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TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. []
 * TED** - Inspired talks by the world's leading thinkers and doers.

Here is a massive list of TEDTalks in a Google Spreadsheet last week. URL/Speaker/Talk Name/Summary/Duration/Publish Date are all laid out for you to search, organize, list and browse for some inspiration for your classroom! http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pjGlYH-8AK8ffDa6o2bYlXg

[| RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms]
This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned educationand creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.For more information on Sir Ken's work visit: http://www.sirkenrobinson.com 

Take a little time to view this interesting 5 minute clip that compresses 200 years of development in200 countries into 4 minutes. "it is a great example of the use of statistics and would be a great discussion starter for social/health ed classes as well as stats classes."If you can't access YouTube run the title through Google as it can be found in a number of places.
 * [|Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes] **

His website contains links to all sorts of resources for schools, particularly related to the use of technology in K-12 schools and is designed to support innovative teachers who are integrating ICT in the curriculum. []
 * WAZMAC.COM –** Warren McCullough has been a DET Technology Consultant in the south coast (Shellharbour) region for many years. His webpage is a must; full of informative educational ideas, resources and news relevant to all schools. Wazza has been at the forefront of innovative technology integration for longer that I care to remember.

This article discusses problems with companies that tell us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. According to this interesting read, this is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones. So let's dive into the world of passwords, and look at what makes a password secure in practical terms. []
 * THE USABILITY OF PASSWORDS **

I just thought I’d pass on this site as I use it regularly to create photobooks and calendars using my own photos. Its a division of Hewlett-Packard – joining is free but, of course, you pay for any items you want produced. I have found it cheap, fast and reliable. Basically you join, upload your own photos, decide what you’d like created (photobook, cards, calendar, mousepad, T-shirt, mugs etc etc) and arrange the pics the way you like. The results are great! [|http://www4.snapfish.com.au]
 * SNAPFISH **

**Global Education** Teacher resources supporting the integration of a global perspective across the curriculum. This is an EdNa site with heaps of great ideas and links. []

Here’s a **resource collection** from the American gov't. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly. __[]__

**TRIPTICO** Here's a site of free flash resources – there are some great tools to use if you have an LCD projector and/or IWB. While not all the resources are no-cost, many are and they have been known to make changes and additions based on email feedback. []

__[|http://www.mywebspiration.com]__
 * Inspiration's new online tool - Webspiration .** Use Webspiration to map out ideas, organize with outlines, and collaborate online with teams or colleagues. Create concept maps, mind maps, idea webs and other powerful visual thinking models in Webspiration's Diagram View. Build organized outlines, plans and reports with Webspiration's Outline View.