of quality learning and teaching, teachers' professional development and more efficient education management, governance and administration. "

Common core slide show from lead 3.0 using web 2.0 tools to support

"The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement*."

"Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. "

"Microsoft offers free tools to help engage students in a variety of subject areas-from moviemaking to collaboration to science and beyond. Teachers can download these tools for free, the majority of which require no special training. "

"Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. Each keystroke, comprehension quiz, peer-to-peer forum discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed and, most importantly, absorbed. "

"Writing Commons aspires to be a community for writers, a creative learning space for students in courses that require college-level writing, a creative, interactive space for teachers to share resources and Glossary Link pedagogy. Our primary goal is to provide the resources and community students need to improve their writing, particularly students enrolled in courses that require college-level writing."

" Interactive Science Simulations Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado."

"With a library of over 2,700 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 240 practice exercises, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. "

Online courses in a variety of subject for high school

"The non-profit empowering educators to deliver and share curricula" Has content created by educator for educators for free.

"Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license."

"WPClipart is an ever-growing collection of artwork for schoolkids and others that is free of copyright concerns as well as safe from inappropriate images. Use in school research and reports is my main focus when creating, or finding and editing -- but there are photos and clips here that work great for commercial uses, book illustrations, office presentations, and some just for fun... "

Elgg is a powerful social networking platform. Elgg enables individuals, groups and institutions to create their own fully-featured social environment.

"Clean, intuitive interface See how our easy-to-use interface has helped teachers and administrators save dozens of hours of time by using Instructure Canvas in their classes and institutions. Because Instructure Canvas is intuitive and uncomplicated, students and teachers require less training to utilize it effectively, and find it far more enjoyable to use. Comprehensive feature set Canvas rolls all the best LMS features into one complete package. What you may think of as extras, we consider to be essentials, so it's all included in the Canvas LMS. These are features like integrated multimedia, ePortfolios, web conferencing and learning outcomes, to name a few. Modern technology Technology moves fast. Instructure Canvas makes sure you move faster. The Canvas Cloud model ensures that you'll have instant access to the best tools available and won't get stuck waiting for your LMS to catch up. "