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A different idea for single content area teachers to form TBTs? "A recent post by high school physics teacher Casey Rutherford, describes how he used Google+ Hangouts (free video conferencing) to create his own PLC"

"The openWeb Browser is a browser that helps solve that problem by giving the internet a more readable style on your iPhone (and iPhone 5) and iPad. * The default font is OpenDyslexic: a free open-source font designed to be easy to read, especially for dyslexic readers. This font looks great on retina displays. * The colors have slightly less contrast to help prevent glare. * Symbols are bolder, and darker, to help detect sentences and phrases. "

"Graphite, a free service from Common Sense Media, helps teachers find, understand, and share the best digital learning products available."

- A Collection of FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format for K-12 Teachers and Students

Fantastic k-12 free online education conference involving technology

"The Premium version of Read & Write for Google Chrome is Free for Teachers. If you are a teacher, use this form to enter your information, and you will receive a premium license."

slideshare presentation on using FlickrCC to find and use Creative Commons images

Recordiings from the live events are link to on this page. "We are pleased to announce the Learning 2.0 Conference, a worldwide virtual event, August 20 - 24, 2012 (until the 25th in some parts of Asia and the Pacific). This free conference is being held online, in multiple time zones, over the course of five days. It is being held in conjunction with Connected Educator Month, and will include an all-day virtual unconference on Monday (SocialEdCon online!) as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event Wednesday evening (US Time)."

Welcome to OER Commons, a global teaching and learning network of free-to-use resources - from K-12 lesson plans to college courseware - for you to use, tag, rate, and review.

"Instead of mass-produced textbooks, the more than 3,100 sophomores in the state's largest district are learning from an online curriculum developed by their teachers over the summer with free software distributed over the web. "

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen, Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.

"We all know reading is important for a successful future, and we also know kids want to have FUN. TeachersAndFamilies developed TogetheRead's monthly themes to pair reading give you ideas for having fun TOGETHER as you build stronger readers. We've included suggested questions to talk about before, during, and after reading and have given you ideas for free or low-cost family activities for EVERYONE."

Welcome to Explania! Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages.

"Chrome Toolbox is a resource site that highlights free accessibility apps and extensions for Google's Chrome browser."

"PowerUp WHAT WORKS provides free evidence-based resources to elevate your professional learning. We invite you to choose your path and explore our team and research, evidence-based strategies, and tested resources."

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. Watch video »

"ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly. The ReadWorks curriculum is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and the standards of all 50 states. Most importantly, ReadWorks is faithful to the most effective research-proven instructional practices in reading comprehension."

Becoming a member gives you free access to creating stories, comics, illustrations and the ability to publish your own work and make your own special products.