Free learning materials and tools to enhance your delivery!

I started creating a list of sites offering free online eBooks, audio files, videos, learning tools and materials for educators, then I found this great wiki – Librarian Chick that has so many amazing listings already, I thought why create my own?

Here are a few of the tools and sites listed on – Librarian Chick that I thought were good:

Resources

• LearnOutLoud.com – offers the Internet’s largest directory of audio and video learning resources. Browse the catalogue of over 10,000 available titles including audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and free educational audio & video…
• FreeLoadPress – Free online textbooks
• 4Teachers – Integrate technology into your classroom with free online tools and resources
• PlanetPDF – Huge archive of free PDF books
• SuTree – An index of free video lessons, video tutorials, lectures and how to guides

Tools

• Awesome Powerpoint Tutorials – Tutorials on how to create text-FX, transparencies, DVD’s etc.
• Create A Graph – Quickly create graphs and charts
• PowerPoint Templates for Teachers – PowerPoint resources for educators
• Thumbstacks – Create and share presentations on the web
• i-Lighter – The yellow highlighter for the web
• GroupLoop – Simple web-based software to organize your group
• MindMeister Basic – Hold online real-time brainstorming sessions with friends and colleagues

And one tool that isn’t listed;

Tiny URL – Have you noticed a lot of the links that come via the Australian Flexible Learning Framework start with http://tinyurl.com? This web tool allows you to transform lengthy URL’s that often get broken up during a copy and paste, into a shorter more manageable URL. Check it out.  There’s also a Firefox extension for this.