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Internet Magic! Free Stuff for Educators! Teachers Only: Megalists and Free Web Hosting, Web Tools, email Free Digital Photo Storage and Scrapbooking freebies by Patti Tjomsland Mark Morris High School, Longview, Washington zimba@kalama.com OR zimba@scattercreek.com updated Summer 2004
Teachers Only: Megalists Web Hosting, tools and email Digital Photo Storage Scrapbooking freebies Coloring Pages Free Teachers Only Freebies -- Megalists
About.com Freebies
http://freebies.about.com/
http://freebies.about.com/library/extra/blteacher.htm?pid=2724&cob=home or
http://freebies.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090197.htm
Donna Young.org
http://www.donnayoung.org/
Wow! This has so many things you will spend hours here. Mostly for elementary teachers.
Education World Fabulous Freebies: Free Materials for Teachers
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr110.shtml
This is part I of a 1998 article, but many of the links are still active. Link to Part II at
Education World Fabulous Freebies: Free Material for Teachers Part II
Educational Materials from the USGS
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/index.htm
Environmental Protection Agency K-12 Resource Materials
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/eog/k12resrc.html
Resource packages include pamphlets, brochures, lesson plans and videotapes.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/
Free stuff 4 Teachers & Students by Webtastic
http://members.aol.com/scoopgh/teachers.html
Freebies 2Go: Teacher Freebies
http://www.olywa.net/blame/free/teachers.htm
Resources for Christian Teachers
http://www.teacherhelp.org/.
Lots of resources for puppets, plays, coloring pages, and more.
So Cool Free Stuff for Kids and Teachers
http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/SoCool.html
Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/freebies/
Web Portal for educators lists freebies.
Teacher Freebies
http://www.1aboutfreestuff.com/teacher.htm
Includes links to other freebies including kids, screen savers, web master tools, web space etc.
Free Web Hosting, Web Tools and E-mail
Angel fire
http://www.angelfire.com/
Free web hosting and creation tools. Provides up to 20 Megs of space for a personal page.
AntiVirus: Trend Micro's HouseCall
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
AntiVirus: Virus Catcher:
http://www.vcatch.com/
AVG AntiVirus Control
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm
Monthly updates. Free for schools.
Blackboard.com
http://coursesites.blackboard.com/
Undergoing some changes, but if you look hard, you can find it is still free.
Brainy Betty: PowerPoint Templates and MORE.
http://www.brainybetty.com/
BraveNet -- Web Tools
http://www.bravenet.com
Disney Downloads
http://disney.go.com/desktopstop/index.html
Screensavers, backgrounds, pictures, etc.
EBoard NO LONGER FREE but still wonderful
http://www.eboard.com
Now about $29.00 per year. Pricing is available for schools. This is an exceptionally easy place to create a web page.
EduHound Hotlist
http://www.eduhound.com/hotlist/
Create and store links for your classes
Fonts for Kids
http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/
Free Servers - free web hosting
http://www.freeservers.com/
12 megs.
Free Web Tools: Free web hosting
http://www.freewebtools.com/
20 megs.
Gaggle.net
http://www.gaggle.net
This is a free, safe, teacher controlled email service for kids. It is paid for with advertising. So, you have advertising. For about $2.00 per account you can get an advertising free version.
Hotmail
http://www.hotmail.com
I would not recommend Hotmail for younger students. LOTS of span and porn related junk email. Students need to know how to set up a junk mail folder.
ICQ
http://www.mirabilis.com/
Real time chat. Easy to use! I was getting many notices from people I didn't know. I prefer MSN Messenger.
My Corkboard.com
http://www.mycorkboard.com/
Turn your screensaver into a bulletin board. Great organizer. I find this very useful. PC only.
MyWebTemplate
http://www.mywebtemplate.com/
Some free, some pay.
Net Mechanic
http://www.netmechanic.com/
Part of this is pay part is free. The free part allows you to check up to 5 sites
for broken links, spelling and more. Click on the "Improve your Site" tab.
NiceNet.org
http://www.nicenet.org
Internet Classroom Assistant. Get free conferencing, scheduling, personal messaging and more.
School Notes.com
http://www.schoolnotes.com
Create homework and class information. This is from the Copernicus Education Gateway.
Teachers.net Home page Maker
http://teachers.net/sampler/
A fill in the blank form to create a home page.
Teacher Web No Longer Free
http://www.teacherweb.com/
Now $2.00 per month or $25.00 per year.
