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Just seen this, looks t'riffic as the Brits might say!

Nice

Series of videos to show students how to make a game in scratch. Learn how to make parrots move randomly, create a crosshair target to follow your mouse, show and hide objects, keep scores and play against a timer.

Wow, sometimes infographics are amazing, you set the indicators/countries and view how they are doing. cool

Each day has a new "Wonder" good to get kids using their Thinking hats, or any number of question developments ytou might want. A good 5 min starter

Interesting site with lots on a wide range of eco based learning.

Want some ideas about Voicethread? Have a whole bunch. courtesy of shamblesnet

K-12 Open curricula Community resources

"Social media is growing at explosive rates. Just take a glance at Gary's Social Media Count which includes recent statistics from January 2011. Be certain to click on the 'social', 'mobile', 'games', and 'heritage' buttons at the top of the page to get the full impact."

Want some stats about Social Media? some are incredible!

Our "30 days to get your Students Blogging" Challenge is all about guiding you through the process of blogging with your students. This challenge is open to anyone and everyone - and you don't need to be a user of Edublogs at all or have participated in the first challenge. Wherever you're at - we'll step you through the weekly tasks to increase your skills while providing mentors who'll support your learning. Could be something here for every teacher either Blogging or thinking about Blogging.

"Teachers and Facebook: Please, Miss, Can I Friend You On Facebook? Good use of social networking and other social media in schools doesn't change that much with the changes in tools and platforms, but it's still useful to have a reminder of what works, and what doesn't."

Some good links as well

learning html

As the self-styled 'puzzle playground' Smart-Kit.com offers plenty of opportunities for your students to explore and flex their mental muscles. There are some great games here that really set it apart from the other sites on this list. For instance, the physics games are very good, the adventure games are taxing, and the quick thinking games really give students the opportunity to perform under pressure. There are even some IQ test questions here that can be used as problems of the day or extension work. Some of my favorite brain games on this site are Truck Loader, Trafficator, and the amazing Little Wheel. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/106947.aspx#ixzz1EGaRJ6xx

Need word/math puzzles for older students? This could be the place for that extra home learning or class problem (projecter)

Early Learning website.