"With 11.5 per cent of school-age children - or 123 million - missing out on learning today, compared to 12.8 per cent - or 135 million - in 2007, the percentage of 6-15-year-olds who are out of school has barely decreased in the last decade, UNICEF said today."

"With technological advances moving spectacularly fast, it is difficult for schools to keep updated with e-safety policy, procedures and advice for their staff and pupils. Ensuring that everyone is informed through following policy directives can be time-consuming, and producing the documents can be equally laborious."

"Technology has inevitably been inserted to nearly all aspects of our lives today. First and foremost, the use of computerised cash registers have been around for a few decades now. Trying to remember cash registers which operated without a digital display might be nearly impossible. The generation which might be able to do so has been replaced with a new generation who depend on technology to a large degree. The dependence on new technology is starting to 'show signs' of the effect of converting from our analogue counterparts. Below is an example that I recently experienced the effect of technology in a transaction at a doughnut shop."

"View over 200 3D models of historical objects from the British Museum. Manipulate the models online, view using Google Cardboard and download the models to print on a 3D printer."

"A fun quiz site where the user must discover whether a published news article is fake or real. A great site for older students when teaching about vitality of sources."

"A superb GIF maker from Google which captures short animations using your camera on your Android or iOS device."

"An interactive periodic table of elements showing common uses, properties, description and more."

"A useful little web tool which simulates a solar system allowing users to build their own."

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"This is a fun flash game where players help a turtle to swim and collect the correct equivalent fractions."

"A superb set of e-safety resources and tools from Google, including the amazing games in Interland."

"Stay organised as a staff or as a class with media rich collaborative virtual sticky notes. Add text images, files, links, Google Documents and more. You can add due dates and see changes being made by others in real-time. Be organised on the go with the Android and iOS apps."

"A video clip editor from Apple with filters, graphics, emoji, music and more. Use it to make video feedback, short instructions for flipped learning, and whatever else your imagination can create."

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Fun Chrome experiment where users listen to a word and then type or say to input the letters. Three difficulty levels available.