In this Article, Christy outlines how ICT may be used to help teachers ensure that lessons on 'world writing' are successful. It provides a review of the range of resources available from BBC Active designed for use on a whiteboard, supporting whole-class teaching.

Lisa Taner, who teaches at Bowes Primary School, lead the 'Send a friend to school' project and is still very concerned that we take notice and make the powers that be aware of the children in African countries, particularly girls who do not go to school.

Doug Dickinson explains how modern technology can transform the perennial favourite - keeping weather records - into a dynamic and multi modal activity.

This article describes how the school environment is used to develop science, geography, ICT and maths skills within the context of a 'weather' topic.

Kar2ouche is a commercially produced program that allows students to create imaginative animations with a full range of templates. Students can to add backgrounds, characters, voices and objects to support their multimedia projects.