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

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

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

Excerpt:

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

This is a continuation of the thread on technology tools for Geo Education initiated in the previous post where I discussed Google Maps in the classroom. read more

This is a continuation of the thread on technology tools for Geo Education initiated in the previous post where I discussed Google Maps in the classroom. read more

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

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

Shuchi has mentioned this book as part of her NECC posts and also posted a link to this video on her site here

Clay Shirky (www.shirky.com) writes about (in his own words)

- If I had to describe what I write about, it would be “Systems where vested interests lose out to innovation.”

- Or maybe “Systems where having goo read more

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.