Backflip 
Backflip gets you back to the good stuff. It's the easiest way to save and share important things you see on the Web. With Backflip's organization and powerful search, you'll never lose anything interesting again. You can use it from any computer. And it's totally free. As you discover interesting Web pages, use the Backflip it! button to save them and Backflip will organize them for you. Then, simply go to your Backflip account and you'll find all of your favorite pages filed in your personal directory -- which you can access from any computer. http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml
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Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has been established to provide outreach services addressing issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. Our goal is to provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective, empowerment strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner. http://csriu.org/ |
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
NoodleTools directory of search engines for specific needs.
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
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Classroom 2.0 
This network is devoted to those interested in the practical application of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in the classroom and in their own professional development. Especially we hope that those who feel they are "beginners" will find this a comfortable place to start being a part of the community dialog and to learn more. Not only is the CLASSROOM 2.0 social network centered on the discussion of the new technologies of the web, but you get to use those very technologies in a safe and non-intimidating way as part of the experience here: social networking (of course), user profiles, forums, blogging, photo and video sharing, and even RSS! http://classroom20.ning.com/
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Curriki
Our mission is to improve education around the world by empowering teachers, students and parents with user-created, open source curricula, and it's all free! We believe that access to knowledge and learning tools is a basic right of every child. Our goal is to make curricula and learning resources available to everyone. Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them. Our name is a play on the combination of 'curriculum' and 'wiki' which is the technology we're using to make education universally accessible. http://www.curriki.org
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Definr.com
Definr.com is a fast, free dictionary based on Princeton's open WordNet 2.0. http://definr.com/
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Digital Equity
Digital Equity addresses inequitable access to learning technology resources for all learners; includes comprehensive links. http://digitalequity.edreform.net/portal/digitalequity/equitydimensionquality
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Digital Equity Toolkit
The toolkit, now in its second edition, points educators to free and inexpensive, high quality resources that help address the digital divide in the classroom and community. The toolkit, edited by Joy Wallace, senior associate at the National Institute for Community Innovations, was first made possible in part through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology) and Technology Innovation Challenge Grant programs. We are committed to continually enhancing the toolkit's contents; therefore, you may want to consider revisiting the toolkit at least monthly as new resources are added each week. To get the most recent version of the Toolkit, please go to www.nici-mc2.org/de_toolkit/pages/print.htm |
E-Learning on a Shoestring
In this Resource kit for creative Community engagement, community organisations can find
helpful online guidance, ideas and tools for developing and facilitating
e-learning in communities and regions. The kit includes suggestions and options
on the why and how of e-learning. You'll find guidance on low cost tools and
technologies, as well as ideas and stories to help you get started. http://creativecommunity.flexiblelearning.net.au/
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Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
The full text of guidelines from the Consortium of College and University Media Centers advising professors and students on acceptable uses of multimedia materials for educational purposes that would not infringe on owners' copyrights. http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html |
Google Apps for Education Training Center
http://edutraining.googleapps.com
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GuruLib
GuruLib is a free web service to organize your home library. Catalog your books, DVDs, music CDs, games and software online using a book shelf metaphor. http://www.gurulib.com/
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IMSA Search Wizard 
The IMSA 21St Century Information Fluency Team 's Search Wizard featuring the nation’s most popular search engine and new instructional enhancements. Our new Internet search tool uses the Google Public Service Search to bring you results from today’s most widely used search engine. http://21cif.imsa.edu/locate
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Intute: Virtual Training Suite
The Intute: Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from
the Web for your education and research.
The Virtual Training Suite is continually updated to provide FREE online Internet training tutorials for over 65 subject areas. Each tutorial covers Internet search and research skills
for a different subject - there's one for most of the subjects taught
in UK universities and colleges, with a few extras on topics of general
interest. The service is aimed at students, lecturers and researchers
in UK higher and further education, but is freely available for anyone
to use. http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/
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Kids Internet Search Tools
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Kids Online Resources
Directory for Parents, Families, Teens, and Children. This site does not ask for or retain any personal information. This site does not use cookies All links tested - safe surfing - homework resources for families. http://www.kidsolr.com/index.html
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Kids' Space Connection
Kids' Space Connection is an international meeting place for children and schoolteachers. Find penpals from around the world! Check out interesting projects you can contribute to, and cool clubs you can join. Use KS Messaging Center as your safe tool for communication. It was designed so that both teachers and children under 13 years of age can benefit from the Internet, free from worry. http://www.ks-connection.org/
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LLRX.com
LLRX.com is a unique, free Web journal dedicated to providing legal, library, IT/IS, marketing and administrative professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools, since 1996. http://www.llrx.com/ |
Miro - Open source media application
Miro is a free application for channels of internet video (also
known as 'video podcasts and video rss). Miro is designed to be easy to
use and to give you an elegant fullscreen viewing experience. There are thousands of free internet video channels that you can
watch. You'll be able to download all the videos that each channel
offers and when new ones are released, Miro will grab them
automatically. Unlike tiny videos on websites like YouTube, Miro videos are usually
very high quality and look great when watched full screen. Since Miro
downloads videos completely before you watch, your videos will never
skip or stutter while they are playing. http://www.getmiro.com/
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Myicourse
Our mission is to provide software that helps users create and post their own educational materials, at no cost. We do not believe all of life's necessary learning is contained within the walls of universities or between the binders of books. We want to democratize knowledge for those who wish to learn. Come help us flatten the world! http://myicourse.com/
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NetSmartz
The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet. http://www.netsmartz.org/index.htm |
North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL)
The mission of the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) is to increase educational opportunities and enhance learning by providing collegial expertise and leadership in K-12 online teaching and learning. http://www.nacol.org/
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Omeka
Omeka is a web platform for publishing collections and
exhibitions online. Designed for cultural institutions, enthusiasts, and
educators, Omeka is easy to install and modify and facilitates community-building
around collections and exhibits. It is designed with non-IT specialists in
mind, allowing users to focus on content rather than programming.http://omeka.org/
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Open World Net
By researching, developing and distributing the very best in cost and commercial free educational content, OWL commits to bringing the message and opportunity of open education to everyone. To schools and home schools, teachers and students, instructors, professors, college and returning adult students, OWL brings the content, tools, teaching technology, elearning programs, Internet home schooling, and high-speed Internet access to make the digital revolution work for everyone. OWL is a Minnesota non-profit that has been serving the Minnesota home schooling and Wisconsin home schooling communities with on the ground and online support for educational excellence. Now, OWL joins others in helping to bring the open education message of high quality learning and teaching to all -the world is open!
