I believe Google earth have improved the resolution of imagery over New Zealand. Might be worth a look. Found your house yet??
More in Google Earth
- 2007 Tour de France route
- New 7 wonders of the World see the winners in Google Earth
There are a number of tools for educators available from Google. Here's a list: http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/googletools
What you don't want to see when you've just run out of petrol: 
And, I love signs which provide clear information: 
Try this New Zealand Census at School - register your class to take part: http://www.censusatschool.org.nz/
Digital Native
Marc Prensky's suggestiuons for useing Cell Phones in the classroom: http://www.marcprensky.com/blog/archives/000043.html
This page has links to more of Marc Prensky's work: http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Smartboards.....
Some more sites with interactive whiteboard resources:- http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBoard/specificapps.htm
- http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
- http://www.clarion.edu/admin/computing/classrooms/resources.htm
- http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/nav.914
This is an interesting world clock with a lot more data besides. Watch the earth gradually warming up and CO2 emissions increasing.
Put it up on a Smartboard and stimulate a discussion. How many bicycles is that now???
Finally, Do you drink green tea? Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center. See Biosingularity
