Phenominal resource free content from University of So. Florida
also accessible through itunes university
Subscriptions (Membership Needed)
Offers membership-based access to ebooks by category, author, title, as well as embossed Braille books, to users who are visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. Currently membership is free for students grade k-12
RFB&D®, a national nonprofit, volunteer organization, is the leading accessible audiobook library for students with disabilities such as visual impairment or dyslexia. With titles available in every subject area and grade level, RFB&D's digitally recorded audio textbooks help students challenged by the printed page. Currently membership of free for Individual memberships registered from home address.
Audible.com
This is a fee based selection of digital audiobooks, magazines, radio shows, podcasts, stand-up comedy, and speeches that are available to download.
BookFlix
Typically this is a membershiped based website. BookFlix has a variety of books about an array of topics. There are even some movies made from popular children's books! In order to access, go to the Bethlehem Central School District's home page. Click on one of the elementary schools. Then click on the link for the Library Media Center. Click on, "Online Resources". Then, select either BookFlix from Home or BookFlix at BCSD.
Tumble Books
This site offers quite a few e-books for kids, online read-along books, and an online audio library! Visit www.tumblebooks.com for more information or to check out some of their book titles.
Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003; since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 38,770 pages in a multitude of textbooks created by volunteers!
OverDrive School Download Library
Cleveland, Ohio-based OverDrive, perhaps best known for its widespread distribution of ebooks to 7,500 public libraries worldwide, maintains an online library of about 600 books geared toward K-12 students, ranging from abstract algebra workbooks to William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies. This download library provides a way for schools to experiment with e-content and expand their own school libraries. The cost varies by prodect and can be found at: http://www.overdrive.com/products/sdl/.
Sign Language
Check out http://www.signedstories.com/page/index.cfm for many great books to see in sign language and subtitles. Hearing family and friends can also listen to the stories.
Hardware
CLASSMATE READER from Humanware portable device that looks like a game system. It readers text aloud and has an adjustable screen size that allows hightlighted text to be seen as it is read aloud. Click on the link for more information and tutorials.
Kindle most popular commercial eReader available from Amazon. Does not support daisy books from bookshare without conversions. Conversion software information can be found at: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/03/03/convert-pdf-and-html-to-mobi-to-read-on-your-kindle/
SONY eReader has many eBooks as well as multiple formats such as PDF, Microsoft Word, BBeB Books, and more. You can also access the local library to browse, checkout, and download eBooks.
Nook is Barnes & Nobles' electronic book reader. It has over one million book titles!
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Guttenburg Library of electronically stored books, mostly classics, that can be downloaded for free and viewed off-line.
Cornell
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Audio Owl
Story Nory
Downloads iPod, MP3http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Children
Accessible Instructional Materials
http://aim.cast.org/experience/training/presentations
FREE Accessible Books Can Be Found At:
www.tarheelreader.com
www.storylineonline.net
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