Ictopus - free primary advice and resources
July 19, 2007Just had this email, which looks interesting:
‘Ictopus (ICT online primary user support) is a new support service for primary education. Anyone can sign up for the free service and will receive a weekly six page printable magazine and a set of activity suggestions. There will also be a regular newsletter or e-bulletin. These resources (and more) will be archived on the ictopus website www.ictopus.org.uk . Ictopus builds on the very useful Becta Direct2U service which ended last year. Each edition of the weekly magazine, ‘Sharing Good Practice’ will be available as a download in a printable format that could be displayed in a staff room and stored in a ring binder for future reference. It is proposed to have a coherent theme for each edition and the overall focus is to be on disseminating good practice.
The weekly activity ideas, ‘Lessons2go’, are a development of the Direct2U activities. These lessons aim to provide ideas for the use of ICT across the primary key stages and curriculum. The pick of the original lessons will be updated, including the checking of web links and inclusion of any new developments. A regularly updated index will be available so that lessons can be found for different key stages, subjects or year groups.
In addition there will be an e-bulletin which will keep colleagues up-to-date with all things ICT on a very regular basis, including links to a ‘website of the moment’ as new and exciting things come to light.
Users will be able to sign up for each service individually. Resources will be despatched to you as they are issued and will also be archived on the website.
Ictopus is run by a group of primary teachers, university lecturers and consultants who wish to support colleagues working in the field of primary education. It aims to be flexible and adaptive to your needs and to provide a forum for dissemination of the excellent practice currently found in many schools.The service launches in September 2007 but you can sign up for it right now by visiting the website http://www.ictopus.org.uk .’
The first set of lessons2go are now up on the
Angella StrelukThe first set of lessons2go are now up on the website. They are a set of Puzzle ‘taster’ lessons. They would be super to use in the first week of the new term as you get to know your new class! Go to the Resource tab and click on ‘lessons2go’ on the left. Register if you would like to have any of the resources emailed to you as they are published.
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