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"The web today is a growing universe of interlinked web pages and web apps, teeming with videos, photos, and interactive content. What the average user doesn't see is the interplay of web technologies and browsers that makes all this possible. Over time web technologies have evolved to give web developers the ability to create new generations of useful and immersive web experiences. Today's web is a result of the ongoing efforts of an open web community that helps define these web technologies, like HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL and ensure that they're supported in all web browsers."

Martin Burrett 11 Sep 11 04:15:52A YouTube Page guaranteed to make all but the youngest of us feel old, by showing technology that is obsolete. Great for showing the iPod generation the wonders of cassette tapes and vinyl records. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

25 Myths About Homework Posted by David Wees on Oct 23, 2010 Last night I asked people for help with my presentation on Myths about Homework which I am presenting today at Skeptic Camp in Vancouver. Within 15 minutes, we had 20 Myths, within another 15 minutes we had a total of 26 myths about homework with one duplication. Thanks for your help, I've turned these myths into a presentation you can view below. I think that homework may still be something which has value, but which probably needs to take a much different form than what it looks like now. Here's the pretty plain version using Google Docs.

"I've always wanted a document camera in my classroom, so yesterday I made my own - using my iPad. Here's a quick rundown of how to do this:"

A great free site containing good basic tutorials. Plenty of basic google stuff that could be used to support beginners in apps. Staff training-inset

"Guardians of Their Smiles * Sign in to Recommend * Twitter * comments (122) * Sign In to E-Mail * Print * Single Page * Reprints * ShareClose o Linkedin o Digg o Facebook o Mixx o MySpace o Yahoo! Buzz o Permalink o Article Tools Sponsored By Published: October 23, 2009 (Page 2 of 2) It's not always easy to know what's the right thing to do. "I feel conflicted about it," she said. "People have said to me, 'Oh, you're exploiting your kids.' But the medium is so new, none of us know what is going to happen." Skip to next paragraph Readers' Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. * Read All Comments (122) » Other parents see a case of dangerously mixed messages"

"One of the hardest thing with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. We have started to list some of the apps we've found under each of the Key Learning Areas."

Cell Phones in the Classroom More and more students have access to cell phone technology. How do "we" (educators) embrace this technology, utilize its updated cellfoneart.jpgtechnology in the classroom as well as ensure the safety of our students? Below are a variety of websites, articles, slideshares (online powerpoints) and research - all discussing cell phone use in the classroom."

A very full live binder with guidelines articles, resources and more for using ipads in school.

Add, discuss and organize ideas from multiple locations before, during and after (or instead of) your meetings. Build a storm using Edistorm Templates or leverage your existing business processes. Measure results with instant voting and reporting.

Tony Vincent offers an extensive amount of updated information on how to use all types of mobile devices for educational purposes.

iPads in Education "News, ideas and more on the use of iPads in the learning environment." Created and curated by John Evans John Evans curates this topic from blogs, tweets, videos and much more

Google Plus for learning "Innovative ways of using Google Plus (education, training, health, social good)

If you still believe that professional development is what happens on those two or three days each year when you sit in a classroom and have some expert "deliver" it to you, I have bad news. That model is no longer sustainable and the days of PD as something that is done "to you" by "experts" a couple of times a year are over.

"lets multiple people upload images to the same account - perfect for field trips." Photo sharing made easy! - privately or in groups Have you ever been on a trip with some friends and you want to gather everyones photos afterwards? Or been to a party and someone else got those awesome photos? WIth Photocollect you can easily collect all their photos in one place and have all the participants upload their own photos to a common place for all to shareCollecting photos is free If you only want to use photocollect as a service for collecting your photos its free!

Sites appropriate for first grade. Students can use it independently during centers.

Slideshare on how to use Scoop.it

Going on a school trip? This is a free app for Android and iPhone that turns your phone into a Walkie-Talkie using your data network. Press the screen to talk and your group will hear

"Sites with multiple Voicethread examples!!"

There are so many more ways we can use this, book talks, carrying on a story, poem, Students take pics upload and practiced listening and conversing, book reviews, upload pics use it for debates, ask questions in the voicethread or vid to prompt responses