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As mobile learning and technology is more readily integrated within classroom settings, QR codes can be used as an interesting method to capture a student's attention and make lesson material more interactive. Quick response codes, also known as 'QR' codes, are simple, scannable images that are a form of barcode.

Online pinboard that can be used by teachers or students in the classroom.

The 50 tips and projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to incorporate Twitter into important and lasting lessons.

If you are looking for teaching resources to support the teaching of GCSE ICT, OCR/Cambridge Nationals or just to support your students in the creation of multimedia projects, then take a look at the Serif Student Project Resources. Previously available on CD, the resources have now been converted into a website to make it much more accessible to your students.

Creating a Pictograph (m & m activity)

lessons to teach students about being digital consumers

It seems as though when one technology tool for the classroom is introduced, another one is waiting to make its debut! We've shared several 21st century tools with our readers; however, we have not acquainted you with a recent tool, Pinterest. Pinterest is an electronic bulletin board where users can "pin" images from around the web.

Teachers are signing up for Pinterest in droves due to the unique, image-based interface and the relevant, socially curated content. But what is Pinterest and how can it be used in the classroom? Let's explore the possibilities and take a look at several other social-curation sites as well.

The Atlantis Remixed Project provides a powerful new learning environment that combines academic concepts and meaningful play with disciplinary practices with the goal to create socially committed citizens. Our research focuses on understanding the opportunities and challenges of using these new technologies in schools. We draw on the idea of Transformational Play.

101 Ways To Use Your IWB and Data Projectors 1, Clip of the day - A novel idea. When kids weren't getting back to class on time Nick Opie came up with the idea of showing a clip right on 1.30 pm for those who had arrived back.