A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, finally goes into mass production report the BBC Intel have joined in the consortium – until quite recently they were producing the “Classmate” PC as a rival – possibly without the altruistic intent of the $100 laptop scheme.
Useful resources, especially for beginners Otis Online Tutoring e-Book NCSL’s e-learning facilitation toolkit and 70,000 heads are better than one
1 AdministrativeSyllabi, submission dates, room allocations, last-minute changes, etc.2 SupplementalMaterials to support the traditional classroom, but not critical to the course (e.g. notes, handouts, slides, reading lists, Internet links).3 EssentialStudents require regular web access to be productive members of the class. Most materials, tasks, assessments available on website. Teachers require
I’ve been looking up some good blog widgets. You can see a few of them in the sidebars to this blog. Mood displayhttp://www.imood.com/ Librarything to display a random sample of books from your libraryhttp://www.librarything.com/ Provide a translation of your blog on demand… (WordPress only: not tried)http://trevorcreech.com/blog/2006/04/27/translate-widget/ Embed your Flickr photoshttp://flickrslidr.com/