Books, Courses, and Texts

• Bartleby.com Public Domain Literature, Reference and Verse
• Library of Congress
• McDowell County Public Library
• MIT OpenCourseWare 1,800 Courses

• Project Gutenberg Free eBooks, Audio Books, Classical Music, and more
• Wikibooks 27,558 Open-Content Textbooks and Manuals
• Wikisource Open-Content Publications Library
• Wikiversity 5,751 Open-Content Learning Materials and Activities

Career Planning

• NCCareers.org

• US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

College Planning (See Also: Test Preparation below)

• College Foundation of North Carolina
• EDUregistry.org College Directory
• FAFSA on the Web
• FastWeb.com Scholarships
• FinAid.org Financial Aid
• NC Community College System

• NC Independent Colleges and Universities
• NC State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
• PBS.org "Ten Steps to College with the Greenes"
• Student Aid on the Web
• The PIN Web Site
• University of North Carolina

Current Events

• Ad Council Public Service Events Calendar
• ChannelOne.com Student News
• DoSomething.org Volunteering

• Google News
• Marumushi.com Newsmap Google News Treemap Visualization
• ZDNet Education Information Technology

Educational Software (See Also: Online Tools below)

• Audacity Sound Editor
• Celestia Free outer space simulation software
• CmapTools Concept Maps
• Finale Notepad Music Notation
• FSCreations.com Assessment, Puzzles, Test Preparation
• GIMP Free comprehensive graphic editor
• Inspiration Creative Writing, Project Management, Visual Learning

• OpenOffice.org Free Office Application Software Suite
• PDFCreator Make any document a PDF file by printing
• Skype.com Free VoIP Phone Calls from your Computer
• SpeakingSolutions.com Speech Recognition
• Storyboard Pro Video Projects
• Tech4Learning.com Graphic Editing, Multimedia Projects, Web Sites
• ThinkingMaps.com Visual Learning

Lesson Plans

• AtomicLearning.com Lesson Accelerators
• Curriki.org
• Discovery School's Lesson Plans Library
• Discovery School's Study Starters
• EDUhound.com
• Google Earth Lessons

• Landmark-Project.com Rubric Builder
• Microsoft Lesson Plans
• Pics4Learning.com Lesson Plans
• ReadWriteThink.org
• Teacherfiles.com Lesson Ideas
• This I Believe

Online Learning Activities

• Discovery School's Brain Boosters
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Math)

• NC WiseOwl
• Pandora Internet Radio

Online Tools (See Also: Educational Software Above)

• Adobe Photoshop Express Online Photo Hosting (2 GB Free) and Editing
• BackPackIt.com Event Planning
• BaseCampHQ.com Project Collaboration
• CampFireNow.com Group Chat
• CitationMachine.net Generate Citations
• Discovery School's Teaching Tools Lesson Plans, Puzzles, Quizzes, Worksheets
• DropSend.com Store and Email Large Files
• EDUblogs.org Free blogs for teachers, trainers, lecturers, librarians and other education professionals
• FileCrunch.com Free file hosting service
• GIFworks.com Image Editor
• Gliffy.com Draw and Share Diagrams
• Google Docs Online Word Processing, Spreadsheets, and Presentations
• Intel.com Tools and Resources Thinking Tools

• MakeBeliefsComix.com Comic Strip Creator and StoryBoarding Tool
• NiceNet.org Online Classroom
• OnlineConversion.com Unit Conversion
• pxn8.com Photo Editor
• Quizlet.com Interactive Vocabulary Study Tool
• ReadWriteThink.org Student Materials Literacy Activities
• SnipShot.com Image Editor
• StudyStack.com Interactive Vocabulary Study Tool
• TaDaList.com To-Do Lists
• TeacherTube.com
• Ustream.tv Live, Interactive Video Broadcasting
• WikiSpaces.com Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together
• Writeboard.com Collaborative Writing

Project Materials

• Ad Council Campaigns Audio, Video
• American Museum of Photography Photos
• AwesomeClipartForEducators.com Clipart, Fonts
• DailyWAV.com Audio
• Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery Clipart
• Flickr.com Photos
• FreePlayMusic.com Music
  Terms of Use: School Projects only and Projects using Music cannot be posted on the Internet or Broadcast in any way
• FreeStockFootage.com Video
• Google Image Search Clipart, Images, Photos
• Kaleidescape Images
• Leo's Icon Archive Icons
• Microsoft Office Online Clip Art and Media Animations, Clipart, Photos, Sounds

• Mike's Sketchpad Fonts
• Pics4Learning.com Photos
• PicturesOf.net Photos
• SoundDogs.com Audio
• SquidFingers.com Background Patterns
• StockVault.net Stock Photos and Images
• Teacherfiles.com Clip Art Animations, Clipart
• TopEndSports.com Sports Clipart Clipart
• VGMusic.com Audio
• WAVcentral.com Audio
• wpclipart.com Over 19,000 Public Domain Clipart Images
• Yahoo.com Audio, Images

Reference

• Biography.com
• Dictionary.com
• FactMonster.com
• FedStats.gov
• HowStuffWorks.com
• ibiblio.org
• LearnNC.org
• LibrarySpot.com

• NetState.com U.S. State History, Demographics, Information, and more
• NewspaperArchive.com Intranet ONLY
• RefDesk.com
• Reference.com
• Thesaurus.com
• wikiHow.com Collaborative How-To Manual
• Wikiquote 14,203 pages of Quotes
• Wikispecies 114,084 Articles

Search Engines

• AllTheWeb.com
• Ask.com Formerly AskJeeves.com
• Dogpile.com
• Google.com

• Live.com Formerly MSN Search
• LookSmart.com
• SearchEngineWatch.com
• Yahoo.com

Student Facts

• Governor's Highway Safety Program

Test Preparation (See Also: College Planning Above)

• ACT.org Official ACT Site
• ACTstudent.org
• ASVABprogram.com

• CollegeBoard.com Official SAT Site
• StudyGuideZone.com

Tutorials

• Atomic Learning Computer Software
• Connexions Content Modules and whole Courses in a wide variety of areas

• Entheos Web Design Software
• Mike's Sketchpad Graphic Editing Software