General Resources

Free Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

Free Microsoft PowePoint Presentations ready for classroom use

http://www.worldofteaching.com/

Free microsoft Power point TM presentations biology, chemistry, maths, english,
 history, physics, geography  powerpoints.
 Use and alter these presentations freely or any power point template used in
this presentations site for other teachers.
If you have any powerpoints then please consider submitting them for other teachers
 to download too. It’s all about sharing and helping others.
Powerpoints and whiteboards are likely to increase in popularity year by year as more
and more schools adopt them. It doesnt replace good teaching, but it does help visualise
 and concentrate the mind of the children watching the powerpoint.

EDUCYPEDIA – The educational encylopedia

EDUCYPEDIA – The educational encylopedia

 http://www.educypedia.be/

Educypedia is an information resource about scientific and educational material: electronics, engineering, science, encyclopedia, history and information technology. All the links in the central part are tested with respect to content. All pages at educypedia are free for personal use.

Concept to Classroom

Concept to Classroom

Offers free self-paced workshops on constructivism as a paradigm for teaching and learning, cooperative and collaborative learning, Inquiry-based learning, etc

Google Earth

Google Earth is a software download from Google that gives you, your own virtual 3D globe with more features than the wallmaps pinned in the back of your class… gives you an edge in your classes, too. This tool combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. Note, however first check the configaration of your PC before downloading the free installation

To download click button ‘Download Google Earth’

Minimum configuration for PC:

Operating System: Windows 2000 or Windows XP

  • CPU: Pentium 3, 500Mhz
  • System Memory (RAM): 128MB
  • Hard Disk: 400MB free space
  • Network Speed: 128 Kbits/sec
  • Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 16MB of VRAM
  • Screen: 1024×768, “16-bit High Colour”

Study Guides and Strategies

Study Guides and Strategies

http://www.studygs.net/

An educational public service assisting learners to succeed.

Classrroom participation, learning with others, preparing for tests, research etc….

LibriVox

LibriVox

http://librivox.org/

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. The goal of LibriVox is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. LibriVox is a totally volunteer, open source and free.

International Development Research Centre Digital Library

International Development Research Centre Digital Library

http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/

The IDRC Digital Library provides the international research community with access to a current and comprehensive collection of research results and documents generated by IDRC-funded projects, IDRC funding recipients, and IDRC staff about a wide range of subjects related to international development.

Internet Public Library Newspapers

Internet Public Library Newspapers

http://ipl.org/div/news/

Links to online newspapers from around the world.

Seasons

http://www.edumedia-sciences.com/

Find simulation on the four seasons.

The site also gives you 380 downloadable interactive simulation, illustrations, pictures and diagrams on topics in geography and other subjects arranged according to the level of the learners.

Free Full Text

Free Full Text

http://www.freefulltext.com  

A supplement to every library catalogue on the planet!

FreeFullText.com provides links to the full-text content of over 7000 scholarly periodicals that anyone may access online for FREE. The issues which are available for free are indicated for each title below