Where to Find Online Resources
There is a wealth of high quality resources online that you can make use of in your blended classroom. A number of companies offer comprehensive curricula using sophisticated software that adapts to the student. If you are not planning to purchase these, there are still many free resources you can use. Indeed it may make sense to start with free resources and only after you determine the value of the approach consider purchasing a program.
You will want to vet these before giving them to your students, and you will want to figure out just how they fit into your curriculum. This listing is by no means exhaustive - there are always new sources coming online - but it is a good start.
The following resources and websites are free.
Content | Name | URL |
ELA | Sophia | https://www.sophia.org/ |
ELA Elementary | Skoolbo | http://skoolbo.com/ |
ELA K12 | SAS | https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ |
ELA, ELL, Sciecne, Spanish | Achieve3000 | http://www.achieve3000.com/ |
English Course | The Lake Poets: an online unit | http://school.demo.moodle.net/course/view.php?id=54 |
ESL Elementary | Skoolbo | http://skoolbo.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | UMass Boston Open Courseware | http://ocw.umb.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Khan Academy | http://www.khanacademy.org/ |
Free Courses (College level) | MIT Open Courseware | http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm |
Free Courses (College level) | Free-Ed | http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Learning Space: The Open University | http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative | http://oli.cmu.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Tufts Open Courseware | http://ocw.tufts.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Stanford on iTunes U | http://itunes.stanford.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Utah State Open Courseware | http://ocw.usu.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Kutztown On-Demand Online Learning | http://www.kutztownsbdc.org/course_listing.asp |
Free Courses (College level) | USQ Australia Open Courseware | http://ocw.usq.edu.au/ |
Free Courses (College level) | University of California Irvine Courseware | http://ocw.uci.edu/Welcome.aspx |
Free Courses (College level) | EdX | https://www.edx.org/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Coursera | https://www.coursera.org/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Udemy | http://www.udemy.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Connections Academy | http://www.connectionsacademy.com/home.aspx |
Free Courses (College level) | K-12 | http://www.k12.com/schools-programs/online-public-schools |
Free Courses (College level) | GED for Free | http://www.gedforfree.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Free World U | http://www.freeworldu.org/static/index.aspx |
Free Courses (College level) | CosmoLearning | http://www.cosmolearning.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | OpenCulture | http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses |
Free Courses (College level) | New York University | https://files.nyu.edu/jmg336/public/html/mathematics.html |
Free Courses (College level) | Open Yale Courses | http://oyc.yale.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Gresham College | http://www.gresham.ac.uk/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Notre Dame Open Courseware | http://ocw.nd.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | JHSPHOpen | http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Open UW | http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Udacity | http://www.udacity.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | University of the People | http://www.uopeople.org/groups/tuition-free-online-degree |
Free Courses (College level) | Textbook Revolution | http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page |
Free Courses (College level) | The Library of Congress Files | http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html |
Free Courses (College level) | Alison | http://alison.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Webcast Berkeley | http://webcast.berkeley.edu/ |
Free Courses (College level) | GCF LearnFree | http://www.gcflearnfree.org/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Google Code University | http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html |
Free Courses (College level) | e-Learning Center | http://www.e-learningcenter.com/free.htm |
Free Courses (College level) | Saylor | http://www.saylor.org/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Brigham Young Free Online Courseware | http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/free.cfm |
Free Courses (College level) | University of Michigan Open | https://open.umich.edu/education |
Free Courses (College level) | NLC Open Learning Courses | http://www.nlc.edu/cait/olc/home_page.html |
Free Courses (College level) | FlexiLearn | http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/flexilearn/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Nixty | http://nixty.com/ |
Free Courses (College level) | Capilano University | http://ocw.capilanou.ca/courselist |
Free Courses (College level) | TU Delft | http://ocw.tudelft.nl/ |
Free Courses (College level) | United Nations University | http://www.ocw.unu.edu/ocw/Courses_listing |
Free Courses (College level) | Weber State University | http://ocw.weber.edu/courselist |
Free Courses (College level) | Kendal College | http://www.kendal.ac.uk/campaign120516_free_distance_learning_courses.php |
General | Open Textbooks | http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/ |
General | Global Textbooks | http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/home |
General | Open Educational Resources | https://www.oercommons.org/ |
General | Free Textbooks | http://www.textbooksfree.org/Free%20HS%20Textbooks.htm |
General | Textbook Revolution | http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page |
General | Curriki | http://www.curriki.org/ |
Grammar | No Red Ink | https://www.noredink.com/ |
History | Best History Websites | http://besthistorysites.net/ |
Math | Khan Academy | https://www.khanacademy.org/ |
Math Elementary | Skoolbo | http://skoolbo.com/ |
Math 6-8, Alg 1,2 | Knewton | https://www.knewton.com/ |
Math HS | Sophia | https://www.sophia.org/ |
Math K-8 | Sophia | https://www.sophia.org/ |
Math K12 | SAS | https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ |
Math; Science | The Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching | http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/ORBIT |
Math; Science | Interactive Simulations for Math and Science | http://phet.colorado.edu/ |
Reading 4-12 | Read 180 | http://www.scholastic.com/read180/ |
Science | Sophia | https://www.sophia.org/ |
Science Course | Biome Study: an online unit | http://school.demo.moodle.net/course/view.php?id=40 |
Science K12 | SAS | https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ |
Science; Math | The Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching | http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/ORBIT |
Science; Math | Interactive Simulations for Math and Science | http://phet.colorado.edu/ |
Social Studies K12 | SAS | https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ |
Spanish | SAS | https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ |
STEM | CK12 | http://www.ck12.org/teacher/ |
The following resources and websites charge a fee for their services.
Bill Nye: The Science Guy |
Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life. BillNye.com hosts a variety of media content and segments from the popular show. |
Crash Course YouTube |
Crash Course is an educational YouTube channel with videos grouped by subject area. |
Educreations |
Videos on all subject areas. |
Khan Academy |
Students can make use of our extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos from any computer with access to the web. Covers math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. |
Mathtrain TV |
Mathtrain.TV is a free educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos & his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. |
National Geographic Education |
National Geographic Education is responsible for creating and disseminating educational programs for schools, out-of-school settings, and the home. |
Open Educational Resources Commons |
We are a dynamic digital content hub offering a suite of OER supports. From roadmaps to training to tools, we'll get the right OER to your students. |
OpenEd |
More Than A Million Common Core Videos, Games, Assessments and Courses. |
SchoolTube |
The best videos from schools everywhere. Students: use video to get ahead in school & at home. Teachers: inspire students in your classroom & around the world. |
TED Ed |
You can adapt and edit any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch around any YouTube video. |
Vimeo |
Vimeo is a U.S.-based video-sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos. |
YouTube EDU |
YouTube EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in between. |
YouTube Teachers |
YouTube.com/Teachers was created to help teachers use educational YouTube videos to educate, engage and inspire their students. We know how busy teachers can be so we've worked with a group of teachers to put together playlists of partner videos that align with common core standards. |