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Elevate the education conversation with your voice! We encourage students to submit videos that... * Offer new ideas for what education could be, and/or * Inspire others to transform education, and/or * Propose specific actions you or others can take to improve education in your community

Recently, I had the honour and privilege of attending "An Evening with Sir Ken Robinson", which was organised by Learning without Frontiers and supported by Promethean. A mid-week event on a school night would usually be a tall order for many teachers to attend, yet the large auditorium was full to capacity and, as Sir Ken started speaking, I immediately knew that this would be an evening of inspiration and forward thinking, which indeed it was!

Please, read and comment. Are you 'teaching creatively' or 'teaching for creativity'?

A wonderful site with ten relaxing sound scapes and a photo slideshow to go with the sounds. Scenes include rainforest, bonfire, beach and dophins. Great for calming things down in your class or to use to inspire creative writing. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts

Blog post that encourages all teachers to get online to improve their practice and sharing what they do to a personal learning network. Download the PDF poster to put in your staffroom.

Storybird is a collaborative storytelling tool. Students use collections of art to be inspired to write stories. One the art is chosen, students are able to build there story by dragging and dropping pictures and creating a story to match. It's great for teachers because they're able to easily create student accounts and assignments for students. It's also simple to collaborate with others whether it's another student in class or someone from another country! Storybird is an extremely engaging site that allows students to focus more on the content of their writing rather than drawing pictures!

"My family room was Ronald Reagan's office when he was the leader from the Screen Stars Guild". This is one way Tom, our visitors, began the presentation of his wonderful contemporary crib. Obviously, our attention was triggered. This is actually the relaxation of his description: "My apartment is within a historic building on Hollywood Blvd across in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Just release in the history of the hottest shoes by Nike shoes brand from Oregon, United States. Thursday night (8 / 9), they launched the Nike Mag 2011, the shoes are inspired by the film appeared in the 1989 movie, Back to the Future II

33 Great Ideas to get students motivated for writing using various web2.0

The expansion of secondary education is now the world's most pressing educational challenge. This carefully prepared and thoroughly researched book should inspire policy-makers and educational planners to explore how open schooling can expand secondary education cost-effectively in their jurisdictions.

This is a service like StumbleUpon, but for food and recipes. The site links to user recommended recipes from all over the web. A great place to find inspiration for cookery lessons.

"...The Power of Open inspires you to examine and embrace the practice of open licensing so that your contributions to the global intellectual commons can provide their greatest benefit to all people."

Threaded discussion is an old technology. It's inspiring to think of new ways we can talk together at a distance that allow integration of both synchronous and asynchronous technology. I often thing we'll look back on the course management systems we use today and think of them as something like a 300 baud modem. Eyes Front! What's over the horizon line?

"So, how might colleges and universities shape curricula to support and inspire the imaginations that students need? Here's one idea. Suppose that when students matriculate, they are assigned their own web servers-not 1GB folders in the institution's web space but honest-to-goodness virtualized web servers of the kind available for $7.99 a month from a variety of hosting services" - should be a no-brainer for web development or any creative courses

Meet the extraordinary young entrepreneur and scientist who is most popular for being one of the founders of LightSail Energy, Inc., an organization focused on improving technology for the betterment of people's lives, Danielle Fong. She has greatly inspired many budding young scientists to stand up. "Environmentalism is a morality, or a philosophy.Ecopragmatics is a discipline." To read more about Danielle Fong visit www.thextraordinary.org

This is a superb site from the BBC with interesting questions to inspire awe and wonder. There are videos and other media which attempt to answer questions on history, science and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

There is a great deal that I like about this description of humanity at its best from Ryan & Deci. It is both a goal to be achieved and an indicator of conditions which are required for us to fulfil our potential. While the focus of this statement is on the actions of the individual we can see how society might act to deny individuals the opportunities to lead such an inspired and agentic life. I like to imagine what a school might be like if every individual who plays a part in its functioning strove to extend themselves, master new skills and apply their talents responsibly.  Maybe schools would be like the 'learning organisations' described by Peter Senge. 

The Youngest Billionaires of the world, Few such stories & lists of the world's richest people who created these wonders will be told time and again, and be an inspiration for many.

The Youngest Billionaires of the world, Few such stories..

"This is a superb site from the BBC with interesting questions to inspire awe and wonder. There are videos and other media which attempt to answer questions on history, science and much more."