ICT4Champions

What this blog provides: Reviews of apps (mostly free ones) that are appropriate for use in K-12 settings. And some suggestions about how those apps could be used by students, teachers, and school administrators.Reviews of Android-powered tablets for use in K-12 schools.

Using the slogan "Rights from the Start! Early Childhood Care and Education Now!", campaigners around the world will be raising their voices to mobilize support for early childhood care and education

This script makes giving attribution to flickr creative commons such a simple thing you cannot believe you had done it any other way earlier. Any flickr photo page you visit that has Creative Commons License applied will display two text fields below the CC license listing (right side of photo). Clicking either field will select it, so you can do a quick command-c to copy.

"LEARN ANYTHING WITH YOUR PEERS. IT'S ONLINE AND TOTALLY FREE. At P2PU, people work together to learn a particular topic by completing tasks, assessing individual and group work, and providing constructive feedback. ."

Twitlonger is an easy way to post long messages to Twitter without the need to write a blog post. Write what you need here and we post the link to Twitter for you.

Here you will be able to find comprehensive tutorials and step-by-step instructions for using all the products in the Google Apps suite, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sites, and more.

QR codes… Disposable fad? Or useful technology? Opinions on whether QR codes are of real value is a hotly debated topic. But regardless of polarized views on the technology, there are some teachers using QR codes in education in some very inventive and exciting ways.

Our aim is investigate the concept of 'The Networked Teacher' and find out more about 'Networked Literacy & Fluency' in education.

Over the coming weeks UNESCO, in partnership with Nokia, will launch its Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning with the release of a set of twelve papers reviewing mobile learning initiatives, implications for ICT in education policies and how mobile technologies support teacher development. The papers will be released according to regions of the world.

Pinball is a suite of fun tools from the BBC for organizing ideas and generating new ideas. In Pinball you will find tools for creating mindmaps, outlines, and simple slideshows. Pinball also has tools to help you brainstorm and generate new ideas. Each one of the six Pinball tools provides options for including text and images in your mindmaps, outlines, and slideshows. 

C4LPT is a free resource site on the use of new (particularly social) technologies for learning and performance. It is now one of the world's most visited learning sites on the Web, with over 100,000 visits every month.

As more and more people join the world of Twitter (460,000 signups per day), school parents and teachers are more commonplace on this global social media tool. According to a recent Pew Internet Study, 84% of all Twitter users are between the ages of 18-49. Why is this important to school officials? The age range includes the majority of our school parents.

edshelf is a directory of digital tools for educators. Discover new tools See what other educators use. Rate and review your favorite tools

Five great sites that you can use to spice up your technology tool library.

Today we are introducing you to another kind of search engines  labelled ' specialized search engines '. These ones here are also very important and can provide you with better results by specializing a little and using a search that is not trying to answer everything.

An introduction to building your own blog, plus how to link it to Twitter.

To start using PicSay select pictures stored on your device or in your Google Picasa albums. When you've finished editing your pictures you can save them to your SD card or send them to a number on online storage sites including Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Drive.

"We offer courses from the top universities, for free. Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students."

iKeepSafe is dedicated to the education of families on how to stay safe online. That's why we've teamed up with Google to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible digital citizen. The curriculum is designed to be interactive, discussion filled and allow students to learn through hands-on and scenario activities. Each workshop contains a resource booklet for both educators and students that can be downloaded in PDF form, presentations to accompany the lesson and animated videos to help frame the conversation.