Futurelab is collaborating with Hewlett-Packard in the launch of a new global grant programme called the HP Catalyst Initiative, which explores what the future of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education can look like. The HP Catalyst Initative sees five global consortia set up to each explore a specific innovation theme – and each consotria will receive more than$1 million in technology, cash, and professional assistance.

The University of Nottingham and the Open University have been working together for three years to investigate a new approach to science learning in the classroom and outdoors with netbook computers. The project has created the nQuire toolkit.

We all have internet search engines of choice for personal use, but which search engines do you prefer to use in education/teaching?

Your students are already using technology as part of their daily lives and increasingly expect to use it for learning at school. Are you a 21st century teacher?