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A Source for breaking news, analysis, exclusive interviews, headlines, and videos. Free to use, though some parts of the site require a subscription.

View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics, and health. Completely free to use.

Flipboard is your one place to find stories for your day, bringing together your favorite news sources with social content, and giving a deep view into everything from political issues to technology trends to travel inspiration.

Coursera partners with more than 200 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. They offer a range of learning opportunities—from hands-on projects and courses to job-ready certificates and degree programs.
They have a range of free courses and paid ones if you are looking for something more in-depth.

Created by Harvard and MIT, edX provides online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a plethora of people, worldwide. Some courses cost nothing, while others do require a subscription.

Learn online with world-class universities and industry experts and develop your career, learn a new skill, or pursue your hobbies. *Access to a course is free for a limited amount of duration. You can upgrade your experience and get additional course work or get unlimited access to all courses on Future Learn for a price per year.

Getty is a cultural and philanthropic institution dedicated to the presentation, conservation, and interpretation of the world’s artistic legacy. Get FREE tools and support for work and study in art and cultural heritage.

Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. It’s all free. It’s all enriching.

PBS SoCal | KCET and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for learners like you.

Claimed by some to be the best website on the internet, Reference Desk is an extremely useful site that gives you everything from business and finance information to federal government resources, scholarship details, links to newspapers and calendars, search engines, and so much more. Free and easy to use!

Smithsonian magazine places a Smithsonian lens on the world, looking at the topics and subject matters researched, studied, and exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution—science, history, art, popular culture, and innovation—and chronicling them every day for our diverse readership.

Solution Tree is a professional development company and publisher of educational material for K–12 educators. Founded in 1998, the company provides services and products that include books, videos, conferences, workshops, consultation, and online courses. These are all free to use online.

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Double-check their sources before using any of these. Its completely free to use.

One of the best organizational tools which you can use is an effective Project Management Software that will let you keep track of all of your activities in a central location. ClickUp is one of the best there is when it comes to PMS.
With ClickUp being free software, you can enjoy a bunch of premium features without paying a cent. It has a distinct look and feel to Discord, so its easy to follow and understand.

Get docs, slides, sheets, email, etc. and access to tools & apps all in one place. You will need to setup your own Google account as LAFS will not be associated with this application.

Habitica is a FREE habit and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy and happy. You can also download the app on your Android or iOS through the App Store.

Lucidchart is a visual workspace equipped with all the tools and features that you would need to map all of your ideas and thoughts, and organize everything in a wonderful interface.
It has some outstanding features like proper diagramming, data visualization that helps you map out different data mountains and organize them into simpler pieces. It also promotes collaboration that helps accelerate understanding and innovation drive. Free to use and you can pay to upgrade for more premium features.

Log in with your LAFS username & password to gain access and download the Microsoft Office products.

Notion.so falls under the category of knowledge management software that is used as an organizational tool. It is a great tool that lets you easily write down stuff as you do on a piece of paper, easily organize your information and even add tables without thinking about or learning different interface menus like some of the other applications out there. Free for you to use when you sign up.

Organize your personal tasks and notes with Notion’s free Education Plan. Unlimited pages & blocks, file uploads, and 30-day version history. Just sign up with a school email address.

True to its name, Simplenote is a very simplistic way of taking down notes in this world of complexities at every turn. This app will let you write down and organize your thoughts so that you are prepared for everything the world throws at you. Free for you to use.

Slite is an incredible organizational tool that lets you collaborate with your team while writing down notes about the project. This application lets you make long-lasting documents that don’t require going through the chaos of different interface walkthroughs you have to learn before working on certain applications. Free to sign up and use, and you can also buy a premium account for more perks and options.