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

Incredibly enjoyable set of animated videos that bring home simple messages of how to be more environmentally conscious. Wonderful for elementary school age kids, but can be enjoyed by one and all!

The site has links to what carbon footprint means and other tips on how to "Go Green".

These videos are a must watch! 

If you have not already come across this browser (and the related story of a grandfather who developed this browser for his autistic grandson), here is some info on and link to the ZAC (Zone for Autistic Children) browser.

"ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmenta read more

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

I came across this really cool tool for making snazzy videos in a matter of minutes, and just had to share it here! read more

Many have expressed an interest in the Hindi Ki Duniya - Pehle Kadam early learning programme designed for children for whom Hindi is not a spoken language (such as those in South India). This kit, authored by Chandrika Mathur of Rishi Valley, is no longer available from Scholastic. read more

2 great sites for teaching about the different systems and organs in the human body, which are interactive and of very good quality - 

BBC Interactive Body 

National Geographic - Health and Human Body

I've been playing around with Google's Custom Search Engine tool, and am currently experimenting with CSEs for Math resources on the internet. I've created a couple of them - one for elementary and middle school level Math and another for high school math. read more

This post is inspired by Varni's post on the National Science Day celebrations in her school, and her son's exhibit which was shaped by ideas from Arvind Gupta's "Toys from Trash". read more