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CARBONITE is an inexpensive online backup service. Never lose another lesson plan or file.

TOP 50 FREE iPHONE APPS FOR EDUCATION -- Get free apps for all sorts of subjects and skills.

PICASA -- Free from Google, this is a top flight photo editing program. Much better than programs for which you'd pay hundreds of dollars.

The WWW Virtual Library is a great place to research just about anything.

If you want to be on the Web, but don't know (or want to know) coding, go to SCHOOLNOTES.

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Become an expert on Microsoft Office 2000 with the free Online Tutorials offered by Florida Gulf Coast University. Learn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage. 

EDUCATION ONLINE SEARCH -- Free college and career education portal to help you learn about careers and the schools offering education and degrees for the fields you choose...a collection of more than 400 career articles and education articles.

MAISY'S FUN CLUB -- Early learning concepts for preschoolers, such as colors, numbers and social themes.

  TEACHERS ON TARGET -- Professional development site for teachers and administrators.

  ACADEMIC INFO -- 25,000 resources with extensive subject guides and distance learning information.

FLASHCARD EXCHANGE --Flash Cards for every grade level and subject. 

SITES FOR TEACHERS-- Links to literally thousands of sites for teachers. If it's online, it's listed here.

LESSON PLAN SEARCH -- Just like it says, FREE lesson plans and a searchable database.

MICHIGAN LEARNPORT --  LearnPort is a joint effort of the Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Virtual University to create a statewide professional development portal for Michigan educators.

GAME TEMPLATES -- Templates for games in MS Office format. Easy to use in classrooms.

WORKSHOP EXERCISES -- Free professional development activities and exercises.

ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDARS -- Print your own calendars for the school year.

ProProfs FLASHCARDS -- 10,000 sets of flashcards over all subjects.

TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS -- Sort of an e-Bay for lesson plans. You can buy what you need from other teachers or sell your own lessons for profit.

HIPPOCAMPUS -- Multimedia content for a high school subjects.

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS -- Lyrics and videos for the popular television series.

EDUCATION ATLAS-- Comprehensive guide to education websites -- 8,000 sites. 

CLASSROOM RESOURCES -- Collection of lessons and web resources in 14 different subject areas.

PICS4LEARNING -- Copyright-friendly images for education.

FREEPLAY MUSIC -- Royalty-free music for classroom use.

MUSEUM OF HUMOR -- Plans, printables, and more to help you include humor into your lesson at every grade level from K to Grad School. Delightful site!

PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUND -- Ideas for teachers and parents of preschool youngsters.

KIDS HOMEWORK HUB -- All kinds of neat things to help kids with their homework.

NEA TEACHER TOOLKIT -- Web applications to facilitate communication and achievement.

BEHAVIOR ADVISOR -- Step-by-step directions for implementing behavior management strategies.

KID’S SONGS – Music and lyrics to a variety of popular songs for children. Sing along!

LESSON PLAN CENTRAL -- Free plans, webquests, worksheets, and clip art.

BEST WEBQUESTS -- Database of webquests organized by grade level and subject.

MIDDLE SCHOOL NET -- A "must" for middle school teachers.

CALENDARS -- A guide to locating events for each day of the year.

RUBISTAR -- A tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.

TEACHERS FIRST -- Lesson plans for every subject and teaching style.

THINKFINITY -- Provides standards-based Internet content for k-12 teachers.

PRE SCHOOL EDUCATION -- Lots of information for early childhood educators.

TEACH TOLERANCE -- Teacher resources to aid in fighting hate and promoting tolerance.

PUZZLE CHOICE -- 20 different types of printable crosswords, word searches, and number challenges.

FIELD TRIPS -- Virtual field trips to all sorts of interesting places. This is a very cool site.

THE LEARNING PAGE -- Free units and worksheets for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades.

eBOARD -- Your own "virtual cork board" where you can post messages, assignments, and even pictures for all to see. $39 per year. 

EDUCATION WORLD --  Education World, the Educator's Complete Resource Guide to the Internet, offers education professionals, parents, students, and administrators a place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they are looking for. This site is updated daily with fresh new lesson plans and curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest to educators, parents, and students, and much more.  

USA TODAY COLLEGIATE PROGRAM -- Touted as a resource for college profs, but there's a lot here a high school teacher can use, too.

KINDERSTART -- A site designed for parents and teachers of children 7 years old and younger.

PRINT--POSTER -- Free printable posters to spice up your classroom.

TEACHNET -- Lesson plans and articles for K-12 teachers.

THE LESSON PLANS PAGE -- Home to over 1,000 free lesson plans on a variety of subjects.

EDUWEB ADVENTURES -- Online activities and adventures for Art, Art History, Science, Nature, History, and Geography. 

TOOLS FOR TEACHERS has lesson plans, activities with graphics and procedures, articles. You may never have to make up your own lessons again.

THE LESSON EXCHANGE. You can post your lesson plans and get plans from other teachers.

PBS TEACHER SOURCE. More than 1,000 free lesson plans from PBS.

FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Hundreds of teaching and learning resources from more than 30 federal agencies.

HOW STUFF WORKS. Seem much smarter than you really are by using this site. It tells how everything works (engines, cell phones, your toaster...everything).

KIDS ALMANAC -- Wow your students with "kid-related" facts, words-of-the-day, and this-day-in-history tidbits.

LANDMARKS FOR SCHOOLS -- Gives teachers raw information to use creating lessons.

PRESCHOOL EXPRESS -- Activities in a wide range of topics and skills.

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