Where to go for online videos, pictures, books, music & more

Project Gutenberg
A collection of over 25,000 FREE online books.

Archive.org
Thousands of public domain moving images (video), audio files, and full text books. Includes gems such as early cartoons, sound recordings of books, and much, much more.

Teachertube
An online community for sharing instructional videos.

Youtube
Check out youtube channels such as popular mechanics and the gadget show for educational videos.

Hulu
Full length hollywood movies, television shows, and more.

ccmixter
"ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want." -from ccMixter

Web 2.0 Tools - dynamic, free, interactive tools online

What is Web 2.0?

• Platforms and tools on the Web that increase communication, collaboration and connection
• Software built around communities
• User-generated content or data creating two-way exchange
  
  Basically - dynamic, two-way interactive websites that are ever-changing.
  

Bloglines
Subscribe to your favorite websites and have the headlines delivered to bloglines. RSS Feeds at their simplest!

Flickr
Share, store, and find photos.

youtube
Believe it or not, youtube is a prime resource for finding documentaries and learning about other cultures.

Blogspot
Create your own blog.

Skype
Free Internet phone and video service

Google Docs
Create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online! Real time collaboration and GTalk.

Senduit
File sharing - easy!

Doodle
Scheduling tool.

Voicethread
An amazing new tool for sharing photos, voice, comments, and video.
Excellent application for online education.

Dumpr
Edit photos with a variety of effects - very cool!

Lesson plans & more

Lesson Plans

• CERF
  Check it out - a subscription database of thousands of dynamic lesson plans and much, much more! See library staff for password.
  
  
• Discovery.com
  
  
• EdSiteMent
  From the National EndowmentS of the Humanities, this site has lesson plans and curriculum ideas to meet your standards.
  
  
• The Educator's Reference Desk
  
  
• Enchanted learning
  Lesson plans, teaching tools, and more.
  
  
• MarcoPolo NY
  Lesson plans designed to match New York State learning standards.
  
  
• Oswego City School District
  You won't believe the education resources on this page! Regents Prep, lessons plans, and so much more.
  
  
• PBS Teacher Source
  Dynamic lesson plans on a variety of subjects.
  
  
• The Web Quest Page
  Exciting and motivational interactive, team-oriented lesson plans which pose an essential question and require higher-level thinking skills.
  

For Interactive or online lessons...be sure to check out :

• WHYVILLE.NET
  A virtual town for children from all over the world who come to learn, create, and have fun together.

• The Global Schoolhouse
  “Clearinghouse of more than 900 online collaborative projects, organized by topic, grade, and project date. Find partners or join projects from around the globe.” Dynamic, free, online lesson plans.
  
  
• The global virtual classroom
  (GVC) project is a collection of free, on-line educational activities and resources.

• Virtual Resource Site for Teaching With Technology Teaching/Learning Activities
  From the University of Maryland University College, this site provides links to virtual field trips and labs, web-enabled conceptual problem solving activities, collaborative learning experiences, and much more.

• Best Practices of Technology: Integration in Michigan
  This is an excellent source for effective, student-directed lessons which use technology as a tool in the classroom. Sponsored by the Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators, the REMC Association of Michigan, and the Great Lakes Educational Network (Glen).Standards: Aligned with Michigan's standards, covers all core content areas.

• eMints National Center
  eMints is a resource base of online, technology driven lessons and activities for Missouri schools, including webquests and themed units. It is a collaborative education program sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri System Office of Academic Affairs. Standards: Aligned with Missouri's standards, covers all core content areas.

• Librarians Information Network for Essential Curriculum
  Baltimore County Public Schools provides links to activities and resources across all curriculums. Standards: Covers all core content areas.

• WebQuest News
  WebQuests, as defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, are "an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."The www.webquest.org page links to numerous exciting and motivational, team-oriented lesson plans which pose essential questions and require higher-level thinking skills.

• Virtual High School
  A leading non-profit organization which offers an extensive course catalog of online classes for high schools.

• Slam-Dunk Digital Lesson Planning for Teachers
  Examples of online lesson plans and how and why to write them. Practical tip: Write a web page in Microsoft Word or other word processing program. You can create active links while not having to upload your page to the server.

• Interactive Technology Environments
  Online lessons which include experiments, manipulatives, and virtual interactive experiences for students.