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Download free music under Creative Commons and other licenses. With the demise of Wisconsin Media Lab, we may need to start looking for other sources beyond Soundzabound.

Free educational simulations covering a diverse topics designed by the University of Colorado available in various languages.

If you are considering teaching an online course and using some or all Open Educational Resources, you need to consider the points in this article.

Creative Commons offers many organizations' definitions of Open Educational Resources as well as links to explore these organizations.

An interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate. Students decide on their goal, they show 3 reasons to support it, and three facts or examples to prove it. They can go back and forth on the screens. The finished map can be saved, e-mailed, or printed. Grades 2-12. Flash Required

Simple, positive classroom management, and parent engagement. Loved by over 35 million teachers, parents, and students. As a "special" teacher and seeing all the students in the building this was a great way for me to monitor kids behavior and they love it! I can't award individual students when I have 450 students so we set goals as a class and when they reach it they are rewarded.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch come with assistive features that have changed the learning landscape for students with special needs. These innovative technologies allow every student to experience the fun and function of iOS. For some students, typing can be a challenge.

Synergyse Google Apps Training is an interactive training system for Google Apps. It provides guided instruction inside Google Apps. *Free Trial Available*

Take your students on virtual explorations of museums, archives, and art collections from all over the world. Very interesting perspectives, resources, and relics available here!

Here is a new critique of the Khan Academy, read about the hype and reality of the academy, and read a post from the founder of the Khan Academy, Sal Khan. I guess there are always two sides to the coin. I'll have to test it out myself to decide my opinion.

I knew we were using this for our math students because I put a link to Khan Academy on my library libguide, but I didn't realize it covered so many subjects. Here's an inspiring video about our ability to learn. Everyone can!

My 4th and 5th graders last year were really into the Percy Jackson series. There are lots of lesson plans and ideas here that could be used to build on that interest and connect with multiple subject areas while doing so.

This is a unit that I could either teach collaboratively with the regular classroom teachers or use it to reinforce what the students are learning in reading and math

This is a unit that I could either teach collaboratively with the regular classroom teachers or use it to reinforce what the students are learning in reading and math