A bit more technical, but the Dynamic Feed Control is the tool used on the Study Desk to display updates to the EDC3100 Diigo group and eventually student blogs and the twitter feed.
A cheap sensor that can be connected to a mobile phone and combined with a range of apps to act as a data logger. Almost approaching the idea of a Tricorder from Star Trek.
Will measure temperature, humidity, pressure, light, carbon monoxide levels amongst others.
The Student Blogging Challenge is just one project that aims to help school age learners connect to folk outside of the classroom. An example of ICTs being used to exchange information/communicate
A new challenge runs every March and September.
A 2009 blog post from a NSW teacher about setting up a school Internet radio station. Includes some ideas for how this could be used. Involves aspects of recording information, distributing it and creating it (amongst others).
The Internet archive is attempting to provide "universal access to all knowledge". i.e it is storing as much information as it possibly can. You can find movies, audio, books, even websites via the Internet archive.
A bit more information about Innovation #96 from the Decoding Learning innovation list.
Using a Wii controller to help primary school kids develop an understand of proportion. Found a video that shows it in action.
An online site where teachers share a range of different resources including multimedia resources, lesson plans and up to entire courses. These are increasingly called Open Education Resources (OERs).
Images of type-written letter from JD Salinger - the author of "The Catcher in the Rye" - explaining why he thinks the novel cannot be made into a movie.
A development version of a website aiming to help "players, parents and educators share learning experiences in games'. i.e. it helps you identify what games might be useful for learning and what they might help with.
An article reporting on the use of Twitter in a Year 2 class - their Twitter account https://twitter.com/ClassroomTweets
Found this in response to a question from @kellyfrintzilas
A blog posting on using Twitter in a classroom. This has some great tips on how and why to use twitter in the classroom.
http://www.essentialschools.org/resources/451
Added this on my twitter account @kellyfrintzilas
A short description of a script that helps you manage multiple folders on Google drive.
Google drive is one of many cloud/Internet-based shared drive features. It's a great way to share files with groups of people (e.g. the students in your class, parents, fellow teachers etc.)
It can also be useful for simply storing work for yourself independently of a particular computer. DropBox is the name of a similar service. There are quite a few.
A blog post that describes the process for creating a music video parody reflecting on how digital technology has changed us.
Cool tools used, a description of the process and a great end result.