Literacy with ICT

Dictionary at lightning speed

Try online mind mapping together with your friends and colleagues - simply using your browser.

Explore satelite imagery

East Lothian Council Policy for the Responsible Use of ICT and Internet

Last year, we created a long list of great Web 2.0 tools that we thought would be helpful for college students.But given how fast things develop on the web, we thought we would revisit this topic again this year and look at some of the most useful Web 2.0 tools that have the potential to help students do better in school, collaborate with their fellow students, and save them time.

From ReadWriteWeb: We've recently engaged more seriously with Flickr and wanted to share some quick tips that we think will help you get more out of it, too.

Wikispaces now has the reference tag.

The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. Pre-teens, college kids and even adults are taking advantage of the educational benefits an iPod affords them. From downloadable podcasts to just-for-iPod study guides and applications, learning on the go has never been easier. To find out about the many different ways you can transform your iPod into a learning device, check out our list below.

Tons of short video clips about a variety of topics. Has a Teaching and Leanring section covering Algebra, Mathe, Problem solving, Scienc and Tech and Activities sorted by grade.

Ask.com's search engine for kids

Commercial site to creat K-12 online porfolios.

Organize a Gudied tour of your site

Welcome to Knol A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.

Like Wikipedia without the anonymity, Google Knol is turning into an excellent resource for both researchers and experts alike. It offers information consumers a platform for finding encyclopedia-like articles written by experts, and a place for these experts to write said articles. Read on to learn how you can make the most of this useful new tool.

sitesALIVE! is an online educational series that links remote field sites with classrooms around the world. Through sitesALIVE!, students of all ages can gain access to learning experiences that cannot be found in more conventional learning tools such as textbooks, workbooks and CD-ROMs.

Enter a topic, select a version of wikipedia and the site creates a mind map that can be downloaded as a Freemind file.

Trilingual index of Expressions with equivalent meanings

Photos of Atmosperic optics. Interesting for science teachers.

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