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This teacher has used a wiki platform to record his learners portfolio of learning in the maths class. Great example

Librarians and educators need to be able to illustrate to students and users alike that websites cannot always be trusted to provide truthful and accurate data. This page provides examples of websites that are full of lies, inaccuracies or false information - either for amusement or for more worrying reasons. The list does not include phishing sites however; these are intended to fool a person into believing that they are visiting a legitimate bank site for example; there are already plenty of links to these online already.

The goal of Digital Literacy is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. Whether you are entirely new to computing or have some experience, this curriculum will help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers. From using the Internet, to sending e-mail, to creating a résumé, the Digital Literacy Curriculum helps you develop the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence.

This month, the UN's International Telecommunications Union launched a blueprint for child online protection, drawn up jointly by welfare groups, regulators, law enforcement officials and the industry, that will be updated every year.

Understanding what GIS is and what it can be used for. With a GIS application you can open digital maps on your computer, create new spatial information to add to a map, create printed maps customised to your needs and perform spatial analysis. In this worksheet we explore the basic concepts behind Geographical Information Systems.

Thought about answering but then I would have had to stop laughing. But quite worrying as well if this is were we are at. Read through all the comments.

"A Danish - South African initiative offering Mobile solutions for Literacy Training and Skills Development."

This visual tutorial is really inspiring. Well done!

Steve uses a great metaphor for why we should not ban cellphones...

"From next year, pupils across the country will do fewer projects, and teachers' workloads will be reduced"

This is an absolutely amazing interactive magazine- I REALLY wouldn't mind having all my magazines in this format. Interactive beautifully illustrated with photos, video snippets and scrolling info bars. Lovely. Could be great in the Geography class/library.

A brilliant list of mobile learning sites and blogs!!!

Lovely resource for science teachers with little videos for every element

This is a mailing list/community for librarians/media specialists in SOuth Africa. It is a closed group, contact the list administrator Joy Rosario for membership.

This is a google group e-mail network for Southern African teachers