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TeacherNet

This area of the site carries information about teaching and learning: teaching strategy, teaching and learning tips, learning psychology, and links to thousands of resources. New content is being added all the time, so come back regularly for ideas to keep your lessons up to date. Under Resource materials you will find over 2000 lesson plans, materials on various topics and themes, and information and strategy on delivering each Key Stage of the curriculum. There are also links to museums, charities and other resources in your local community. Find information relating to teaching your subject or keep an eye on this area: all curriculum subjects will be covered over the coming months. Teachers of Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 pupils can find updates, information and links in our primary and secondary resources pages.

TEEM-Advice and guidance that teachers trust

The TEEM website enables teachers to get a definite insight into the software on offer, greatly helping them to choose suitable titles to use up their eLC quotas.

Internet 101

Internet 101 was created for those who want to know just the basics. This guide will provide you with enough knowledge to have fun on the Internet, yet will not bore you with too many details. Come and discover how the Internet works. Find out where you can get great software. Learn the secrets of search engines. Have your questions answered and problems solved.

Information and Communication Technologies Task Force

Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, through its core activities, working groups and regional nodes, made a substantive contribution to the preparations for the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society by sponsoring several regional meetings, organizing a series of global forums, producing several publications and participating actively in events organized by other stakeholders; organized three high-level round tables linking information and communication technology (ICT) with science and technology and the Millennium Development Goals; and provided substantial input to the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development through the working group on ICT indicators and Millennium Development Goals mapping.

ICT4LT

The ICT4LT website is a free collection of training modules in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Language Teachers, the outcome of a project originally funded by the European Commission. All the training modules are continually revised and updated.

ICT Literacy

The ICT Literacy Portal is the "public face" of a fast growing international movement focused on promoting Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Digital Literacy. This website provides a rich global resource and collaborative environment for dissemination of ICT Literacy materials, interactive discussions, research information, and international dialogue.

UNDP and ICT for Development

UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on UNDP's network and its wide range of national and international partners. UNDP's network also links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals which world leaders have pledged to achieve by 2015.

Information & Communication Technologies Group, Open University, UK

Information and communication technologies : Information and communication technologies are now a crucial part of modern life. Almost everyone is affected by them, directly or indirectly. The ICT Group teaches and researches many aspects of these technologies. We aim to foster knowledge and understanding of ICTs among Open University students and in the wider community. The Group also encourages critical thinking about the use of ICTs and about their place in society. Follow the links to find out more about our courses (from microprocessor architecture to digital communications) and our Research and scholarship (from robotics to community web portals). The Information & Communication Technologies Group is one of three academic groups within the Communication and Systems Department.

Association Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA)

The American Sociological Association Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA) supports, enhances and promotes research, teaching and other professional activities related to: The social aspects of computing, the Internet, new media, computer networks, and other communication and information technologies; and The design and use of technology in teaching and research.

ICT Imperial College London

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provides IT services appropriate to the College's world-class standing in teaching and research, supported by regular renewal and enhancement. Services include: a high quality physical infrastructure (networks, servers, computer clusters, etc.); support of individual desktops, teaching and research clusters; College wide services such as e-mail and central file storage and key College management information systems.

ATCnet

ATCnet's mission is to bring together organizations, social groups, economic and business bodies and individuals in Africa to share and use information and communication technologies. This mission aims at specifically placing the people of Africa in a competitive edge with the world and providing them with tools to enable them make informed decisions for the sake of development and better quality of life.

Bridges.org

Bridges.org has a mission to help people in developing countries use information and communications technology (ICT) to improve their lives. Bridges.org promotes Real Access to ICT by researching, testing, and promoting best practices for sustainable, empowering technology use. Bridges.org provides information and resources on the digital divide, advises decision-makers on key issues, supports grassroots projects, local businesses and e-government efforts, offers an e-literacy tool for basic computer use and informing Internet citizens, and implements pilot projects.

Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa (CATIA)

The CATIA programme aims to enable poor people in Africa to gain maximum benefit from the opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and to act as a strong catalyst for reform. It will support a package of strategic activities to improve affordable access to the full range of ICTs, from Internet to community radio. This programme is focussed on the need for ICTs to address social and economic development issues. It will be working to help build capacity across Africa to achieve sustainable change. CATIA is a three-year programme of the Department for International Development (DFID) in close collaboration with other donors and role players (e.g. Sida, IDRC, CIDA, USAID and Cisco). It will be implemented in close coordination with the Canadian government's Connectivity Africa initiative. CATIA is being managed by Atos KPMG Consulting from a programme office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The programme will end in April 2009.

Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT)

The Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) aims to encourage more women and girls to become involved with information technology, both as knowledgeable users and as professionals in the field. These include a large, very frequently-updated collection of News articles about women and ICT; a very extensive bibliography of books about women and ICT that includes links to reviews, etc.; annotated links to web sites and email lists that focus on women and science/technology; a FAQ that deals with such issues as financial aid for women interested in ICT, how to prepare for a career in ICT, and where to get demographic information about women in ICT; and much more.

Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA)

The Community Information Network for Southern Africa (CINSA) is a project designed to support community ICT initiatives in the SADC region. It is currently in its pilot phase, which runs for 18-months until the end of July 2004. CINSA will support community ICT projects through research, networking, training, service brokerage, facilitating technical support and project evaluation, and creating an online information resource base.

East African Centre for Open Source Software (EACOSS)

EACOSS is the first specialised Free and Open Source Software training centre focusing on the East African region. The mission is to promote the use and access to Free and Open Source Software in the East African community and contribute to the development through empowering people with skills to use ICT. EACOSS was founded in April 2004 and opened its doors in August 2004 on Port Bell Road in Nakawa - Kampala Uganda. The training center is located at the premises of Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology (UICT). Through the use of Free and Open Source Software, EACOSS believes that the digital gap between the advanced nations and the developing nations can be bridged and poverty reduced. Lower costs, access to software for all and improved capacity development provide that starting point. EACOSS has introduced training, certification and access to free software at the EACOSS training center in Kampala, Uganda. It enables people from around the region learn more about effective, affordable and appropriate software technology to use for development in Africa.

GenderIT.org - Gender and ICT Policy Monitor

GenderIT.org is an information and communications technology (ICT) policy portal for women and policy-makers. ICT policy is not just about legislation of infrastructure and operators. Good ICT policy can promote economic empowerment. It can counter the negative uses of ICTs, such as trafficking of women. GenderIT.org promotes the need for gender advocacy in ICT policy as well as the “how to” of pushing for policy change. The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) developed GenderIT.org to broaden awareness of gender and ICTs and to offer a practical tool for ICT advocates, especially women’s organisations and movements, to ensure that ICT policy meets their needs and does not infringe on their rights.

ICT for Development Success Stories

ICT for Development Success Stories is publication by the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) highlights initiatives that are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to make a real and meaningful difference in communities around the world, no matter how disadvantaged or isolated they may be. These stories on Youth, Poverty and Gender are snapshots of the learning process that accompanies the introduction and implementation of ICTs in a community development project. In publishing these stories, the GKP hopes to share experiences and lessons learned to increase global understanding of how ICTs can be used to tackle poverty, injustice and inequalities. Conceptually, the idea of knowledge sharing and 'storytelling' underpins all of GKP programmes and projects. Good success stories have the ability to inspire and motivate communities. This is what the GKP hopes will happen when they award and recognise communities which have used ICT to uplift and empower themselves.

Emilio Segre Visual Archives

A collection of more than 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials, the Emilio SegreVisual Archives focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times. The collection is named in honor of Emilio Segre best known for his Nobel Prize-winning work in nuclear and high-energy physics, but also an avid photographer and author of books on the history of modern physics. The Visual Archives is part of the Niels Bohr Library of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics.

GRIDS Center - Part of the NSF Middleware Initiative

The Grid Research Integration Development and Support (GRIDS) Center has been created through the NSF Middleware Initiative (http://www.nsf-middleware.org/) to define, develop, deploy, and support an integrated national middleware infrastructure in support of 21st Century science and engineering applications. GRIDS is a partnership of the University of Southern Californias Information Sciences Institute (ISI), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Chicago (U of C), the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California-San Diego and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.