In June of 1971, just days before his 26-year-old son, Michael, got married, future-U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent him the following letter of advice. It really is quite stunning. 
Follow an email on its journey to see what happens when you send a message. Along the way, discover our data centers with videos and photos. 
George Monbiot: For all his talk of social justice, Michael Gove serves in a government that supports the privilege of a plutocratic class... 
Microsoft has once again teamed up with he Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) to release a version of IE9 that is safe for kids to...
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Side by Side is a remarkable free app. With Side by Side, you can split the iPad screen into as many as four windows that can be positioned and sized as needed. These windows can be used to view multiple websites, PDF’s or MS Word files. Or, any of the windows may be used for note-taking text editors. Text can be copied into a text editor from other open windows. Text-to-speech is available in any of the windows via Speak Selection. Via John Evans 
A North Carolina school district has quietly emerged as a model digital school, with thousands of laptops issued to students and test scores up across the board. 
Get involved and help raise awareness of internet safety for this year’s Safer Internet Day. 
Visit the blog of Nicki Maddams, an Advanced Skills Teacher in ICT and Microsoft Evangelist based at Hartsdown Technology College in Margate, Kent. 
January is a cornucopia of technological tipping and frantic futurology, but do you ever get a nagging fear that trends are passing you by?
TechCrunchOf Course iPads Belong In Classrooms — It's All About BalanceTechCrunchAlas, it doesn't quite do the post justice; Matt actually raises a few valid points on the potential woes of digitally assisted learning, but they're lost under a...
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New resource from Futurelab 
For a while now, we've heard how anyone who doesn't know how to code will be resigned to a life of servitude in the technological underclass. Writer, developer, and Stack Overflow kingpin Jeff Atwood disagrees. 
SCOTS school children should be given high tech tablet computers to ensure poor students aren’t left behind. ScotlandIS, the trade body for the IT industry, believes a “digital divide” is opening up between children from different financial backgrounds. Via Dave Brown 
Sadly, we still see countless negative examples: Schools that failed to examine the culture before initiating change, schools that changed one dimension of the school without considering the implications on other dimensions, and schools whose leaders went about change alone. Via Nik Peachey 
A study conducted at a school district in Auburn, Maine has found that Apple's iPad can be used to help improve kindergartner literacy scores. Via Dave Brown 
So what's the point in the traditional ICT staff audit? Do we really care if the HOD of Art is competent in databases? Or is her use of blogs, apps and smartphones a more relevant skillset for 2012? If you see the future of ICT in terms of mobile devices connected to the cloud and used in collaboration, what are the skills a teacher really needs?
Via Nik Peachey 
Codea for iPad lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer. 
Ministers cut the GCSE-equivalent value of 3,100 vocational qualifications, such as hair services and horse care, ending their recognition in school league tables.
In 2007, when the iPhone made its debut, there was little doubt that it would revolutionize the mobile phone industry. But at the time, few imagined that it would spawn a multibillion-dollar market for mobile applications, and fewer imagined that this market might become a significant one for children. Via Dave Brown |
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