Educational Freeware is a site dedicated to offering the best educational games, software, and websites free of charge for teachers or anyone else dedicated to education. I have utilized this site for a couple years and I am nowhere near exhausting all of the free educational resources that it offers. Every teacher should keep this site at the top of their favorites list. Educational Freeware also has a Multilanguage feature which allows users to sort through the free products by language.
Unlike many other sites that claim to have free educational software, the education free ware site is free from all pop ups and annoying advertising and extremely easy to navigate. One of my favorite applications I found on Educational freeware is Google Bodies. The only way to describe Google Bodies would be to say that it is a fully controllable digital version of Gray’s anatomy. In addition to just giving you the link to the site Educational Freeware gives users detailed instruction on how to access and use the site in an effective manner.
Education Freeware not only does this for Google Bodies, but also for most of the hundreds of other games, software, and websites they have compiled. This site is a great resource for teachers of all grade level and content areas. I could go on and on about all of the features available on this site, but it would be much easier if you just clicked the link below and checked it out for yourself. Trust me you will not be disappointed.
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ReplyDeleteErika,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great resource for teachers! Thank you so much for sharing it. I love that you said you have been using this resource for years without exhausting all of its content. Often freeware sites have limited content or usages leaving the teacher scrambling to find another program to use in its place. I also love you description of Google Bodies. It would be perfect for an high school anatomy class!
One of the free resource sites my students and I visit often is phsyicsgames.net. The site pulls games from across the internet and compiles them into a single location. The games, like Zombie Launcher and Angry Birds, may at first seem like simple fun or strategic games with little to no educational value. However, when I introduce them to my students, I talk with them about Newton’s Laws of Motion, about gravity, and many other science concepts. It becomes a lesson my students will never forget as they launch zombies into the wall demonstrating that an object in motion will stay in motion until it is acted upon by an outside force. Great work finding such a valuable resource!
Thanks for sharing!
Laura
Erik,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, I just had to find this website. All I can say is, "Wow!" There is so much information. What an amazing resource. After finding the site, I, of course, had to play a few of the games for research! ;-) I like the fact that the links are posted. I really like the fact that they are annotated so that I have an idea of what I will see when I select the link.
Thanks so much for sharing this valuable resource!
Linda
Hi Erik,
ReplyDeleteAs you mentioned "Every teacher should keep this site at the top of their favorites list." After reviewing the Educational Freeware site, I couldn't agree more with you! I spent some time exploring the resources and noted some great websites I will be using for some of my intervention students, especially a spelling game. There are also enrichment activities I could use with my higher students.
I also appreciate you noting "Educational Freeware also has a Multilanguage feature which allows users to sort through the free products by language." What a great resource for ESOL students! This is helpful for lesson planning and interventions that can assist ESOL students with transiting from their native language.
The feature I like most about Educational Freeware is what you mentioned "In addition to just giving you the link to the site Educational Freeware gives users detailed instruction on how to access and use the site in an effective manner." I appreciate that Educational Freeware saves me time from searching each site individually. I used their summary of each site to guide me to resources I wanted to learn more about. Thanks for the resource and I look forward to using it in my classroom next week.
Nathaniel,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post.
To answer your question of " Does this site contain any resources for preschool students?". Yes there are quite a few sites for younger students, but I have always taught high school, so I do not know how well preschoolers use computers. I would say if they know how to use basic software, then there should be some valuable sites and programs available at the educational freeware site.
As far as the the question of "Do you use any of the educational software that the site provides?". I use quite a few programs and websites from the Educational Freeware site. Two of my favorite are Khan Academy and Google Earth. Google Earth is one if the most used programs in my classroom. In my opinion Google Earth does a great job of bringing to life almost any physical place being discussed.
If you have any more questions please do not hesitate to ask.
Erik
Think you so much for sharing this information. I spend so much of my own money, like many other educators. I love google earth. I teach kindergarten and there are sites that I could use in my classroom. I have a very diverse classroom and I love the multilanguage feature.
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