http://www.openworldnet.org/
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OttoBib
Make a bibliography. It's free, easy and OttoMatic.http://ottobib.com/
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PBS Teachers Connect
An online community for PreK-12 that supports the advancement of digital media content and technology integration in education. It is designed to foster discussion, use of digital media content, and to enable educators to form shared-interest groups online. The site offers a personalized Home page for each user, user profiles, a searchable database of resources and community members, bookmarking tools, and discussion threads. www.pbsteachers.org/connect
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RedLightGreen
RedLightGreen helps you locate the most important books and other research materials in your area of interest, and find out whether what you need is available at your favorite library. Sign in, and you can format and send citations any way you want: MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian. Just click - and it's done. http://www.redlightgreen.com/ucwprod/web/workspace.jsp
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Research and Documentation Online
The information on this site also appears in the print booklet Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker. This site offers an extensive annotated list of specialized sources for more than 30 disciplines. The resources are organized by type—databases and indexes, Web resources, and reference books—under four main categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
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Shambles Information Literacy Page
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Snopes Urban Legends Reference
Snopes.com Welcome to your corner of urban legends sanity on the World Wide Web! Named by Time magazine in March 2002 and again in June 2003 as one of the 50 Best Web Sites, snopes.com contains thousands of articles about urban legends, Internet lore, odd news stories, strange facts, common misconceptions, superstitions, unusual word origins, and little-known yet fascinating tidbits of history. http://www.snopes.com/
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Study for the Termination of Online Predators (STOP)
An information portal that provides concerned adults, both parents and researchers, the knowledge they need to protect children from online predators. the portal acts to direct concerned adults to relevant information on and off the Internet http://www.stopandhelp.org/
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Teacher’s Guide to Intellectual Property and Creative Rights Education
Intellectual Property (IP) is abstract
and creative rights assigned to IP are not well understood. It's
difficult for individuals to connect it to their everyday activities,
and therefore it's pretty easy to ignore. Yet, IP and the rights that
protect it are in fact real—with tangible consequences felt deeply by
the myriad of people who created it and who are part of the value chain
it provides. Creative rights are a cornerstone of
creative freedom. It's important that we understand and respect them at
a personal level meaningful to our everyday lives—particularly in a
world of digitally delivered content that is easier to access than ever
before, and where that access is often misinterpreted as a license to
use. Students interact with music, movies, software, images,
literature, and other digital content every day. Are they aware that
these works are protected, and do they understand why these issues are
relevant to them? http://www.ipreducation.com/
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Technical Advisory Services for Images
Successful image searching on the Internet will often require a number of different approaches and employ a variety of tools. http://www.tasi.ac.uk/resources/searchingresources.html
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The National Cristina Foundation
The National Cristina Foundation directs donations of used computer equipment to non profit organizations, schools, and public agencies throughout the United States. These organizations train people with disabilities, students at risk and economically disadvantaged persons to lead more independent and productive lives.. http://www.cristina.org
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The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
Arlene Rinaldi developed this guide for Internet users at Florida Atlantic University. It serves as a good resource for online etiquette and responsibilities for all. http://www.rdc.com.au/Netiquette.html
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Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training.This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network. http://www.thinkfinity.org
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Udemy
Udemy's goal is to enable anyone to teach and learn online. In less than 5 minutes, you can create your own online course on Udemy. You can upload presentations, videos, host live classroom sessions and write articles. It's fast, easy and free. http://www.udemy.com/
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V-Myths
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them. You can also search a list of computer virus hoaxes & virus hysteria from A to Z. http://vmyths.com/ |
Zamzar
Zamzar is
dedicated to helping you transform your songs, videos, images and documents
into different formats. Our mission is: "To
provide high quality file conversion for as many file formats as possible" We are
intent on bringing order to your filesystem by offering you a one stop solution
for all your file conversion needs. Like others we were fed up with having
files in all sorts of formats, and no easy way of converting between them - the
quest to find a better way led to the birth of Zamzar.http://www.zamzar.com/
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Zotero
Zotero is an easy-to-use yet powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways. An extension to the popular open-source web browser Firefox, Zotero includes the best parts of older reference manager software (like EndNote)-the ability to store author, title, and publication fields and to export that information as formatted references-and the best parts of modern software and web applications (like iTunes and del.icio.us), such as the ability to interact, tag, and search in advanced ways. http://www.zotero.org/
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