One of the most significant developments on the Internet of late has been the step change in quality of web-based video. You don’t have to be a geek to appreciate the joy of using the BBC iPlayer – or Channel 4s 4oD – to catch up on a missed episode of your favourite TV series.

The Scottish charity, Capability Scotland, have recently undergone a re-branding exercise and this has inevitably included their web presence. Capability’s mission is to transform people’s expectations of what is possible

Each month in Webwatch the IRISS learning technology team bring you the best of the web. We’ll highlight a website of particular value to social services practitioners, managers and educators.

One of the main benefits of putting content on the Internet is that by so doing, you make it available and accessible to all. However, good web design can do

The HandsOnScotland website describes itself as a toolkit of helpful responses to encourage children and young people’s emotional wellbeing. It¹s designed to offer practical information and techniques to help people

Each month in Webwatch the IRISS learning technology team bring you the best of the web. We’ll highlight a website of particular value to social services practitioners, managers and educators. This month we focus on the Digital Story Library.

The HandsOnScotland website describes itself as a toolkit of helpful responses to encourage children and young people’s emotional wellbeing. It¹s designed to offer practical information and techniques to help people who work with children respond helpfully to troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing.

One of the main benefits of putting content on the Internet is that by so doing, you make it available and accessible to all. However, good web design can do