Sites of interest

There are many great educational websites for teachers and students. Here is a selection of some I've come across recently:

• Earth album is a great example of a mash up, combining photo editor, Flickr and a mapping tool to give you an ingenious way to explore the world.
• Zoeybot is a virtual desktop that allows young children to search in a safe web browser environment.
• Stepping into history is a conference to be held in the virtual world of Second life - great concept.
• Kids know it is a great website for kids to find out more about animals, geography, dinosaurs and much more through games, videos and music. It's a lot of fun.

Mobile technology

There is real interest in mobile computing here and overseas but what does this mean for teaching and learning when all students have laptops? What can we do to provide support for teachers?

This eschools news page is a collection of stories about some school systems that have taken up the one laptop per student challenge.

Safety and the internet

The internet creates wonderful opportunities for our young people, but there are others that can take advantage of our vulnerable youth. The Byron review focuses on what people can do to protect and educate their children but there is still a clear and definite role for educators in schools.

This could be 'seen' as safety in a digital world being incorporated into curriculum where appropriate and the teaching of critical information literacy skills in the digital world.

The Internet safety podcast provides regular updates about this issue.