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Giving away free books so that recipients can then donate money to charity. Fabulous idea, has authors like Gregory Maguire supporting them.

"Here's a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from"

I enjoyed taking part in this. Unable to multitask effectively when giving a presentation (can anyone?), I am gradually catching up with the comments on screen as I listen and watch the recording in bits each day. The presentation looks at the factors which help to make a (web 2.0) project successful, and includes (mainly) a case study of a multimedia project, and info taken from the forthcoming Web 2.0 Projects ebook. Thanks to Peggy, Kim and Lorna for their support before, during and after the session.

Susie ... this is for you to consider as it gives a great quick overview about the Taliban in Afghanistan with references to their adherence to Islamic law in the literal sense. The article does not confine itself to women's issues but includes them.

Susie ... this is for you to consider as it gives a great quick overview about the Taliban in Afghanistan with references to their adherence to Islamic law in the literal sense. The article does not confine itself to women's issues but includes them.

This content unit gives an overview of the use of STARLOGO software (FREE) for education from MIT. This is an awesome software and curriculum!

"Whether through Facebook, Twitter, Facetime or others, mobile devices allow us to develop "learning communities" beyond the boundaries of any physical location. In giving workshops to educators and parents, I often highlight the concept of learning community as one of the most important advances of a 21st century education."

An intresting blog post by Sam about social and emotional aspects of connecting through social networks.

Cel.ly is a new mass text messagingservice that says they are interested in schools using their free service! You can get started by texting "start" to 23559. Cel.ly will then ask you for a login and password. You can then go to the website Cel.ly, login and set up text message channels. Each channel is set up with a keyword so that students, teachers, community members, and parents can join your mass text message with a keyword from their cell phone! There does not seem to be a limit on the number of people that can join your mass alert. Cel.ly also gives you three choices in how you want to set up the mass text alerts. You can have all members send messages back and forth to the whole group. You can have only the teacher (owner of the channel) send messages to the group. You can have the group members send messages back to the teacher only! In addition your texting channel can be public or private! All messages are archived in Cel.ly! You can send messages via the Cel.ly website or via phone. It works quickly and easily!

Facebook Twitter Vimeo YouTube Readeez are a new concept in educational video. They combine the written word with the spoken word in an original way called SyllableSync™ that gives kids the unique experience of being read to while reading for themselves. Much more than cartoons, Readeez are health food for growing minds. Watch a few, then visit our Store, where instant downloads are available.

With this site you can upload a PowerPoint and record a webcam video to play along side it. Great for distance or self directed learning. Use it to give instructions to your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

A QR code generator that gives analysis of how and when it has been used. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

Just can't get enough of Google? This site gives to a useful start page with upto four split screens with Google as the homepage. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools

Create a 'sum of two numbers' worksheet. The sheets can be customised by choosing the size of the numbers to add. Note that only the answer screen is shown on the screen, but when you print you will give both the question and answer sheets. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Apple's Snow Leopard update brought a lot of fresh new changes to the OS X operating system, but it is now getting a little old in the tooth. A great way to fix this is to customize Mac 10.6 to give it a whole new look. Here's how to do it.

A great interactive acrostic poem maker. It explains what acrostic poems are when gives helpful hints as children write their own. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

blog giving cool math projects

But the importance of the stock market can not be compromised. Grant certainly has a leading position worldwide. And high-income people are attracted by the magnetism of this market. It seems a dream world too, as it will help to multiply their money quickly if abnormal earnings caused by large corporations. Rising stock prices gives high dividends and therefore a quick buck. Unless the element of risk, the market seems an evergreen tree, where the money if you sow the seeds would be the investment and fruit in the form of high dividends appreciated for a lifetime.

"In a fantastic discussion as a part of +Ed Tech Crew Episode 240 focusing on what it takes to be an IT co-ordinator, +Ashley Proud spoke about the demise in tinkering amongst students. Although +Mel Cashen and +Roland Gesthuizen mentioned about taking things a part, giving the conversation a more mechanical theme, I feel that tinkering is best understood as a wider curiosity into the way things work."

A site that collects pop-culture video clips of single words which you type. Use it for an interesting twist to giving instructions or a learning objective.

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