Aesop's Fables
http://www.aesopfables.com/
Collection of over 655 online versions of Aesop's fables.

Alternate Media eXchange Database
AMX Database (http://www.amxdb.net/)
Managed by the High Tech Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges, participation in the AMX Database is based on reciprocity - educational institutions must agree to the "terms of use" before using the system. The AMX database is intended to reduce the workload of colleges and universities producing materials in alternate formats and provide enhanced access to instructional materials in alternate formats for use by students with verified print disabilities. The AMX Database is available to the California Community Colleges and other institutions of higher education within the United States. The database contains information about what type of alternate formats are available and contact information for how to obtain the book.

America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/about/welcome.html
Website by Library of Congress that contains many non-book items such as letters, diaries, records and tapes, films, sheet music, maps, prints, photographs and digital materials. Stories about America's heritage are presented through a variety of subject areas.

Arcademic Skill Builders
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
Arcademic Skill Builders is a nonprofit web site that features online educational games offering a new approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary and thinking skills. The site features game titles such as "Word Invasion", "Verb Viper" and "Grand Prix Multiplcation".

Association of American Publishers
http://www.publisherlookup.org/
This site has been established to help college and university Disability Support Services (DSS) professionals find the appropriate contacts at publishing houses from whom to request electronic formats of textbooks, and/or scanning permissions, to facilitate the DSS office's provision of alternate format instructional materials to students with print disabilities.

Benetech Bookshare.org
www.bookshare.org
Gives print disabled people in the United States legal access to over 35,000 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print or text to speech audio files. Books and periodicals from Bookshare.org contain the full text of the publication (not pre-recorded audio) that can be read with the adaptive technology of the reader's choice. The books on the website are also available in digital Braille that can be read with refreshable Braille devices, or exported to an embosser. There's a $25 sign-up fee and $50 annual subscription fee. Must provide proof of disability to have access to copyrighted digital books. There are some public domain books available to the general public.

Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Over 2000 classic e-books. Site includes study guides (written by Oxford and Cambridge University graduates, and offer in-depth summaries, discussions and commentaries on the texts) and teacher resources for teaching English and English literature.

Biology4kids!
http://www.biology4kids.com/
Basic biology information site. Includes topics on plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, cells, microorganisms, and animal systems.

BookFinder (TM)
http://www.arbookfind.com/
Teachers, students and parents can use this site to find the readability level of a book or search by author or topic to find a book. This online search on the Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader (TM) site can be used by anyone for free.

bubbl.us
http://bubbl.us
Online brainstorming tool allows you to create "mind maps" of the session.

Chem4kids!
http://www.chem4kids.com/
Basic chemistry information. Includes content on matter, atoms, elements, reactions, biochemistry, the periodic table, etc.

College Prep Resources for Students
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/college_prep.html
The University of Washington DO-IT resources assist students with disabilities prepare for and succeed in college. Contains numerous links for topics such as transitioning from high school to college, legal issues, financial aid, accommodations, and many more.

Cosmos4kids!
http://www.cosmos4kids.com/
Basic astronomy information site. Includes content on the solar system, universe, galaxies, stars, and exploration.

E-Books Directory
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
This site provides free downloads for eBooks, technical papers, documents, as well as other user-contributed articles. Content includes such areas as literature, history, children's books, science and humanities.

Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/
Sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, this site provides an in-depth and interactive resource that offers practical, hands-on advice, real-world examples, lively contributions from practitioners, and invaluable tips and tools. It promotes ideal, interactive learning environments and contains continually updated best practices, from classroom tips to recommendations for districtwide change.

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Contains more than 20.000 web pages with activities for teachers and students on a large number of content areas for a variety of grade levels. Includes section on printable books (some are for young readers) in pdf format. Subscription for $20 per year.

Fullbooks.com
http://www.fullbooks.com/
Thousands of e-books with full text.

Geography4kids!
http://www.geography4kids.com/
Earth Science information. Includes topics such as atmosphere, hydrosphere, climates, earth structure, biosphere, biogeochemical cycles, and more.

Gliffy
http://gliffy.com
Draw and share diagrams, flowcharts, org charts, etc. online.

Hathi Trust
http://www.hathitrust.org/
Thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the University of California system established a repository for these universities to archive and share their digitized collections. Almost 4 million volumes (147 terabytes of data) have been digitized and are available for searching at no charge.

