Kids today are often referred to as “digital natives”. They enjoy being able to express themselves through the many digital technologies that they are so facile with; technologies that they would enjoy putting to use for the purposes of learning (and school work) as well.

This video was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills and be better prepared to succeed in the century. read more

Winner of the 2008 Manthan Award for e-Inclusion, Skid is designed to help kids with disabilities communicate and learn. 

Check out the skid.org.in website for the software as well as ideas on how to get a child started. read more

Just love this video! I don't necessarily agree with their choice of people in the video - but I guess this was made for American audiences. The words and the message, however, are simply brilliant! Truly inspiring stuff...

With all the buzz around the Large Hadron Collider experiment which will fire up today, I thought I'd share a few links that you could share with your students as well to understand this huge, and hugely important, science experiment that we will be witness to.

If you want to get an idea of what the (Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is all about - I've found this basic intro on Alice, CMS, Altas, LHCb and read more

"The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field."

Fantastic resource with videos, interactive labs, and images & animations.The audience is teachers and adult learner, but could be used by high school students as well.

Google and Common Sense Media have teamed up to create this video of common sense tips and rules for families to help keep their children safe online. The video is up on youtube - http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=kUyQI0USNSY

Not sure how different this was from the workshop on Internet Safety conducted by Google in Mumbai that was mentioned in this post recently.

After sharing that post about Animoto, I realized that I had not shared my experiences with MS Photo Story for Digital Storytelling.

A lot has been said and discussed here about getting kids to engage in creative storytelling using the myriad digital tools we have at our disposal today. read more

If you have not seen this already, The Story of Stuff is a must-see amazing, entertaining, informative 20 minute animation video by Annie Leonard.

"From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. read more

Another source for excellent videos that can be used in the classroom - this once specifically on videos of India.

indiavideo.org is a Video Encyclopedia on India created by Invis Multimedia in association with United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), New Delhi Office. read more

Ever wondered if you could download YouTube videos to show to your class or to people where you did not have Internet access? Well, read on...

We've had some discussions here on the use of YouTube in education. read more