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I'm a so-so fan of Skype. I've used it on an infrequent basis and have had more than a few dropped calls. Audio and video alike. However, it's a cheap way to make long distance calls and seems to work better over wi-fi and the video quality is improving on a regular basis. So therefore it's probably a great tool for the classroom. But how can you use Skype to do more than just make calls? Well, there's a pantload of interesting ways! Check out these fun ideas: Collaborate! Meet with other classrooms: One of the most common projects educators utilize Skype for is setting up exchanges with classrooms around the world, usually for cultural exchange purposes or working together on a common assignment. The program's official site provides some great opportunities to meet up with like-minded teachers and students sharing the same goals. Practice a foreign language: Connect with individual learners or classrooms hailing from a different native tongue can use a Skype collaboration to sharpen grammar and pronunciation skills through conversation. Peace One Day: Far beyond classroom collaborations, the Peace One Day initiative teamed up with Skype itself and educators across the globe to teach kids about the importance of ending violence, war, and other social ills. Around the World with 80 Schools: This challenge asks participating schools to hook up with 80 worldwide and report back what all they've learned about other cultures and languages. Talk about the weather: One popular Skype project sees participants from different regions make note of the weather patterns for a specified period of time, with students comparing and contrasting the results. Collaborative poetry: In this assignment, connected classrooms pen poetic pieces together and share them via video conferencing. Practice interviews: The education system frequently receives criticism for its failure to prepare students for the real world, but using Skype to help them run through mock-up

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

A great overview of Lance's research into the effectiveness of libraries.  He answers the question: Do school libraries or librarians make a difference?  His answer (A HUGE YES!) is back by 14 years of remarkable research.  The point is proved.  But this information remains unknown to many principals and superintendents.  Anyone interested in 21st century teaching and learning will find this interview fascinating.

Online learning may not be a plea to everyone; however, the sheer number of online learning sites directs that there is at least a durable interest.

Online learning may not be a plea to everyone; however, the sheer number of online learning sites directs that there is at least a durable interest.

Use Your Time During Quarantine.Take a free career test at Tucareers.com and get to know more about your skills, interests and personality to make the right career decision.

These days degree doesn't matters, what matter is our skill in this new changing career paradigm. In the gig economy, individuals are driven by their interests or to explore better opportunities and are changing careers more frequently. Furthermore given that 50% of current jobs may not be relevant in the next few years, several workers across industries will be required to undergo re-skilling. At current pandemic situation many people are changing their career as the jobs in many fields today may become obsolete tomorrow. This is time you should be working on building new age skills to get work in the coming times. Psychometric Career assessment and other career tools can be very useful to identify suitable career paths and deciding on future skills and knowledge to build. Take a free career test to identify your skills, interests, knowledge and other factors and get career recommendations on suitable career path to make the right career choice.

If you are interested in building a classroom culture where thinking is noticed, named and celebrated, there are three books which make essential reading. They provide clear evidence for why teachers should focus their efforts on encouraging and normalising thinking and offer research-backed strategies to support this. The books are the result of ongoing research by Harvard's Project Zero and their lead author Ron Ritchhart.

This is a fab literacy site where you can find interesting and rare English words. Browse for words to make children's work stand out from the crowd and play 'guess the meaning' with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

An interest music project where users upload videos of guitars being played and you can view the notes and chords being played on a timeline in real time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Get little ones interesting in basic programming by playing with Daisy the Dinosaur on this fun iPad app. Set a list of commands in free-play mode or complete challenges. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Many interesting startups at  South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals (March 8-17, 2013)

This is a wonderfully designed site to learn Mandarin Chinese. It uses a huge collection of Chinese TV programmes and movie clips with interactive and dual-language subtitles. Click on a Chinese character is see the translation and hear the pronunciation. You can set your ability level and also what sort of media you are interested in. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+%26+Chinese+culture

Free Moodle Video Tutorials Would you be interested in a list of Free Moodle Video Tutorials? In case that you would like to add a Free Moodle Video Tutorial you can do so! At the following post you will find 29 Free Moodle Video Tutorials: 17 Free Video Tutorials for Moodle 2.0, 7 Free Video Tutorials for Moodle 2.3, and 5 more Free Moodle Video Tutorials. http://elearningindustry.com/subjects/free-elearning-resources/item/421-29-free-moodle-video-tutorials

This is an interesting history site about explorers... except it isn't. If you look at the information it is wildly wrong and the site is designed to teach about fact checking and to show children that not all information on the Internet is trustworthy. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Online BA business program is basically a career oriented subject that aims at sharpening the skill and capability of an individual. Most of the candidates are found to show interest in doing a bachelor degree in business.

This is a wonderful site from the University of Salford in the UK. Listen to soundscapes which have been recorded all over the world. Navigate on the map to find a place of interest, listen to the recording and read the information about the location. Upload your own soundscapes using the site or download the iPhone and iPad app at https://itunes.apple.com/app/i-say/id516927213. It's a useful geography resource and should get your students thinking about the sounds around them. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Travel and tourism sector is one of the most flourishing industries currently where people have higher scope of employment. A number of job profiles are available for the interested candidates who take up a diploma in this area.

Instant payday loans provide financial aid to bad creditors when they experience unexpected and unplanned fiscal crisis. This loan scheme is free from collateral with easy interest rate via online.

A great child friendly news site/app with stories to interest young readers. The site also has a ranges of tools and games to get involve in the news.

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