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But now Norwich City Council and Ipswich Borough Council are pioneering voting through the use of text messaging using mobile phones.

Lots of web2.0 tools that have an application in many areas of the curriculum.

This site is designed to provide teachers with a directory of free webtools along with some suggestions as to how they may be used in the classroom. I have searched over 2000 websites and listed over 295 tools, that's almost 300 opportunities for you to use ICT in your classroom and all for free!

"Two 16-year-old Saltash students will see 18 months of software design work come to fruition when their new school timetable app goes live in Apple's iTunes Store on Thursday (September 8), the day students return to school. Ryan King and Ethan Pearce, of Saltash.net Community School"

"If you ask a student, "'Do you want to learn how to program in HTML, PHP or Android?' They'll run away," says Lapinski. "But when we say, 'Do you want to solve a problem you're passionate about, one that's relevant to you?' You reach them. Apps are the new Rock 'n' Roll." It's similar to Dean Kamen's FIRST program, which hooks kids on engineering with robotics instead for mobile apps. The resulting 50-70 hour course includes 5 steps: Identify the problem; market research; solutions through business models, technical ability and marketing models; product design; and build and test."

How a Book is Made works well with Mimio

"Twitter is about participating - by which I mean you tweet and read other people's tweets. Then you understand it, and get its rhythm. But remember: It is about being authentic. These things are human-shaped." "