Monthly Archives: October 2006
Help make the Internet safer for our children
The Internet is potentially a rich resource for our children. An environment where they can play games, interact with other children and find a wealth of information. Sadly, the Internet also includes adult content that has, until now, been difficult … Continue reading
Freebies for your pocket pc
Lifehacker has produced a list of 11 free applications for your pocket pc, they can be viewed here. ADB Idea Outliner, Audiopod, Avvenu and Skype for Pocket PC all seem to offer some potential for educational use.
Self Review Framework for ICT
The self-review framework consists of a large number of statements describing ICT effectiveness in a school environment. It is divided into eight elements: Leadership and Management, Curriculum, Learning and Teaching, Assessment, CPD, Extending Opportunities for Learning, Resources, and Impact on … Continue reading
Subject Leader Network Meeting
The minutes from the secondary subject leader network meeting for ICT can now be viewed on GoogleDocs.
SNS ICT Meeting Minutes
The minutes from the Secondary National Strategy ICT Meeting in Shropshire can now be found and read on Google Docs.
BETT 2007
I have now organised the bus to BETT 2007 on Wednesday January 10th 2007.The bus is open to Secondary, Special and Primary schools and foundation stage settings. CPD are going to handling booking and the course code is 62368C, please … Continue reading
Guy Fawkes, Bonfires, Fireworks: Enter Competition and Win a Trip to Parliament
To mark this year’s anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, The Parliamentary Archives and Show Me (www.show.me.uk) are launching a competition to win a trip to Parliament.
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Divali resource
i-board have made available a free storyboarding type activity with scenes and objects from one of the stories that are the origin of the Divali festivalSimply go to http://www.divali.iboard.co.uk (no registration required) – all activities are available so navigate into GREEN … Continue reading
Online science collaboration
Through the NAACE online community, a Year 6 class are asking for any schools who would like to be part of their online science investigation into temperature and dissolving, recording the results using collaborative tools such as Google spreadsheets. If … Continue reading
Keys to learning
This is a new DVD resource created by the Primary Strategy team, which is meant to make links between teachers use of ICT for teaching and children’s use of ICT for learning. It contains materials to support 7 areas of … Continue reading