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What purposes does education serve? What needs of humanity does education serve? What might the product of our labours be like and how might our efforts contribute to the greater good? These are questions we have long struggled with but with but it seems that in the current times we might need to rethink how we answer these questions.

TED is a superb, inspirational organisation that hosts some of the best speakers of our time on a range of fascinating topics. Now TED has a set of amazing videos to use in your classroom to astound your students. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

TED-Ed's commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED's mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform.

Get details of IGNITE campaign 2012 by CBSE board of education. Check out latest CBSE curriculum and education news on Extraminds.

CBSE schools will get education dvds of Gandhi, the making of Mahatma, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar and other historical personalities of India. Get more CBSE education dvds on Extraminds.

Integrating games in education and higher education.

Only a teacher knows how other educators think. Educators respond better to a teacher who shares the similar attitude and situation.

"Effective use of technology in education" is perhaps a new subject that needs to be taught.

Their focused approach and personalized services have helped many develop close-knit professional relation with many Universities that make your job easier. They help you shortlist universities that match your requirements and are suited to your profile so that you can Study & Work abroad. The admission process is an elaborate one with various parameters attached to it. Once you're enrolled with the consultants, you can leave all your worries behind. Until you secure admission. They have a solid network of students getting education in foreign universities and are readily approachable for feedback on studying and living abroad.

With all social media sites out there, which are useful for educators? These are the 15 best educative social media tools.

Are you an educator or teacher? Want to share your practices of using technology in education with EdTechReview? Submit the form for posting a guest article and spreading it to our edtech community members.

Infographic that gives you a better idea of the scope, impact, and future of online education.

South Sudan is the youngest country in the world and now sudan is developing a brand new education system for their students and teachers.

"duComics is an European Union Comenius education project under the Life Long Learning Programme (ref num 142424-2008-GR-COMENIUS-CMP). It will show educators how online comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and motivate students, and use technology in a practical and effective way. The project will create training material for teachers and organise seminars for teachers in Greece, Cyprus, UK, Italy and Spain. These attending teachers will be able to apply strategies and lesson plans in their schools."

Brian Lamb's new UBC Open Education wiki toolkit