Monthly Archives: September 2008
E-Safety update for parents (6)
Recently, the CEOP Centre published its annual Strategic Overview which contains all the key themes that you as parents need to be aware of in relation to internet safety. In particular, the report covers environments where our intelligence suggests are … Continue reading
Handheld Learning Awards
Andrew Davis, head of Clunbury Primary School has been nominated for a Handheld Learning Award and has reached the final stage! If any of you would be willing to vote for him and could spread the word it would be … Continue reading
Millionfutures
DCSF and Futurelab are running a project titled ‘millionfutures’. It is a web based project that collects users’ ideas on virtual paper planes about the future of learning. It allows users to view the contributions of others and search by … Continue reading
Photoshop ideas
A Shrewsbury based teacher of ICT has created his own blog (bionikmonkee.wordpress.com) where he is publishing tips/tutorials on the use of Photoshop. His latest article (bionikmonkee.wordpress.com/20 08/09/23/photoshop-resources/) includes several useful links to free resources.
Posted in Art
Tagged Art, hints and tips, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, photoshop tutorials, resources
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Time for Phun
There are a number of on-screen physics simulators that can be used to discover properties of materials. Learners can use the computer to investigate the way things move and inter-react, generating questions and providing the means to find answers. Using this … Continue reading
Posted in animation
Tagged animation, Design and Technology, elearning, Freeware, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Science, simulation, Software Reviews, thinking
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Assessment and planning – take photos to save time and space!
Got a pile of art work that needs assessing? Sort it into groups of about 6 and spread out on the table. Make a set of individual name cards for your whole class – big enough to show up in a digital photograph. … Continue reading
Online animation at AjaxAnimator
Flash is the ultimate tool for creating animations that are easily transferred to the web. Even though it is industry-standard it can be used at any level and we’ve seen some superb examples from people of all ages and abilities. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Enhancing the curriculum, Learning, animation
Tagged animate, animation, Art, elearning, Enhancing the curriculum, hints and tips, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Learning, online, Web 2.0, web2.0
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Video on the cheap
Despite the obvious learning opportunities it offers, sometimes it’s difficult to justify buying a digital video camera for everybody. There are limitations to using a DV camera; usually you need to connect the camera to the computer to get the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, English, Enhancing the curriculum, History, Music
Tagged Art, busbi, Design and Technology, elearning, English, Enhancing the curriculum, flipcam, Geography, Hardware, History, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Maths/Numeracy, MFL, Music, PSHE & Citizenship, RE, video
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Energy saving?
We are probably all guilty of wasting energy especially when using computers but here’s an interesting thought for you…..many of us use Google and the Google homepage is predominantly white; white is not the natural state of pixels and so … Continue reading
Posted in Enhancing the curriculum
Tagged energy search engine, Enhancing the curriculum
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JISC Collections for Schools
Notes from JISC presentation at WMnet 16th September 2008 This is an impressive collection of on-line resources which is being promoted by WMnet. The collection consists of 11 on-line resource packages • Education Image Gallery – currently available to all WMnet … Continue reading