Tag Archives: Key Stage 4
Work in ICT – Game Designer
In this Guardian interview with Stephen Hood, the chief designer of Codemasters’ forthcoming Formula One 2010 title, some of the attractions and the detractions of a video game designer’s working life are introduced. It’s not about playing games all day, … Continue reading
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Tagged Career, Enhancing the curriculum, Key Stage 4, Learning
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Introduction to Kodu
Here is my 1min introduction to Kodu, that I played at the Shropshire ICT Conference… Tweet This Post
No.10 Art Competition
Is there a budding Hockney, Turner or Lowry sitting in your classroom? 10 Downing Street is currently running an art competition for young people, which is divided into three age groups: 5-7, 8-11, 12-16. The winning entries of each age … Continue reading
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NEN: Be a reporter for a day! Something for your pupils…
Are you a budding news hound? Would you like to win a new laptop and a year’s free broadband? All you have to do is make a short report telling us how you think “technology is changing the way we … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, English, Enhancing the curriculum, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
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Video Conference
Last week as I was asked by William Brookes School if I could attend their Open Evening and give a demonstration of the new video conferencing equipment the LA has installed in the school. I put out an email to a … Continue reading
Free visit to the cinema
National Schools Film Week (NSFW) provides teachers and their students the opportunity to see a wide range of films at local cinemas entirely free-of-charge. This year is the 14th annual festival and promises to bring you even more films in … Continue reading
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Safer Internet Day 2010
http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0509/internet_safety_events.htm Safer Internet Day 2010, 9th February: under the theme “Think before you post”, SID 2010 will focus on how we’re managing images online and consequently, how we deal with privacy in digital environments. Insafe will be launching a pan-European … Continue reading
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AG YouthNet Competition
Enter this competition by posting your video response to the following question: If you had 5 minutes to talk with the Attorney General on what should be different in the UK today, what would you say? Please submit your entry … Continue reading
QCA Functional Skills Update – May 09
GCSEs and functional skills from 2010 Ofqual published the criteria for GCSEs in English, ICT and mathematics specifications for teaching from September 2010 at the start of April. As a result of Ofqual’s advice to DCSF, learners will not be … Continue reading
Shropshire LA Software
Just a quick reminder that over the last year or so Shropshire LA have purchased the following software for all schools in Shropshire: Comic Life Podium SMART Notebook 10 If you are a Shropshire School you can download all these … Continue reading