Monthly Archives: October 2008
Confused about copyright?
Finding images got so much easier when digital images were put onto the Internet. Photographers could share their pictures and sell them online, families could share their photos easily and quickly freely. But using copyrighted images in public work is … Continue reading
Leaving vhs behind
Andy from ConnectED demonstrated an impressive little gadget that allows media from a variety of sources including vhs players to be easily converted to mpeg format. The gadget is the ‘Pinnacle video transfer’ and what is even more impressive is … Continue reading
Bus to BETT 09
After last year’s successful and inspiring visit, the LA will be running another bus to the BETT Show this year. The BETT Show is the world’s largest technology in education show, held in Olympia, London and it is an ideal … Continue reading
Posted in Enhancing the curriculum
Tagged Enhancing the curriculum, ICT Subject Leader/Co-ordinator, R&D
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Fire!
The Great Fire of London is a topic in some of our primaries right now. A great interactive resource produced by the Museum of London can be found by clicking this link. It involves working through an amount of historical … Continue reading
Geoshaping
Technology sometimes offers novel ways to study old topics. GPS devices are becoming more common and are even embedded in devices such as iPhones and Nokia N95 phones; the cheaper handheld GPS devices can be obtained for less than £100. … Continue reading
Sherston Freebees
Looking for new online resources for the children to use in your classroom? Have you tried Sherston’s free online Activity Site? There is a wide range of activities covering ICT, Basic skills, Literacy, Numeracy, Geography and a new selection of … Continue reading
Free Promethean Flipcharts
If you use Promethean boards are you making full use of the thousands of free flipcharts available at Promethean Planet? It is simple to register and gives you access to flipcharts created by other teachers and you can share your own. … Continue reading
Tagged elearning, IWBs
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How children are using technology
http://en.teachtoday.eu/ is a useful website aimed at informing teachers of the new technologies that pupils may (will!) be using. It has lots of information on the positives and negatives of these technologies and includes lesson plans and classroom ideas for … Continue reading
Three quick updates from Childnet
1 ) KIA FOR PARENTS With the support from BECTA and the DCSF a further half a million copies of ‘KNOW IT ALL FOR PARENTS’ CD Roms have been duplicated and are ready for schools to order free of charge … Continue reading
NEN resources
With the changes to the Shropshire internet feed I have received an email from Steve Horsfield of WMnet to remind me about the NEN facilities regulated by IP address i.e. access is only available from a recognised schools’ IP address. … Continue reading