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A free ebook to download - The Web 2.0 Projects ebook brings together 60 great -- and simple -- ideas for using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom.

A free ebook to download - The Web 2.0 Projects ebook brings together 60 great -- and simple -- ideas for using Web 2.0 applications in the classroom.

"Your classroom is going global? That's great! But before you pack your bags, you might want to ask what, exactly, should a global learning experience be like for today's students?" Project Based Learning (remember the 60s & 70s before the NC?)

" Post links that include ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency, and inspiring action towards solving real-world problems."

This page contains resources to support for classroom topics and CPD opportunities for teachers looking to take a global approach to addressing the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence.

An interactive resource featuring stunning colour photos to help you teach about water and its significance. Includes classroom activities, case studies, quizzes and whiteboard activities for exploring the importance of water, water shortages, and ideas for positive action. In addition, there are photo case studies about water from Senegal, Cambodia, Uganda, East Timor, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Switzerland.

An interactive resource featuring stunning colour photos to help you teach about water and its significance. Includes classroom activities, case studies, quizzes and whiteboard activities for exploring the importance of water, water shortages, and ideas for positive action. In addition, there are photo case studies about water from Senegal, Cambodia, Uganda, East Timor, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Switzerland.

Bringing the real world into the classroom using ICT.

Out-of-classroom learning makes a unique contribution to a child's education, and offers many varied benefits to them, not least developing a sense of place and wonder for the world around them.

Presentation on Google Docs. You need to get a gmail account (no bad thing) Ideas use Twitter and historicaltweets, twitterfall, twitter poll, wordle, Google Earth ....\nFrom Tom Barrett via Joe at Mirandanet

Every state primary school in the UK will be sent a Darwin Treasure Chest jam-packed with outstanding free resources. The fun activities - which take place in the classroom, online and in the great outdoors - include exploring habitats, collecting seeds and growing plants.

Interesting example of Open Educational Resources. US Notice the format of Duscussion, activities, worksheets, resources and glossary.

might be a useful place to look for web2.0 apps.

Introduce the global dimension to your school day! Download or order easy-to-use assemblies, classroom activities and games to help students engage with world issues and reflect on their own role as global citizens.

"Visual thinking and learning tools such as Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping are making an impact in today's classrooms. Christina Preston, Founder and Chair of the MirandaNet Fellowship, explains what the concept is, how it is helping students and how ICT is taking it to new levels."

People become emotional about certain issues very quickly if they have strong beliefs, and political affiliation, if announced, can be a key to Pandora's box.

Exciting ideas for using Google Earth. Probably lots here we know little about YET. Important to help develop a sense of place and know and get a feel for other places. The simple task "where were you born?", "your parents", "your grandparents" maps most of us as immigrants and foreigners.

If you teach Biodiversity as part of your Sustainability studies these are great images and videos of threatened species around the world. Suitable for 5 to 16 year olds, ARKive's free fun-packed teaching resources cover a range of key science and biology subjects including: adaptation, food chains, Darwin and natural selection, classification, identification, conservation and biodiversity. These teaching resources include: classroom presentations, activities and handouts, teachers' notes as well as links to ARKive species profiles and scrapbooks.