Librarian Chick's New Additions!

 

 

6/29/08

 

bubbl.us - Free brainstorming web application with colorful mind maps that you can embed on your web site

Funschool - Fun and educational activities and games for kids

Gliffy - Create all types of diagrams, flow charts, floor plans, wireframes and more online

Jottit - Create simple websites and collaboritive blogs that are easy to edit and share

KidsVid - An instructional web site that helps teachers and students use video production in the classroom

Mind42 - A browser based online mind mapping application

Mindomo - Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends

Project Draw - Create custom flowcharts, diagrams and graphs online and share them, export them, or convert to PDF or image

RecallPlus Lite - A study-based mind mapping software that tests students on their notes

ScienceHack - A unique video search engine for science videos

Viewpoints Education Reviews - The inside scoop on what you should and should not expect when searching for the right college

WiseMapping - Create, edit and access your mindmaps from anywhere over the Web

yEd - Quickly and effectively generate drawings and to apply automatic layouts to a range of different diagrams and networks

 

---

 

6/22/08

 

Exploring Life's Origins - A timeline of life's evolution

Fact Monster - Atlas, almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and much more from Information Please

GCFLearnFree - The freedom to learn what you want, when you want, absolutely free

MatchCollege - A free website that provides in-depth statistical information regarding colleges, universities and trade schools

Open-Site - A free Internet encyclopedia that is edited by volunteers, freely available under the GNU Free Documentation License

webcast.berkeley - Every semester, UC Berkeley webcasts select courses and events for live viewing and on-demand replay over the Internet

WEbook.com - An online publishing platform that allows writers, editors, reviewers, illustrators and others to join forces

 

5/28/08

Cramster - A global online study community

New Free Books - Links to free, legal, complete eBooks still covered by copyright

Textbooks - Find the best deals on college textbooks, other books, music and movies

TuitionU - A community of students, parents, teachers, and professionals that have conversations regarding all aspects of higher education

 

5/22/08

bab.la - A free collaborative dictionary, language quizzes and a language forum featuring user-generated content

 

5/14/08

CENSUS of Antique Works of Art - An interdisciplinary research database containing documentation centering on the reception of antiquity

Fonetiks - Online pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language and 9 other languages

Poetry Magic - A resource about the theory and craft of writing poetry

Purplemath - Practical algebra lessons

The Biology Project - An interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona

The Free Library - A free, searchable archive that provides access to a daily-updated collection of 4 million articles from classic works of literature and leading periodicals

Visual Calculus - Tutorials, quizzes and interactive modules 

 

4/27/08

BEOLINGUS - German, Spanish, Portuguese and English translation and dictionary tool

BEYOND - Confronting the big questions of existence raised by scientific advances and facilitating new research initiatives

College Degree - Find the best colleges that offer online courses and degrees

Connotea - Free social reference management for researchers, clinicians and scientists

Footnote - Discover, interact and share millions sources from a repository of the world's greatest archives of historical documents

HomeSchooler Network - Cver 5,000 innovative lessons, activities, and inspirational articles to help you in your homeschooling life

Instacalc - Fast and powerful calculation, unit conversion, analysis and charting tools

lib.rario.us - A place to catalog your media collection, whether it be books, DVDs, CDs

LibWorm - A search engine, a professional development tool, and a current awareness tool for people who work in libraries

Literacy Center Education Network -  Serving aproximately 1.5 million free lessons a day to children in more than two hundred countries

Physlets - Flexible Jave applets designed for science education

Primary Resources - Free teaching resources, lesson plans, ideas and worksheets for primary and elementary teachers

Word Count Tool - Free online tool to count the number of words - just copy and paste

 

4/16/08

Animal Photos - Creative Commons photos of animals that can be used for web sites, school projects and presentations

Directory of Open Access - Open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content

Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception

Howtopedia - A collaborative platform for practical knowledge and simple technologies

Ink Textbooks - Free textbooks and supplemental content from professors and students from around the globe

KnowledgeForge - A digital open knowledge community that provides the facilities and tools to create everything from textbooks to maps

LocalCensus - Free statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties

Open Text Book - A registry of open textbooks and text book material

SFSKIDS - A fun site for kids to learn about music from The San Franciso Symphony

SoYouWanna - Teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in school

SpongeFish - Sharing your advice, lessons, tips, tutorials, and how-to's has never been easier

The Assayer - One of the web's largest catalogs of free books where users can submit reviews.