Track Star
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
Designed specifically for teachers to use with students.
Tripod's web hosting and web creation tools
http://www.tripod.com/
20 megs of free space or for about $5 a month, no advertsing or banners. Look at all of their free images, backgrounds, bullets, etc. Great resource.
Web Worksheet Wizard
http://wizard.hprtec.org/
Create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the World Wide Web
Yahoo Geocities
File your page under one of 41 subject categories. 15 Megs free.
Yahoo Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/local/news.html
This used to be eGroups. This allows you to create free email groups.
This looks good if you are in charge of sending group emails, newsletters, etc.
ZeroCatch
http://www.0catch.com/
100 megs of webspace. Be sure to see how much traffic your site can have each day.
Znail
http://www.znail.com/
A little confusing to use, but you can store files here for free.
Free Digital Photo Storage and Print Projects
Club Photo
http://clubphoto.com/
Basic membership is free.
ExpressIt.com
http://www.expressit.com/
Print business cards, edit and/or store photos. From Broderbund.
HP Photo
http://home.hpphoto.com
Ofoto
http://www.ofoto.com/Welcome.jsp
Photo fun.com
http://www.photofun.com/IM/Start.cfm
Photo Works
http://www.photoworks.com/
Need to be an active member... this means you must purchase from PhotoWorks every 6 months
RitzPix.com
http://www.ritzpix.com/
Snapfish.com
http://www.snapfish.com/
Free film developing... well you pay $1.99 for shipping and handling.
Scrapbooking Crafts -- and other printables
Acid Fonts
http://www.acidfonts.com/fontlisting.htm
Many fonts, dingbats and more. Free
Activity Village
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/patterns.htm
Patterns, backgrounds, etc.
Alphabets from Activity Village
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/alphabets.htm
Alphabets from Scrapbook Scrapbook
http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/alphabets.html
Reverse alphabets so you can print them on cool paper and when you cut them out the lines won't show.
Billy Bear Scrapbook and Stationery
http://www.billybear4kids.com/stationery/mainpage.html
Birthday Printables
http://birthdays.momsbreak.com/scrapbooks/freeprintables.html
Bookmarks, Calendars, stationery, coloring pages, certificates, etc.
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/print_zone.htm
Brady's Scrapbook Pages
http://members.tripod.com/bradylake/backs-index.html
Lots of papers. Lots of advertising.
Canon Print Planet
http://www.canonprintplanet.com/index.html
Creative Projects from HP -- crafts and gifts
http://www.homeandoffice.hp.com/hho/cache/257-0-0-225-121.aspx
Decorative Lettering
http://www.rennysniche.com/DecorativeInitials/RennysnicheDecorativeInitialsPage1.htm
Donna Young.org
http://www.donnayoung.org/
Wow! This has so many things you will spend hours here. I've listed it in several spots on these pages so you don't miss it! Print forms, fake money, manuscript sheets and more.
Little Pillow Background Pages
http://www.thelittlepillow.com/albumpg2001archive.htm
One Scrappy Site: Fonts
http://www.onescrappysite.com/
Patterns from Lindsay
http://www.scrapping-place.com/freebies.html
Printable Papers, Wallpaper, borders, etc.
http://miniatures.about.com/library/wallpaper/blpapermenu.htm
This is from About.com and links to all kinds of free printables.
Scrapbook Scrapbook --
http://www.scrapbookscrapbook.com/school-design-sets.html
Lots on the Scrapbook Scrapbook site. This link for school designs. Every area has several free downloads as well as some for purchase.
Scrappin' Room --
http://www.scrappinroom.com/printables/alphabet/alphabets.html
Alphabets, ready to print
Seussville Gift tags
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/titles/grinch/tags.html
Two Peas in a Bucket
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/Coloring Pages
Butterfly -- life cycle
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/activities/coloring/butterfly-coloring.asp
Patricia Polacco Color-ins
http://www.patriciapolacco.com/12-07-02/html/_fun_stuff/color_ins/colorins.html
Primary Games, Coloring Pages
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/coloring/coloring_pages.htm
All types, organized by subject or season
Seashells from Meddybemps
http://www.meddybemps.com/shells/shells2color.html
Winnie-the-Pooh Coloring Pages
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/cartoons/mpoohposter5.html
Check the dltk homepage for lots of craft type things.
copyright, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Patti Tjomsland