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I've often wondered why it is that the internet is such an amazing, creative and inspiring place full of so many fantastically interesting things, and yet so many educational software, applications and e-learning products turn out to be so dull.

While I was wondering about the right topic of my master thesis, I was thinking of technologies that might have the biggest impact on e-learning in the future. That means, that I don't want to write about Second Life or other new media that didn't revolutionize learning in the last years. Even though the number of users is increasing, I honestly don't see a big future of Second Life for educational purposes. I am more interested in new fields of e-learning that will change the ways of teaching and learning. After some Internet research, I found the following trends for e-learning technology

While every child deserves an individual school report, it is nice to have some ideas to get the writing started. This is a wonderful UK based site to help teachers of Primary and Secondary write reports for subjects across the curriculum. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

A wonderful site with ten relaxing sound scapes and a photo slideshow to go with the sounds. Scenes include rainforest, bonfire, beach and dophins. Great for calming things down in your class or to use to inspire creative writing. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts

A wonderful German language resource made by kids for kids. Watch the videos to hear some basic phrases. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Languages,+Culture+&+International+Projects

A YouTube Page guaranteed to make all but the youngest of us feel old, by showing technology that is obsolete. Great for showing the iPod generation the wonders of cassette tapes and vinyl records. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

The technology was invented to help businesses and ensure that the human person has a smooth surface, while living. U.S. companies that offer this service do not think the same thing. This is why we have studied the field and have ideas that will help you to automate your home and make life worthwhile. They studied the field well and can provide customers with world-class service automation. They know how to play the leads and turn them into something that can be controlled by remote control or buttons on the wall. Imagine coming home tired and you need to relax: you have this big living room and go to where the TV is, is a process. So what are you doing? You can control your TV. It is a wonderful life? Home Automation provides both types of services.

This is a wonderful site which has a large set of lesson ideas that will bring Africa into your school. The activities range from KS1-4 and are spread across the curriculum. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

This is a wonderful resource for teaching the area of 2D shapes. Move and resize the shapes to change the values. It's a great resource to use on an interactive whiteboard. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

This is a wonderful citizen science project where users are asked to classify animals on the Serengeti from camera traps to help real scientists survey and track populations of important and endangered wildlife. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

This is a superb site from the BBC with interesting questions to inspire awe and wonder. There are videos and other media which attempt to answer questions on history, science and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

A wonderful Dr Who online game where players use basic coding ideas to complete levels. (UK Only)

A wonderful download which allows users to create interactive non-linear stories which allow the reader to make choices about how the plot unfolds.

A super web-based drum machine which works on most modern devices. Create wonderful music tracks and download as a WAV file.

"Ever wondered why Christmas Reindeer have red noses? You are about to find out with this musical Reindeer Orchestra. Make sure your volume is up."

"This is a superb site from the BBC with interesting questions to inspire awe and wonder. There are videos and other media which attempt to answer questions on history, science and much more."

"A superb resource which lets users search for descriptions by keywords which have been submitted by other users. Wonderful for creative story writing."