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After a long wait, Google Drive is now available for the iPad with the full functionality of the web-based version of Google Drive. To refresh, Google Drive is the new name for the Google Docs Suite. This suite includes Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and Folders.

You already know that the Internet is one of the most convenient, effective means of researching and finding information for your classes, but did you know that in some cases it can replace all of your hefty textbooks and reading assignments too? With ebooks, you can read, stream, and listen to lessons, classic literature, poetry and reference books on the Internet or your mobile device. Here are 100 useful links for ebook lovers

Many of you will be pleased to know that the nominations are now open for the 2010 Edublogs awards.

Excellent post by Silvia Tolisano

Social media site for publishers Allen and Unwin. Great way to promote reading to your students.

Futurelab are offering free access to digital editions of some of their digital literacy and innovation handbooks.

St Michael's Grammar School teacher librarian Sally Bray developed a very good fiction blog and has kindly agreed to share her blogging journey with readers of Bright Ideas.

An extremely interesting book looking at the global effects of gaming; much of it is based in fact.

Thanks to Softlink for giving me this award in 2010.

Tania Sheko's personal learning blog - a fantastic read for all teachers and teacher librarians.

Animoto videos--music videos for your images and pictures. With high production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music, Animoto videos blow the doors off traditional slideshows; it is time to move past the slideshow and embrace Animoto--free, easy, beautiful.

Faster than EasyBib™! BibMe AutoFills citations for you. Download your MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian bibliography in RTF for free.

Consolarium - Just another Ltsblogs.org.uk weblog

Thanks to Softlink for awarding me the IASL/Softlink International Excellence Award for 2010.

John Birmingham talks about how libraries are changing. He highlights a new app from the British Library, and proposes that Google and Wikipedia will never really replace libraries because they exist to make a profit, unlike libraries.

It is very interesting to look at social media use in terms of country populations; this could be useful to share with colleagues and students.

Event series in Elluminate held in Australia-friendly times.

For the first time, the World Report is being made available online in a fully searchable database, complete with graphical map interface. By clicking on a country's marker, you can either select "View individual report"