Tag Archives: Freeware
Windows Live Writer
On Friday I attended the Microsoft Free, Fun Friday event at their campus in Reading. Throughout the day members of the education team demonstrated 29 free resources from Microsoft (http://yfrog.com/mr3lbj). Several of the resources were ones that I had heard … Continue reading
A long time ago and far far away
How many people can remember what they were doing the week before their sixth birthday? For me, it’s easy to remember – like the rest of the world I was wildly excited about the Apollo 11 moon landing. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Enhancing the curriculum, animation, twitter
Tagged animation, Enhancing the curriculum, Freeware, google, twitter
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Using your UMPC as an e-book reader
With the increase in the amount of UMPCs we are seeing in schools and at homes, using them as an e-book readers seems an obvious application. The only problem is that e-books don’t look so good in landscape view, so … Continue reading
Using Google Sketchup – from Lifehacker
Lifehacker blog have just posted an article about using Google Sketchup, we have promoted the use of sketchup in DT lessons for a few years now. Have a read of the article if you would like to see a practical … Continue reading
Free image resizing
One of the main problems people find when uploading images into the Gateway (or indeed any website/blog etc) is the huge size of the images. We have been using Paint.net to resize single images, but for bulk resizing of images, … Continue reading
PDF creator
As you may have noticed, the SLG asks you to put in your username and password if you try to open an editable document (e.g. a Word document). To get around this, you could use Open Office, or convert your … Continue reading
Greenshot
Over the Christmas break I found a new free screenshot application called Greenshot, on the sourceforge site it is described as a… Revolutionary screenshot tool optimized for productivity. Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file … Continue reading
Tagged application, free, Freeware, windows
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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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DIY-Picasso – a source of starting points and stimulus.
Those doing work on Picasso might be interested in Mr. Picassohead, a site that allows you to create your own masterpiece in the style of the great master. Using drag and drop onscreen, pupils can quickly and easily create those … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Enhancing the curriculum, Learning
Tagged Art, creativity, elearning, Enhancing the curriculum, FLOSS, Freeware, Hands on Support, Learning, stimulus, Web 2.0
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How safe is your portable data?
Every week it seems there is a front-page headline proclaiming another government agency data stick lost, or a laptop stolen exposing personal details of thousands to persons unknown. Clearly the amount of damage done will be limited to the nature … Continue reading