Internet Media Specials

If you ever viewed the presentation You Suck at Powerpoint, you know that Jesse Desjardins is a very talented designer. I just came across another one of his presentations, which offers advice about surviving conferences. Funny and true.

As I've said before, free is good. That's why I've put together a listing of hundreds of class offerings via the Internet which won't cost you a penny. Some of these sites are referred to as MOOCs. (Massive Open Online Course) Check out this infographic about MOOCs.  Learn while you are sitting on a beach with your laptop and WI-FI. Hang out in your backyard hammock. Opportunities like this are all worth looking into once the school year has ended.

700 Free Online Courses- Open Culture

Carnegie Mellon University Free Courses

Coursera- professional development

Harvard Open Courses- noncredit courses offered by the Harvard Extension School

iTunes University- many colleges and universities offer free classes here; learn on your computer or iPad

M.I.T. Free Courses

Modern Lessons- technology-related, including lessons on the iPad, Pinterest, Facebook

Open Education Database (OEDb)- over 10,000 free online classes

PBS TeacherLine- now also offers self-paced classes

SkilledUp- search over 60,00 courses from 200+ providers

UC Berkeley- free classes

Udacity- three levels of classes, inlcuding these subjects: business, computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology

University of Washington

10 Free End of Year Worksheets- from Busy Teacher

17 Simple End of the School Year Student Gifts and Writing Activities- from Teach Junkie

34 End of Year Activities, Gifts and Printables

Easy and Fun Activities to Wrap Up the School Year

End of School Lessons and Teacher Resources- listed by school subject

End of School Theme Unit- from Edhelper

End of School Year Theme Unit- from ABC Teach

End of the Year Activities Roundup!- over 150 ideas here

End-of-Year Activities- ESL

Lesson Planet End-of-Year Activities- Pinterest board

Making the Most of End-of-School Days- Education World's list of five lessons

School End-of-Year Activities- nice Pinterest board

School Memory Book-from Enchanted Learning

Six Engaging End-of-Year Projects- from Edutopia

Super Teacher Worksheets- teachers add their suggestions on this site

TeacherVision's End-of-Year Activities, Lessons, and Advice- extensive listing for K-12

Tips for Making the Most of the End of the School Year- from Imagine This

Tips to Wrap Up the School Year- from Scholastic

Top 12 Effective End of Year Activities- from TeachHub

Vicki Blackwell's List of End of School Year Activities