Immune Attack
http://fas.org/immuneattack/
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) presents Immune Attack™, an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students. Designed as a supplemental learning tool, Immune Attack aims to excite students about the subject, while also illuminating general principles and detailed concepts of immunology.

The IRIS Center Resource Locator
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html
Find free resources and instructor materials that "translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice." Materials cover a wide variety of evidence-based topics including RTI, behavior, learning strategies and progress monitoring.

Magix
http://www.magix.com/us/free-downloads/trial-versions/all-trial-versions/
Free downloads and trials for photo management, movie editing, making podcasts, and music management.

Munseys
http://www.munseys.com/
More than 23,000 free e-text books available in many formats, including PDF and HTML. New books added to site daily.

Museumpods.com
http://www.museumpods.com/id33.html
Site for many freeware software downloads related to podcasting, blogging, aggregators and RSS feeds.

Numbernut.com
http://www.numbernut.com/
Covers basic math content such as counting, shapes, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. More advanced topics cover fractions, decimals, percentages, money, and ratios.

OKAPI
www.InterventionCentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.php
The OKAPI tool is an internet application that helps you create curriculum-based assessment reading probes or run a readability analysis based on the Spache or Dale-Chall reading formulas. This tool is part of the Intervention Central website, where you can find many other tools for educators.

Physics4kids!
http://www.physics4kids.com/
Basic Physics information. Includes topics such as heat and thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, motion and mechanics, nucliear physics, light and optics, and many more.

PICS4LEARNING
www.Pics4Learning.com
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.

PodcastBlaster
http://www.podcastblaster.com/
$39.95 for manual, podcast software, sounds files and website resource list.

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
First producer of electronic books (e-books). More than 20,000 e-books with many others available through Project Gutenberg partners and affiliates.

Questia
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
Subscription service with access to more than 67,000 online books and 1.5 million scholarly articles. Includes journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles on the humanities and social sciences as well as productivity tools, lesson plans, etc. Valuable resource for research papers.

ReadPrint
www.Readprint.com
This free online library contains thousands of books, including many classics, for students and teachers and is searchable by author.

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
www.rfbd.org
Producer of accessible educational materials for students with disabilities such as visual impairment or dyslexia. Contains content from literature and history to math and the sciences, at all academic levels, from kindergarten through post-graduate and professional. Varying fees and levels of membership.

Schools without Books
www.schoolswithoutbooks.org
Approximately 75 free e-books in public domain are available for reading online.

Sites for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Hundreds of educational web sites rated by popularity. Many links to teacher resources ranging from lesson plans, worksheets, and educational games to such things as songs and printable stickers.

Starfall.com
http://www.starfall.com/
This site is geared for young students learning to read, generally Pre-K through second grade. Includes printed materials, online games, stories and songs. The Reading Teacher named Starfall.com one of "Five Internet sites too good to miss" (May 2006). In 2005 and again in 2008, Homeschool.com recognized Starfall as one of their top five educational websites.

Teacher Tube
http://www.teachertube.com/
Free site for viewing and posting videos generally created by teachers and students.

The University of Adelaide Library (Australia)
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/
More than 1,000 e-books in html format.

Universal Digital Library
www.ulib.org
Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University began an initiative a decade ago to get 1.5 million books online with free access to everyone. The US, China and India have each contributed $10 million to the project. More than half of the books are out of copyright or scanned with the permission of their respective copyright holders. As of Nov. 2007, the library contained books published in 20 languages, including Chinese, English, Arabic and the southern Indian language of Telugu.

Voicethread
http://www.voicethread.com
Online media album that allows people to make audio or text comments, and share them with anyone they wish. Allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place. Can add annotations and/or doodles.

Webmath.com
http://www.webmath.com/
Math site that provides help solving various types of math problems. Provides explanations of steps and includes K-8 math, trigonometry, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc. Helpful for homework support.

WOWIO
http://www.wowio.com/
This site provides access to a variety of e-books ranging from biographies, cooking, and history to literature, philosophy, and science.  Books can be read online for free. PDF downloads are usually available for a fee, from 99 cents and up, depending on content and date of release. On occasion, some downloads will be offered FREE to members of WOWIO through commercial sponsorship.

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