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FreeCheap Online Resources

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At a NMSTE mini-conference I attended recently, a group collaborated on compiling a list of free or cheap online resources we used. This is the group's joint list (some are also under various links on the teacher page):

www.WebpageDragon.com is an online webpage editor and HTML tutorial
www.spellingcity.com for spelling words and vocabulary
www.pbworks.com is a place to create your own wiki (along with many other collaborative tools)
www.educreations.com free applications, including a movie maker
ed.voicethread.com a collaborative online area to share a discussion and feedback with classroom
edu.glogster.com online interactive poster with video, audio, images, text
evernote.com a notetaking program you can use on several platforms that includes email, webpages, voice notes and pictures
www.OneNote.com another notetaking program
astrid.com an app for android and IOS for list making and task managing
office.microsoft.com Microsoft's free email and office web apps(online Office products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint,OneNote) for schools (home use has a subscription)
http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/education/ email, calendar, and collaboration
edmodo.com a free social network with school accounts allows you to work with other teachers in your building or with your students
easybib.com a tool for creating bibliographies
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/ tool for APA format
http://www.google.com/earth renderings of places of interest - Social Studies Teachers! Can also access Google Mars, Google Moon, Google Ocean, Google Sky, and historical imagery!
learnzillion.com language arts and math videos
https://www.khanacademy.org/ outstanding online lessons for every grade level
http://www.nmstatelibrary.org/ NM State Public Library online databases

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?locID=nm_p_marshall for 2nd-8th grade & includes a dictionary, has read-aloud capability and lexiles

http://www.newsbank.com/ references several newspapers including 3 NM newspapers
http://newspapermap.com/ references newspapers around the world
http://trackstar.4teachers.org create a lesson similar to a webquest where you provide the sites you want them to look at. You can print worksheets out as well that go with the track.
Movie Maker is a movie maker program that comes on Windows-based computers http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/movie-maker#t1=overview
http://recipes.tech4learning.com/ create rubrics and bibliographies
https://lastpass.com/ remembers passwords for you
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ has free games and activities in several subject areas
http://mrnussbaum.com/ free games in every subject; iPad compatability
https://www.icivics.org/ Games, lesson plans, and resources created by Sandra Day O'Connor

http://ep2ndgraderocks.blogspot.com/ Becky Au is an author of an educational blog

Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything http://www.schrockguide.net/ has a large archive of education resources

http://www.pinterest.com/all/education/ Tons of ideas can be found on pinterest, including worksheets. Search by grade level or subject and you'll find many treasures!
https://rewordify.com/ great resource for vocabulary
http://www.wordle.net/ word cloud maker