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Big Brown Bear Software

Big Brown Bear Software provides free interactive teaching programs (ITPs) designed to increase literacy. In addition, the website provides tying resources for visitors to learn how to type.

Audio, Image, and Video Resources

Provided by the Sonoma County Office of Education, here are links to sites that provide multimedia learning tools without copyright laws prohibiting their use.

All4Ed

At All4Ed, we work intentionally to reduce barriers and support students that historically have been denied an excellent education.

ABCya

ABCya.com is a free educational website for elementary students to learn through games and activities. The educational games are developed to be interactive to provide children with lessons on subjects such as math and language arts while also introducing basic computer skills.

2EPUB

2EPUB allows teachers and students to convert PDF, doc and other types of documents and books to ePub format, the standard format for ebooks, supported by almost every reading device including iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook, Kobo. This simple program (Windows only) makes it really easy and quick to convert content to an E-reader.

Science Buddies

Over 1,200 free science projects for K-12. Browse by subject, grade level, or try the Topic Selection Wizard to find your winning science project. Science projects are from 32 different areas including astronomy to zoology. There is a topic for everyone!

Zoho Work Online

Zoho is a comprehensive suite of web based applications that allow you to create, share and store your files online. It has a word processor, a spreadsheet maker, a presentation tool, and a wiki editor.

What Kids Can Do

This study, sponsored by the National School Boards Association, reports the findings of three surveys on Internet social networking: an online survey of 1,277 nine-to-seventeen year olds, an online survey of 1,039 parents, and telephone interviews with 250 school district leaders who make decisions on Internet policy.

Sketch Up

Sketch Up is a desktop application from Google that allows teachers or students to create and share stunning 3D models easily and intuitively.

MentorMob

Mentor Mob allows teachers to focus the student’s attention by creating learning playlists of relevant content which can be enhanced by quizzes and comprehension exercises to test their knowledge as they go.

The Journal: Transforming education through technology

The section of the Journal offers the review of IT trends within education and the website has an abundance of resources for exploring new outlets for education online

Glogster

Glogster is an internet tool that allows users to create and share interactive posters composed of text, graphics, sound and videos. In addition, peer assessing through the commenting facility in blog like form on the website becomes a very effective way for students to asses each other.