This is an incredible compilation of free learning tools that will really get you thinking and give you a jump start if you're looking for something specific. Have fun exploring!
Peggy George
A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem"
https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg46x272_2103d58wg2d9
Introduction by Stephen:
Let's explore the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue! I want a FREE...
Doing What Works (DWW) is a website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of DWW is to create an online library of resources that may help teachers, schools, districts, states and technical assistance providers implement research-based instructional practice.
DWW is led by the Office of Planning, Evaluation & Policy Development (OPEPD) at the U.S. Department of Education. OPEPD relies on the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education (and occasionally other entities that adhere to standards similar to those of IES) to evaluate and recommend practices that are supported by rigorous research.
Link to Doing What Works
"There are many online colleges and universities that offer a quality education, good prices, and the scheduling flexibility that can really only come from an online degree program. There are also many sites that rank online colleges and universities sometimes using arbitrary information and sometimes using data collected directly from the U.S. Department of Education. We have done our best to collect the available information directly from what the online colleges have reported to the U.S. Department of Education. We hope to present our findings to you in a very readable and useful way to make sure you can make an informed decision if you are looking at various online degree programs."
If you weren't able to attend the ISTE 2010 conference (or even if you were there) this is a fantastic, growing collection of websites that educators found valuable throughout the conference. You can think of this as your own personal "Smackdown"* experience. You can add links to the collection or you can save them to your own Diigo bookmarks.
http://groups.diigo.com/group/iste-2010
*A "Smackdown" is an experience where anyone can volunteer to share a quick 2 minute preview of a favorite, cool Web 2.0 Tool. You can view several recent Smackdowns with related links here:
Find links to government and other kids' sites -- just use the navigation bar above to browse through our site. Explore, learn, and have fun!
Link - http://www.kids.gov/
