The quality of free educational finds seems to be improving each year. Today's freebie is definitely one of those high quality resources.
SMART Exchange offers free downloadable lessons* and lesson plans for teachers (including homeschoolers). There is a teacher forum on the site, where you can bounce ideas off other teachers. You may upload content you'd like to share. And, best of all, there is a search feature built into the site where you can find lessons specific to your state's standards and specific to the grade(s) you are teaching.
The free resources are available in a dozen or so subjects, ranging from Citizenship to Math, and from English as a Second Language to Special Education. Here is a screenshot of the most downloaded subjects (as of March 18, 2010):
03/20/10 Update: A FreelyEducate.com reader asked how to view the files. Mark @ SmartTech replied, "If you don't have Notebook software installed, you can use a free web-based viewer at http://express.smarttech.com to open and edit them."~ Thanks, Mark!
Are you from a non-US country? If so, click on the small flag in the top right corner of the SMART Exchange site to view the site in another language.
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Thank you, Katherine, for sharing this high quality, 100% free educational find with us! Want to share one, too? Just email me at freelyeducate@gmail.com. ~ Lori
How do you download .notebook files? What program do you use? It looks like all there files are this type and my computer does not recognize them. Would love to download some so thanks for any help!
Kelly, Thanks for writing. There is a support link at the bottom of the SMART page. I hope they can help you. Here’s a direct link: http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Contact/Request+a+Webchat.htm
If you don’t have Notebook software installed, you can use a free web-based viewer at http://express.smarttech.com to open and edit them.
Thanks so much, Mark!