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A fabulous maths blog with a huge catalogue of Primary maths resources, many of these available to download as PDFs. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A good list of arts education & advocacy resources from @cybraryman1

What is a TANGRAM? The Tangram is a Chinese very ancient game called Chi Chiao Bread, which means table of the wisdom. The puzzle is clear of seven pieces or "tans" that they go out of cutting a square in five triangles of different forms, a square and a trapeze. The game consists of using all the pieces to construct different forms. Though originally some hundreds of forms were catalogued only, today they exist more than 10.000.

Very nice list of great educators on Twitter via @cybraryman

Whether you love or loathe technology the reality is that it's going to play a big role in the future of libraries and educational facilities all over the world. Mobile technology has been at the center of a lot of discussion lately in research and library facilities, with schools like ACU choosing to distribute iPhones to new students for educational purposes. While the long term value of the iPhone as an educational tool is still up for debate, there are a number of ways librarians and researchers can begin using the technology to help them find information, catalogue their collections and much more. Here are a few ideas and tips to get you started on using the iPhone for more than just calls.

"School librarians are information professionals, who can support and teach information, critical and digital literacy skills. Research skills from finding books via your school library catalogue to researching academic online resources such as Science in Context, helping students to navigate those online tools that can't be searched with a question (like they like do in Google), explaining and using keywords, creating good research questions and guiding them onto the internet searching with the knowledge and skills about how to do this safely."

Backchannels in the classroom - this is a fantastic guide by Jerry Blumengarten @cybraryman1 of just about everything about backchannels.

The Parenting the Net Generation program is designed to educate parents about what kids do on the Internet and offer strategies for ensuring safe, wise and responsible Internet use in the home.

You can find a variety of books online, in many languages and reading levels (mostly Elementary). The titles are searchable just as you would in a library catalogue, and you can enlarge the text.

International Children's Library includes many ebooks that you can download onto your Kindle. The books are organized by grade level and there are over 10,000 of them. (A big hat tip to Peter Fogarty who shared this resource over at the TES forum, a place where I find a ton of great things for my classroom.)

Free trial of multimedia flip book creator