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"The One Laptop per Child non-profit develops a low-cost laptop-the "XO Laptop"-to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our mission is to provide educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by giving each child a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop; and software tools and content designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. "

"The Huerfano School District Re-1 School Board has approved cell phone and iPod use at John Mall High School in Walsenburg"

"The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. " A nice example of educational simulation software, the standard Celestia is a reasonable download (33MB). There is also a special educational set that can be purchased or downloaded for free (1.3GB).

"2010 Horizon Report: Emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression "

"ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving learning and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and higher education."

"10 Takeaway Tips for Project-Based Learning"

...help students flourish regardless of their learning differences using a variety of tools, educators created engaging lesson plans tailored for students with special needs.

Educator created lessons and activities. Rich with movies, images and podcasts. Special collections on a range of topics

"Two months after a high school student sued Amazon for removing George Orwell's "1984" from his Kindle e-reader, along with all his notes, Amazon has settled the lawsuit."

Part of the teach-ICT website, these are case studies relating to Education and ICT

New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming

New research on gaming design and brain plasticity offers more perspectives on educational gaming

An insight into the issues in intrdoucing IT classrooms when there is a lack of qualified teachers

I really like this article. Amazing what Chile have achieved - but also a wake-up call to those who believe computers alone are the solution.

Covers the pros and cons of online learning.

"A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through "Jeopardy"-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems. "