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Wikisource is an online library of free content publications collected and maintained by the community. They have over 120,000 texts. Would be great to print using the Kesi Virtual Printer
Can be used for students in K-2. Great free reading and writing site.
Story Online - is an on-line streaming video program featuing The Screen Actors Guild Foundation members reading children's books aloud...each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas
Planet eBook - middle school and up - novels and books for for free download
7 books created using the principles of UDL to engage all learners...good for learners 10 and up
Several novels for grade 9 and 10....includes different websites for the novels and short stories that Mr. Lettiere's class will be reading
Welcome to the Tar Heel Reader, a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces (i.e. switches, alternative keyboards, touch screens, and dedicated AAC devices). The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format.
You may write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or pictures you upload.
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
A variety of links...Reading Units (excellent resource - has many novels with chapter questions...these can all be printed using the Kesi Virtual Printer), S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides (Each novel has links to many related websites), SparkNotes Study Guides) etc. This is a great website to find literature related activities, lessons, extended lessons etc.
Ancient Egypt great UDL website
WikiSummaries provides free book summaries that anyone can contribute to. Presently there are 296 summaries. The community is open to everyone. The goal of 'WikiSummaries and its contributers is to bring knowledge to the world, for free. They welcome new contributors...check out the website and browse for free or feel free to contribute.
This page has numerous free software titles that are available to teachers and parents. Only software that is free is listed. There are Math, English, Using Computers, The Arts, Science and Other Areas software that is available free for download.
Type in a topic of interest or a topic that your students are studying and information related to the topic appears in subtopics. This one is a great udl tool…it accommodates the needs of some, most, all learners…move the slider at the bottom left and it will increase the amount of topics available…move it to the right and it decreases the amount of topics available….it has a notepad on the right hand side and you can drag the information right onto the clipboard…paste it into word and then print it to the virtual printer… if you double click on a bullet you will get a line from one topic area to another…this happens to topics that are related to one another… don’t ask me what the colors represent as the website is in German…it is a wonderful tool
Great list of E-text sources...great list from the Assistive Technology Training Online site.
Do technology tools make a difference? FDLRS provides a list of effective technology in the areas of UDL, AT, Simple Tech, reading, writing, math, science and creativty..
Great free resources for early learners. The resources are very interactive and cover the following curriculum areas: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math. It was developed by LearnNowBC.
Really large source of online books. Fried Beef says, "Best Places to Get Free Books – The Ultimate Guide"
26 items | 17 visits
Resources, articles, PDFs, tutorials, books etc
Updated on Dec 03, 10
Created on Dec 31, 08
Category: Schools & Education
URL: