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A brother site 4Teachers.org

A pretty good site at first glance with a bunch of interesting tools and resources. Please post a review if any of you are registered there as well

 

Related link : http://www.4teachers.org/
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Motivating Language Learners with Flickr

A decent, fairly simple walkthrough on how Flickr could be used in a classroom

Related link : http://e-poche.net/flickr/
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An article on a paperless school experiment in the UK

An article in the Guardian, UK about how a remote high school is using technology to save on costs and provide better education for its students

An article discussing the pros and cons of various school boards

The article examines the strengths and weaknesses of various school boards and the rationale being used by parents and children in choosing a school belonging to one or the other.

Bangalore centric, but general enough in content

A success story of the application of technology to education

Various discussions around the topics of free/open source software, OLPC, etc have occurred on this forum. A video describing a success story.

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eyeOS team has recently implemented Cloud computing in a school of Catalonia (Spain). 600 students work everyday with a personal laptop connected to a eyeOS-server. read more

Live Discussion Widget for classroom blogs.

The link demonstrates a live discussion widget designed for edublogs. It is of particular importance to India, as it incorporates the google transliteration facility for typing indic scripts for Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

 

 

So go ahead and add the live interaction element to your blogs.

Related link : http://blog.classgrid.com/
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Flowers of India website

A very comprehensive website on anything and everything to do with flowers of India - types, botanical names, flowering tress, etc. Great resource for teachers!

Related link : http://www.flowersofindia.net/
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Animals Save the Planet

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! 

Creating Multiple Choice Answer/Marking Sheets

this site allows teachers who create multiple choice questions to easily make the scoring/marking/answer sheets.

Related link : http://www.catpin.com/bubbletest/
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Think Different (Inspiring Video)

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...

Related link : http://www.youtube.com/v/4oAB83Z1ydE
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