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Love Hungry Beast and I still love Google. Who Cares!!! The government have all my details and so do most retailers. 

This looks like a handy tool for maps lessons. You can do all this in google earth but having the drawing tools over laid at the top of the screen is very handy and quite user friendly for students. 

Awesome finally we have real time editing with collaborators and an in built chat function. This is going to make our team planning days easier. Looking forward to seeing if it has a Land scape function.  

Google site I created for Early Years PD some useful links and pedagogical ideas etc. 

"There was 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003, but that much information is now created every 2 days, and the pace is increasing."

This is a great wiki that explains loads of stuff about google tools for the classroom. 

Create your own graphs to embed in blogs, webpages email it or IM it. Large selection to choose from. Another google app. 

This is the google site that Peter and I put together as part of our VITTA presentation. It's got great examples of student work and planning documents etc worth bookmarking for future reference

Great short video demo/example of how Google docs can be used to improve student writing. If you have a spare three minutes... worth a look

Some great ideas on how to use google sketchup in the classroom. With "how too" guides for the teacher to use. This would be perfect in a 1:1 setting but could be used in the lab or on pc's in classroom

Some interesting ideas for using qr codes.

looking at ancient rome....

This looks fantastic a must see for any class looking at water and or waterways.

This is an ace trick that is simple and if you are needing to produce a load of qr codes or just add a few on the go... 

I was even more intrigued when he made reference to the work of Bernard Suits that claims there are three constituent parts that make up games: To play a game is to attempt to achieve a specific state of affairs [prelusory goal], using only means permitted by rules [lusory means], where the rules prohibit use of more efficient in favour of less efficient means [constitutive rules], and where the rules are accepted just because they make possible such activity [lusory attitude].

An essay I wrote inquiring into the notion of everyday creativity and its significance in its application in the education context. If you have time and are interested... :-)

Creativity is the act of thinking. Whether you are deliberately engaged in thought for the purpose of making novel connections or in a state of incubation where the creative process is happening somewhere in the deep unconscious it is thinking that you are doing. Making thinking visible is a must read and have for all schools who are wanting to promote thinking. The thinking  routines outlined in this book are easily implemented and have robust research from Harvard Graduate School Of Education that demonstrate their effectiveness.