Queen Rania on Twitter

THIS WEEK Queen Rania of Jordan announced 1Goal, an initiative with the mobile phone industry to ensure every child in the world can go to school by 2015. Amazingly, she also gets time to tweet, where she describes herself as “a mum and a wife with a really cool day job . . .”

twitter.com/queenrania

A history of pretty much everything

THIS BIRO-DRAWN flip-pad animation of "pretty much everything" (the Big Bang to the end of the universe) set to a soundtrack of the Can Can was created as a final-year art project and has become a YouTube sensation. Proof that even in 2010 traditional media can still make an impact. http://bit.ly/5m3Jr2

Fota Island app on your iPhone

THE FIVE-STAR Fota Island Resort in Cork claims to be Ireland's first independent hotel to launch an iPhone app. The free app has loads of information on attractions, amenities, restaurants, bars and more in the local area – a sort of concierge in your pocket. http://bit.ly/6c4JBa

Escape to eLearning Island

IF YOU have any interest in the intersection of technology and education, eLearning Island, a blog from Dublin secondary school teacher and DCU research student Donal O'Mahony, is worth bookmarking and returning to regularly.

http://elearningisland.ie/