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"Fingerprinting: A Lesson on Classification"

Great resource, lesson plan, game, interesting activity. 

Scenerio: Consultants have a tough enough time managing a team when everyone is on site. Scatter your project members to various locations, and it's even harder to stay on track. One consultant shares his experience and the lessons he learned on the way to success.

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

Facebook may have found a way to break the Egyptian government's blockade of its website. The government there has been blocking several social media sites that demonstrators are using to organize and document protests. Today marks the third day of protests in Egypt calling for the ouster of long-time President Hosni Mubarak. Facebook is using lessons it learned in Tunisia, where the government allegedly hacked its Web site and tried to steal the passwords and personal information of protesters in that country. Jillian York of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society monitors the Arab world online and discusses efforts to get around governments' blockades of social media sites.

Online Courseware for grades 6-12 with individualized lesson plans for specific learning needs.

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

"Promethean's free online community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet."

"Science lessons for the girls at the Abbey School in Reading have never been so exciting since Kathryn Macaulay, director of ICT, introduced 3D projectors and glasses into the school. "

Lesson 2: Supply Chain of a Laptop can be adapted for ITGS>

The use of virtual reality applications to train soldiers heading to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Part of Teach-ICT.com. Includes worksheets and a downloadable spreadsheet simulation of EFT.

"10 Takeaway Tips for Project-Based Learning"

"GPS location apps on a smartphone can be very handy when mapping a travel route or finding nearby events. But how does your smartphone know where you are? Wilton L. Virgo explains how the answer lies 12,000 miles over your head, in an orbiting satellite that keeps time to the beat of an atomic clock powered by quantum mechanics. "