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= Free Resources = List the free resources below available for the statewide system. Be sure to describe the resources, as well as link to them.

**Online Learning Object Repositories** An online resource for students and teachers, SAS Curriculum Pathways provides standards-based content in all the [|core disciplines], grades 8-14. Contact **Lee Ellen Harmer** for free access to these resources, LeeEllen.Harmer@sas.com. Hippocampus **, (of the National Repository of Online Courses) [|http://hippocampus.org], HippoCampus offers multimedia lessons and course materials to help you with your instruction, homework, and studies. You can browse multimedia lessons or complete courses, and find help with the topics covered in popular textbooks. Contact **Terri Rowenhorst**, trowenhorst@montereyinstitute.org, for more information regarding these resources.
 * SAS Curriculum **, []

Putting Educational Innovations Into Practice. Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.
 * Merlot **, [],

MIT OPENCOURSEWARE **, @http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm MIT offers 1900 free online courses MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
 * Full Online Courses

"OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model." Open Culture **, @http://www.openculture.com/ The best free cultural and educational media on the web. A great free resource for online learning Academic Earth **, @http://www.academicearth.org/ Free online video courses from leading universities Straightline **, @http://www.straighterline.com/ Knock out your required college courses online. Receive personal, live instruction and earn college credits for your college degree.
 * OpenCourseware Consortium**: []

**Other Online Resources** Iowa public Television is involved with a larger content projection through PBS which will make additional content available to schools. They have professionals creating content and will be doing a pilot soon to have teachers evaluate this content in the classroom.
 * Iowa Public Television **, @http://www.iptv.org/education/

FREE lesson plans and educational resources
 * Marco Polo **, []