Fantastic way to be creative. Try to make a stop-motion video using a normal camera or even camera-phone. Either make the stop-motion (many pictures quickly put behind each other makes a stop-motion film) on the computer or directly on the iPhone: there are many apps out there for that. Let them share their videos (even across the different European pilots)
Pedagogical uses: creativity, photography, storytelling.
"It's all about people-powered products: We are a community of people passionate about well designed everyday products. By sharing our loves, hates and ideas, we can challenge the one-size-fits-all approach to assistive equipment through the use of clever modern design. "
"22tracks.com is a jukebox consisting of 22 playlists of different genres, each playlist filled with 22 tracks, selected by specialized DJs from Amsterdam. 22tracks provides a quick overview of the latest music, promotes new artists and lets you discover new genres. No registration, no hassle. New music, the easy way."
It could be interesting to let the students themselves make a 22 Tracks playlist in for example Grooveshark, Jambox, or another web tool and share it. See other possibilities on Alternativeto.net and Makeuseof.com
Pedagogical uses: creativity
This is a very popular Q&A forum, with a high standard on questions and answers.
Pedagogical uses: finding answers online
Pros: good quality answers and questions
Cons: only in English
The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. Our current projects are here but plenty more are on the way. If you're new to the Zooniverse, we suggest picking a project and diving in - the same account will get you into all of our projects, and you can keep track of what you've contributed by watching 'My Zooniverse'.
The Zooniverse and the suite of projects it contains is produced, maintained and developed by the Citizen Science Alliance. The member institutions of the CSA work with many academic and other partners around the world to produce projects that use the efforts and ability of volunteers to help scientists and researchers deal with the flood of data that confronts them.
In this project, you can make your plants send messages to Twitter, for example when they are thirsty.
Pedagogical uses: learn about electronics, programming, media, sensor technology, collaboration
Pros: creative, useful knowledge, innovation
Cons: difficult, high learning curve, some equipment needed (to be purchased online)