The digital story of the Nativity

Something that always raises a smile at Christmas – the digital Nativity! This video uses social media, the internet and mobile phones to tell the story of the Nativity, incorporating popular modern, websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps and Amazon.

Watch the digital story of the Nativity

Stellarium – Free Planet Simulation

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, replicating what you would see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

Simulated Bridge Design – Free Software

BBC Radio5live – Outriders Podcast

Outriders is BBC Radio 5 live’s programme dedicated to exploring the frontiers of the web & probably rarely listened to! It’s broadcast on Tuesdays at 03:00am during the ’Up All Night’ programme. The broadcasts cover lots of different and interesting I.T. and Web issues.

DIY Glitter Halloween Pumpkins

Can’t decide which scary face to carve into your pumpkin this Halloween? Why not try something a bit different and make a glitter pumpkin?

Patterns for Colouring – Free colouring pages for all ages!

Here’s a site for all those who love to colour in patterns and is packed full of free colouring pages for all ages. Simply choose the pattern you like best, download it, print it and get colouring. It’s easy and great fun – perfect for people who like to doodle but don’t know what to doodle!

Scratch – Simple programming and good fun!

Seen in the background of the NewsNight Programme 10-10-2011 (view after 30 minutes), Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and then share your creations on the web.

Domesday – 25 years on.

In 1986, 900 years after William the Conqueror’s original Domesday Book, the BBC launched an ambitious project to record a snapshot of everyday life across the UK for future generations. Over a million volunteers took part…