The story behind the world's most popular social networking site has a bizarrely Australian twist. In 2004, aboard the yacht of a Sun Microsystems executive, the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and friends apparently dined on a koala.
Online doof doof making music machine/generator. It works make sure your students are using head phones. Looks like you can record on the fly could be useful for a pre garageband lesson.
a fantastic post about class and student blogging. Some great links for blog support and ideas. A must read if you are unsure about the widgets and sidebar. This is compulsory reading for level 3 teachers who should be considering students having their own blog.
Some great widgets here for student and classblogs. I could see Buzzbite being really useful in a chance and data lesson whilst Polldaddy could be used to collect some raw data for an opinion piece-persuasive writing
Great article asking the question of why teachers fear technology. It poses some great quesitons in regards to how slow we are as teachers to keep up with what our students consider their world.