Alan November returned for a much-anticipated second session. We were introduced to a number of the technologies that will impact on the way teaching and learning happens in the future. Alan demonstrated Skype, the VOIP (voice over internet protocol) software by calling his partner in Boston. The quality of the communication was crystal clear and, to re-iterate what Alan said, calls made on Skype are FREE! What are you waiting for? Can anyone remember Alan's Skype name? Please leave a comment if you can.

Alan also took us into the world of RSS feeds and blogs (weblogs). For the latter he suggested we sign up with Bloglines. This blog is obviously hosted by Blogger - it's pretty cool too and works seamlessly with Picasa and Flickr to allow you to upload pictures to your blog.

Alan introduced several alternatives to Google (which I will continue to use - how about you?) including the promising looking Teoma

I've no doubt missed out lots - please use the comments to fill in the missing details!