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In teaching it is often the little things we do on a daily basis that have the largest cumulative effect. While the events, festivals, camps and more spectacular lessons may stand out in our memories these moments have less overall impact across the time that our students spend in our company. Getting these little details right however is a complex business that demands we bring our best to every interaction, every lesson and every opportunity we have to shape the minds and dispositions of our learners. The result is that there are no easy lessons, no easy days.

A superb site from Google and the British museum. An interactive timeline of interconnected historical objects from all over the world. Click on them to view details.

Make art out of ribbons of light with this interactive drawing site. Just move your mouse around to create beautiful patterns. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design

This is a fun musical resource. Place your dots on the window and see the rings expand and interact to make music. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

An amazing set of interactive biology, chemistry and physics activities, animations and virtual experiments. A free sign up is required. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A good site with lots of resources for teaching time, including worksheets and an interactive clock at http://time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf. http://j.mp/JjSQvt http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A good interactive video English resource from the BBC about how to deduce ideas from texts. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

An interesting search engine for learning things. Find key facts, websites, videos, images and quizzes. Adjust the settings to receive results for different age students. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Explore an interactive concept map Understand connections between key concepts and facts. Customize your map with facts, links, and more

An interest English resource where users can mix up fairytale stories and add their own text. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

View the relative size of living cells with this great interactive zooming resource. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A superb site which allows you to make interactive charts to embed on to your site or share. There will also be an interactive infographic function available soon. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

This is a great set of flash maths resources for your whiteboard. Topics include an interactive number square, fraction bars and a set of algebra scales. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Present a live, interactive webinar or presentation quickly and easily with this superb online tool. Setup is simple and you just share the url with your audience. The video is recorded so it can be watched again. Get your class presenting to other children/parents. You may even be able to persuade you head teacher to conduct a staff meeting virtually! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

This is a fun, cute, social 3D island world designed especially with children in mind. Children make an avatar and follow a quick tutorial and explanation of safety rules. The children can take their characters on quests, play educational games and interact with other users of the site. A fabulous feature of the site is that users are encouraged to 'make and do' offline as well. These activities can be uploaded to a scrapbook and multimedia blog. Offline activities also generate points in the game. The scrapbook is defaulted to private and no photos of children will be approved by moderators if the scrapbook is public. All the usual safety features are in place, including a 'report' and 'block' other users button. The basic account with most features is free, but there are optional 'paid for' extras. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A stunning project from Microsoft Research. See the 13.7 billion year history of the cosmos as an interactive and zooming timeline, including our modern times. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/history

This is a great interactive flash presentation how making and reading pie charts. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A well made, child friendly flash site with videos, interactive games and other resources about Internet safety and smart thinking online. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Turtle Diary is a wonderful, must try site packed with a huge collection of online interactive games and activities for young children, including maths and literacy resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years