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Resources for finding online texts
Updated on Jan 13, 15
Created on Oct 06, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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"BORNE DIGITAL is developing books, games, and teaching materials for tomorrow's classrooms. Our products are leveled, Common Core-aligned, and research-based. Each of our products can be tailored to the needs of your struggling, on-track, and advanced students, so that all of them can reach their full potential."
" Don Johnston wrote Building Wings to build self-confidence and to share his personal journey as a struggling reader. In his new book, Don shares the valuable lessons he learned from his 8th grade teacher who inspired him to think and learn in different ways. Building Wings reminds teachers and parents of the disguised behavior signs that children often use to hide their learning deficiencies. "
"This collection features free e-books, mostly classics, that you can read on your computer, smart phone, or Kindle. It includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. To learn how to download these ebooks to your computer/mobile device, please visit our eBook Primer."
"The EPUB format is an open eBook format recommended by The International Digital Publishing Forum. It is essentially a ZIP format. If you change its extension ".epub" to ".zip", the EPUB file becomes a true ZIP file which can be unzipped. "
"The World's classic literature at your fingertips. Over 1,000,000 free ebook titles available. "
"If Google Trends are anything to go by, a fair number of you were fortunate enough to unwrap a Kindle 3 this Christmas (currently, “free kindle books” is trending at number 9)."
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
Print out the stories and poems to make your own book
"GooReader is a desktop application that allows you to search, download and read books and magazines available on Google Books.
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"Free Audio Books from the public domain
Download a free audio book in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format today"
"ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books."
Language barriers have never been more pronounced. Whether in an urban area of a modern country (e.g. the Chicago Public School system has 73 different languages represented in its student population) or the rural areas of a less developed country (e.g. Mongolia, where the ICDL has its first "branch" and where rural schools do not yet support a culture of reading for pleasure), differences in language are making it harder and harder for educational initiatives to bring about success.
"Welcome to TeenTribune and TweenTribune – the daily news sites for teens and tweens. Each day we post the most compelling, relevant and interesing news for teens and tweens. Stories are selected by teens and tweens working closely with professional journalists. Teens and tweens can comment upon these stories. They can also submit their own stories and photos."
"Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities
* Bookshare™ is free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities. Student memberships are currently funded by an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
* Bookshare dramatically increases the accessibility of books. Bookshare believes that people with disabilities deserve the same ease of access to books and periodicals that people without disabilities enjoy.
* A searchable online library. Bookshare offers more than 60,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals and assistive technology tools.
* Readers of all ages. Bookshare offers affordable membership, unlimited library privileges and a community of Members, Volunteers, parents, publishers and authors."
"LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer:"
"Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. Our approach is to bring all of the free textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world.
At Textbook Revolution, you’ll find links to textbooks and select educational resources of all kinds. Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable online as e-books. Most books are aimed at undergraduates, but there are at least a few resources at every level, from kindergarten to post-doc. All of the books are offered for no-cost (gratis) by their respective copyright holders. Beyond that, each book is as individual as the author behind it. "
"Thanks to ACES Assistive Technology for providing this wonderful list of electronic and audible book resources. I have posted lists previously but this is the most extensive listing that I have found. "
24 items | 21 visits
Resources for finding online texts
Updated on Jan 13, 15
Created on Oct 06, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: