Showing posts with label online textbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online textbook. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Gooru - online study tool with great resources

Connect with Gooru

Gooru is a new (alpha) site I learned about from Richard Byrne on his Free Technology for Teacher's Blog.

Gooru is still in alpha status, meaning it is not fully open to the public yet, but you can still sign up. Gooru is an online study tool that allows students to explore resources and study guides that are aligned to standards. The materials are in math and science and are from 5th grade up to high school. Resources include digital textbooks, videos, animations, and much more. It also includes social media functions so that students can work, study, and share with others.

There are self-assessments in Gooru that help it adapt to the student, suggesting resources and study guides based on the student's performance.

The resources are all vetted by educational professionals and you can even create custom collections and resources.

The site has resources to learn more about it and how it can be beneficial to educators and students.


Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Free online textbooks


CK12 is a great resource for students and teachers. Their flexbook site contains tons of online textbooks, all free, for teachers to use. You can also create your own flexbook on the site, combining parts of other textbooks from their site, or using materials of your own.

They currently have flexbooks in Physics, Math, and Biology, but there are always more being created and added.

The site is relatively easy to use and I plan on creating my own Flexbook for my Physics class.