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All of us wants to feel younger and healthy in our life when we get older. There's nothing we can do to about our chronological age.

"the teachers who have been the most successful didn't necessarily know anything about technology. They were the masters of their content," he said. "For some of the younger teachers, who are still grappling with classroom management and learning the content"

Your source for the latest research news. -This seems like a good science resource for high school/higher education level students. Sadly not great for young students, but you could talk about things mentioned on the site and put it all into terms younger students could understand.

I don't often talk about it, but I own a little house in Sydney bay. It's not much, but I'm proud of it. The problem is that it is only virtual and made out of Lego. This wonderful site allows you to design houses, or anything else, with virtual Lego on a virtual plot in Australia or New Zealand. It's like a simplified version of SketchUp, great for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

adolescents reading of e-books/use of the library

A superb collection of cross curricular games, activities and other resources for younger children, including a great set of maths and English language games. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Make your own animated watery scene with this superb flash resource. Just drag and drop your sea creatures to where you want them. A great science activity for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

This site teaches grammar through a good collection of multiple choice quizzes and games. There is also a junior version of the site for younger learners. Both sites also have downloads for teachers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Print out this personal Thesaurus for younger learners. This PDF has a collection of words in each section, plus space for your children to write their own. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A simple online drawing tool with just the essential tools. Great for younger learners. Download the end product to your computer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design

A nice site for younger children where you will find games, interactive stories, songs, virtual art creators and more. Free registration is required. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Enter this Writing competition from the BBC for 13 years old and younger. Write a story in less then 500 words. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Competitions+%26+Events

A fun logic game where players must travel from one platform to another jumping on coloured columns. Great for younger children. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

Get some weird and wonderful story starters. Just click on the button to view one of the million starters. There is also a junior version for younger writers at http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm.

A simple maths game for younger learners where players match the number word to a spaceship with the number digit. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A wonderful story site for younger children where the readers play a platform game with Rex the dinosaur to follow the storyline. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Guide to getting started with languages with younger pupils.

Until recently classes were sent to the library to check out pre-selected books that would have some information about their topic. Allowing students to search for their information on the web makes teachers often uncomfortable. * They can't control the content, students encounter * Overwhelming number of search results * Inappropriate sites * Inaccurate information * Citation All the above mentioned reasons are valid points, but can't be used as a reason to "stick to the book" when allowing younger students to research. We do have to prepare them for research in media that is current for our times and one they most likely will use as as their primary source for gathering information as they grow.

comprehensive math tutoring videos...free The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. We have 600 videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan. He has also developed a free, adaptive math program available here. To keep abreast of new videos as we add them, subscribe to the Khan Academy channel on YouTube. The entire video library is shown below. Just click on a category or video title to start learning from the Khan Academy!

Khan Academy is a widely know and used cross-curricular educational video site. While there is some content for younger students, most videos are for older students and adults. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular