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Every Year 8 student at Warwick Senior High School has been given an iPod to use during class and school hours to research, access school-created information and download relevant applications. Assignments and homework can also be completed online. A huge array of applications has been made available to download, enabling students to create practice tests, learn about percentages and translate voice recordings.

NEW internet technologies like twitter are strengthening family ties and bridging the generation gap between kids, parents and grandparents, according to a new survey. The findings fly in the face of concerns the internet is driving a wedge between families and alienating parents from their kids. According to the Norton Online Living Report, released today, tools like twitter, Facebook, Skype, webcams, photo and video sharing sites and instant messaging are keeping families connected.

"The Federal Government has announced the first sites on mainland Australia where the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be rolled out."

One of my favourites - Years 7-12 tutorials for all students in mathematical areas with quick videos and tests to check understandig. Created by McDonalds but still really good!

A group of Melbourne university students have created a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube in a record-breaking 10.18 seconds.

A neat set of videos from the ABC looking at the Digital World, Mobile and portable devices, New ways to watch TV, Podcasting and Social Media.

THE NSW Department of Education and Training has dished out the first contracts for the $386 million computers-in-schools program, with the spoils going to Lenovo, Microsoft and Adobe. The computers will be given to over 200,000 government secondary school students in years 9 - 12 and 25,000 teachers across NSW.

"The interactive guide looks at the 50 examples of innovative approaches to professional learning and performance and development profiled in the Global Trends in Professional Learning and Performance and Development report."

Does a sense of playfulness underpin the modern world? From information sharing to social activism to business training, the dynamics of play are increasingly important in our rapidly evolving world.