Thinkature - Free unlimited workspaces for real-time collaboration online

ThinkQuest - A world-renowned resource for educational sites and web-based lessons created for students, by students

Wikiversity - Students and teachers are invited to join the project as collaborators in teaching, learning, and research

 

4/14/08

WikiCliche - Meanings and origins of clichés, proverbs, idioms, phrases, and sayings

 

4/08/08

AmphibiaWeb - An online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation

Avibase - A database about birds, containing over 3.5 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies

BabyMint - Save towards a child's college tuition or for other major life events without incurring out-of-pocket expenses

eduFire - A community of people teaching and learning languages through a combination of video, voice and text chat

Encylcopedia of Life - An ongoing collaborative to document all species of life on Earth

Greek Gods Family Tree - A unique tree graphing the genealogies of the Greek Gods

NSDL - An online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Upromise - Learn how to earn, save, and pay for college

 

4/3/08

4shared - Upload, download and share music, books, video and more with 5 BG of free space

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - About 14,000 classic public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy

Dictionarist - A free online multilingual and talking dictionary service which can provide translation in

Figure Drawing Ebooks - A library of free rare and valuable figure drawing books in PDF format

Free Book Notes - A guide to free book notes, summaries, literature notes, and study guides for over 1600 books, plays, and poems

The Etext Archives - Home to electronic texts of all kinds, from the sacred to the profane, from the political to the personal

 

3/19/08

100 Words - This is an exercise in disciplined creativity in which you must write exactly 100 words at a time

Confusing Words - A collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers

K12OS.org - News, links, resources and discussion to help promote the use of open source software in schools

My Book Buyer - Sell used text books and ship them for free

Open Learning Initiative - A collection of openly available and free online courses and course materials that enact instruction for an entire course

Science Toys - Use common household materials to make toys that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles

Take Lessons - Find a local instructor that teaches music, singing, acting or dance

WebMD - Award winning authority on health and medicine information

Wordie - Lets you make lists of words and phrases that you like or hate

Word Spy - Devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases

 

3/9/08

A Journey to a New Land - A site exploring the first peopling of the New World funded by the Virtual Museum of Canada

Cackleberries - A safe place for kids to play educational games online

Free Educational Teaching Resources - Free games and educational software by Adrian Bruce

French Assistant - Free French language lessons with audio

STARTDL Puzzles - more than 36 different educational puzzles including Anagrams, Word and Number Games, Trivia

The Book Page - Provides free on-line classic and not-so-well known books, articles and more

Thinkfinity - Thousands of lesson plans, educational games and activities from Verizon

 

3/5,7/08

ChestofBooks - Free online books on various topics

Teachbits - A listing of free resources for teachers by teachers

UNEP/GRID-Adrenal Maps and Graphics Library - Search and explore vast amounts of global and regional data through an interactive interface

Planet eBook - Free classic literature to download and share

Miscellaneous Mathematical Utilities - This page contains links to several javascript mathematical utilities

My Notes Tiddlywiki - A note-taking and organizational software

 

2/20/08

Visual Dictionary - Explore the 15 major themes to access more than 6,000 images

GameGoo - Educational spelling and reading games

PhotoSoup - Create word search puzzles with tag-photo pairs taken from Flickr

Play Music - Learn about symphonies and compose your own music

Intaractives - strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas

Visible Body - A complete and fully interactive, 3D human anatomy model

 

2/16/08

TeachersFirst - a rich collection of lessons, units and web resources

Numbernut - If you are looking for math information, this site is for you!

Schoolr - Many types of reference and research tools in one handy location

The Virtual Smithsonian - A virtual tour through the Smithsonian Insitute

SchoolTube - Safe, effective video production and online video sharing

 

2/14/08

Eclipse Crossword - An easy and free way to create crossword puzzles in seconds

Essentials of Music - Information about classical music

Creating Music - An online creative music environment for children of all ages

DSOkids - The Dallas Symphony Orchestra's magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning

Play Music - Learn about symphonies and compose your own music

Sebran's ABC - Software that teaches letters, numbers, simple math, and rudiments of reading

Lightning Bug - Helping you write a story from beginning to end

The Learning Toolbox - Learning resources for parents, teachers and secondary students with learning disabilities and ADHD

NatureServe Explorer - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada - An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada

Science Animations - Science animations, movies and interactive tutorial links

Scientific Commons - The largest communication medium for scientific knowledge products which is freely accessible to the public

 

 Create your own free wiki!Support Community Add to Del.ici.ous Add to Digg Add to Reddit Add to fUrl Add to SpurlPublic, not yet premium Privacy Policy RSS