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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.

As technology evolves and its inner workings increasingly disappear from view, replaced with solid-state parts hidden by glass, aluminium and plastic, our understanding of what makes the world operate is similarly impeded. When machinery from just a few decades ago is viewed a world of moving parts, linkages, cogs and levers is revealed. These mechanical objects contain an inherent beauty and inspire curiosity in ways that modern devices with their pristine surfaces and simplified design language do not. Opportunities to explore devices from the past open our eyes and lead us to new questions of how our devices function, how machines do the jobs we need them to do and how engineers solve problems.

A logic game where players must drag objects around to hit targets and get the egg into the cup. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Easter

A well made Mandarin resource for kids. Choose a topic page then hover over the objects to see the characters and pinyin and hear the pronunciation. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture

Introduction to Concept Mapping Used as a learning and teaching technique, concept mapping visually illustrates the relationships between concepts and ideas. Often represented in circles or boxes, concepts are linked by words and phrases that explain the connection between the ideas, helping students organize and structure their thoughts to further understand information and discover new relationships. Most concept maps represent a hierarchical structure, with the overall, broad concept first with connected sub-topics, more specific concepts, following. Concept Map Example Definition of a Concept Map A concept map is a type of graphic organizer used to help students organize and represent knowledge of a subject. Concept maps begin with a main idea (or concept) and then branch out to show how that main idea can be broken down into specific topics. Benefits of Concept Mapping Concept mapping serves several purposes for learners: Helping students brainstorm and generate new ideas Encouraging students to discover new concepts and the propositions that connect them Allowing students to more clearly communicate ideas, thoughts and information Helping students integrate new concepts with older concepts Enabling students to gain enhanced knowledge of any topic and evaluate the information How to Build a Concept Map Concept maps are typically hierarchical, with the subordinate concepts stemming from the main concept or idea. This type of graphic organizer however, always allows change and new concepts to be added. The Rubber Sheet Analogy states that concept positions on a map can continuously change, while always maintaining the same relationship with the other ideas on the map. Start with a main idea, topic, or issue to focus on. A helpful way to determine the context of your concept map is to choose a focus question-something that needs to be solved or a conclusion that needs to be reached. Once a topic or question is

This is a downloadable programme that teaches programming through a virtual robotic rover. Design games and challenges with your robot moving and finding objects. The commands are similar to MS Logo, but the interface and graphics are vastly more child-friendly. It is free for personal use. Found via http://twitter.com/@SheliBB http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

An easy to use virtual stopframe animator. Move the objects around the screen and snap away. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

A pairs game where students must find matching Christmas objects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

A fun puzzle game where players must draw the objects to solve it. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A good collection of images of the solar system and others space objects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

An amazing augmented reality app for Android and iPad. Bring animation to still objects, make your children's written work come to life and make dragons fly around your school... through your camera at least. Share your creations with other users to make geo-location designs which will interact with anyone with the app. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A good English spelling puzzle where players are given a object to try to spell. The game has two difficulty levels. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

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Stephen Downes on the future of e-learning: personalised learning, networks and PLEs amongst much else

An interesting spelling game for younger children where you spin a wheel to spell the name of an object. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Download this 'must try' game creating and editing suite from Microsoft. Build characters, objects, scenery and design the structure of the games. Build and play entire worlds. It's an ICT teacher's dream. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A great flash game where players must shoot a ball into a hole and use the magnets to help you. There is lots of science to learn in this game including about magnets, gravity and the orbits of space objects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A site that collects pop-culture video clips of single words which you type. Use it for an interesting twist to giving instructions or a learning objective.