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An interesting site showing useful world data as distorted world maps. Great for showing different data and ideas in a visual way. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

the educational Internet platform of the German Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam. Starting in September you will be able to take part in our worldwide social learning network based on interactive online courses covering different subjects in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Enter a fascinating world of knowledge with our free open online courses. Meet other participants from around the world and familiarize yourself with fundamental and current topics in ICT, computer science and IT systems engineering.

In an ideal world, every time your company rolls out a new application or a major upgrade on an existing application, full-time trainers would handle the duties of educating end users. In the real world, however, help desk analysts not only provide support for these applications but are often asked to train users on them as well.

This is a fun geography game where you are transported to a random part of the world through Google Street Map and you must explore and guess where you are. It's a wonderful way to expand children's knowledge of the world. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Open a door to the world with this intriguing site which transports users to indoor spaces from all over the world with a Google StreetMap mashup. Found via http://twitter.com/@SparkyTeaching. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

An intriguing site which has split the whole world into 3 metre by 3 metre squares and assigned 3 words to label that coordinate, giving addresses to millions around the world who don't have an official address, or making a meeting point more accuracy than a postcode. For educators, there are lots of geographic and literacy possibilities - geocaching with spelling, or writing short stories or descriptions about a real location including the words. The site can be viewed in many different European languages meaning there are MFL possibilities too."

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.

An interesting and shocking site which shows live statistics for world population, economics, the environment, and many more. Useful resource for sparking debates. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Resources On this page you will find links to resources, activities, etc. ONLINE TOOLS ■Storybird, create your own books using original illustrations. ■Tagxedo, create word clouds with different shapes. ■Online Convert, online tool to convert different kinds of files. ■Dragontape, crop and mix youtube videos, and embed the result. ■Vocaroo, record your voice online and send it to a friend, post it on the web with a link or a html code. ■Brainshark, add audio to your pictures or slideshow presentations. ■Dictationsonline, dictations for different levels. ■Only2Clicks: The 101 most useful websites READY MADE MATERIAL AND UNITS ■English Language Lab Asturias (ELLA) ■ESL-Library ■British Council Teaching Resources ■English Lessons Online ■News English Lessons ■EL gazette ■Mosaic, specific materials for low levels. ■Efl-resource.com, materials classified according to levels and topics. ■Film-English, lesson plans from films in English. WRITING ■Flo-Joe ■Busuu SPEAKING ■Busuu ■The Mixxer: Language Exchange Community for Everyone ■Verbling READING ■BritLit (British Council) DICTIONARIES ■SHAHI: Diccionario visual que combina contenido del Wiktionary con imágenes de Flick. ■Wordreference, Assorted Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries and links to other Dictionaries. ■Merriam-Webster Online, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical Dictionary and Spanish-English Dictionary ■Cambridge Dictionary, Dictionary, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs ■Collins Dictionary, Monolingual and Bilingual Dictionaries ■Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus ■Visual Dictionary ■Pronunciation Dictionary ■Oxford Dictionary ■The Free Dictionary, Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Legal Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Dictionaries in other Languages. ■Free Medical Dictionary Online ■Linguee, Dictionary created by internet users with real examp

Use fascinating and just plain weird World records to introduction topics in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

This is a MUST TRY site. It's not often that I'm amazed be an educational resource, but I am with this one. Pora Ora is a stunning educational virtual world for Primary school aged students. Play truely fun educational games which practise skills in English, maths and many other subjects. The graphics and useably is superb. Online safety is at the heart of this site. The parential admin account can set the student's account to free chat with everyone to completely locked down where they have the world to themselves and everything in between. The site has a language filter and users can report any incidents of trouble. Also, the first task requires the user to complete an online safety task. The site is free with a few premium features coming out later. You have got to try this one! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Nairobi 2010 Conference Reoprt  Climate Change and Natural Resource Use in Eastern Africa: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Report of the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Ecological Society for Eastern Africa (ESEA) and co-hosted with the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) at Multimedia University College, Nairobi, 19 - 21 May 2010 By Nicholas Oguge, Caroline Lumosi, Teddy Odindo, Joseph Ngondi and Philista Malaki October 4, 2010 Summary While the Earth's climate has changed throughout history, the current warming trend has been of particular concern because most of it is human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented.  One of the greatest concerns of this global warming is climate variability and change.  The risks associated with climate change add to development challenges such as food and water insecurity. Although climate change is only one of the many drivers negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services, it certainly exacerbates the other factors such as land degradation and unsustainable natural resource use. There is general concern on the accelerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources. This would widen poverty levels confronting eastern African countries and threaten gains made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Thus, the Ecological Society for Eastern African organised its 3rd annual scientific conference with a theme addressing this global challenge.  The idea was to bring together researchers, policy makers and the general public together to discuss the climate change phenomena, its impacts, mitigation strategies and adaptation measures with regard to natural resource use in Eastern Africa. In order to address above issues and to reach out to a wider audience, we designed the conference strategically on three tiers:   1. Plenary talks: to provide policy information and direction, science on climate change, ecological and socio-economic effects, how to commun

Learn about the geography of the world and help some people around the world at the same time with this great map game. For each answer the site's sponsors will donate money to provide money for clean water projects in some of the poorest countries. The more accurate the answer, the more money is given. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

This is a Google project which maps out famous sights from around the world. It's Street View for monuments! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History

Going out of school and learning in the real world can provide some of the most rich and valuable learning experiences. But when this is not possible, this site provides teachers with a directory of virtual school trips to fascinating places through Google Hangouts. Join educators across the world and your children may even talk directly to experts. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers In an increasingly connected world, it's imperative for individuals to be able to work together on projects. Collaboration is essential for you as an educator and for your students as they journey through the world of academia. Utilize these 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers to collaborate effectively with colleagues or to encourage your students to come together and create something amazing. How To Use The 5 Best Free Collaboration Tools for Teachers http://elearningindustry.com/the-5-best-free-collaboration-tools-for-teachers

Indonesia is a country that has three thousand more diversity of species and number one as the country's largest owner of species in the world, like the endangered species of birds unique which the most beautiful in the world, includes the amazing birds below, The Blue Paradise or the scientific name Paradisaea Rudolphi is a kind of medium sized birds of paradise, with a length of about 30cm, part of the genus Paradisaea. The spread area of Blue Paradise found in the forests of the eastern highlands and the southeast of Papua Island, generally at a height of 1,400 meters to 1,800 meters altitude above sea level.

As you'll learn when you read The Underground History of American Education the new purpose of schooling-to serve business and government-could only be achieved efficiently by isolating children from the real world, with adults who themselves were isolated from the real world, and everyone in the confinement isolated from one another.

The Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange (GLOBE) is an international consortium that strives to make shared online learning resources available to educators and students around the world. The consortium provides a distributed network of learning objects that meet quality standards. GLOBE aims to connect the world and unlock the 'deep web' of quality online educational resources through brokering relationships with content providers.

Whyville is a virtual world where boys and girls from all over the real world come to chat, play, learn, and have fun together. You design your face, earn clams by playing games, hang out at the beach, and go to town events at the Greek Theater. You can start your own business, buy a car and give your friends a ride, or write for the town newspaper.