Imagine a History assignment where a student must submit a write-up on Mughal Architecture (or the form it takes as an oft-asked question in exams - "the contributions of Shah Jahan to Indian Archtecture"). Or a "project" on the temples of India. Think of the way this is usually done - a hand-written write-up with pictures cut and pasted into the notebook. Or in schools where students have access to computers this would take the form of a Word document with text and images or perhaps a powerpoint presentation with text and images. read more

BBC Languages is a very good online resource for teachers to work with in their foreign language curriculum. A colleague of mine who is a French teacher talked highly about the French site (see in related link), which she used for giving her students practice with listening to authentic accents of native French speakers, and understanding the spoken language and doing lots of exercises mostly with the audio facility (which is so important when one is learning a language).

The students loved doing these exercises in conjunction with their regular learning of French. read more

A valuable website that offers a database of the heads of state and government, de facto leaders, presidents, and dictators of all the countries and territories of the world, dating back to the year 1700. Useful in many ways.