My Award Maker April 22, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Various Subjects , 1 comment so farhttp://www.myawardmaker.com/
This free site features lots of award certificates which will be useful to any teachers looking for something quick to print out. Watch out for US educational terms & spellings.
Primary Languages April 12, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Languages , add a commenthttp://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/
Primary Languages supports the introduction and development of primary languages in Key Stage 2 by providing access to online training.
Questionaut April 1, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, Maths/Numeracy, Science , add a commenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/
Questionaut is a new game (on the BBC website) that helps KS2 pupils revise areas of English, Maths and Science. Click the link above for a magical journey where students need to click and explore each wonderfully illustrated level to trigger each set of questions.
(Source: BBC Schools Newsletter)
Botham’s Guide to Bread March 17, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Design & Technology , 1 comment so farhttp://www.botham.co.uk/seed/first.htm
This site, from Yorkshire bakers Botham’s, is really useful for those classes that are looking at making bread in their design & technology lessons. There’s information about how bread is made commercially, a history of bread through the ages and some really simple bread recipes. It’s obviously been around on the Internet for quite some time but I think that it’s still worth taking a look at.
Visual Geography March 13, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Geography , 1 comment so farhttp://www.visualgeography.com/
Boris Kester and Nana Bjørnlund have put together this great geography website which collects together stunning photographs, useful images and other information about countries all over the world.
Nana writes:
We have created a site with thousands of pictures from more than 85 countries in the world. The site is meant as a tool for teachers and students, and anyone else who is interested in learning about the world via our visual material and written text. Our images are made easy to use by being divided into categories such as people, houses, transportation, food, and much more. Other educational features on our site are quizzes, images of flags, maps, language samples, images of currencies and other information. We hope you will find our site useful, and if you have suggestions or picture/text contributions (e.g. as part of a school project) let us know, and we will get back to you. We will gladly receive your feedback.
Sheldon and Facebook March 1, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Fun (Teacher) , add a commenthttp://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/080229.html
I’ve mentioned the super webcomic, Sheldon, before. Today’s strip is great for lovers (and haters!) of Facebook.
EdTechRoundup February 22, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : ICT , add a commenthttp://edtechroundup.wordpress.com/
If you’re interested in using ICT to improve achievement (or even just enjoyment!) across the curriculum then it’s worth checking out the EdTechRoundup podcast. It’s a new podcast with a British take on using technology in education. It’s being produced by a group of UK teachers with the aim of spreading good practice and innovative tools in education.
At the time of writing there have been two episodes of the show so far. As with any new podcast, the team is still finding their feet. At the moment I would say that teachers with a good level of experience using ICT would get the most out of the shows. However if you’re new to podcasting, twittering or Open Source then why not email in some questions? I’m sure that they’ll include some “101″ introductory features in the future if that’s what listeners want.
Check out the podcast and get involved.
TeacherLED February 11, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : Maths/Numeracy , add a commenthttp://www.teacherled.com/
This site, by teacher Spencer Riley, contains a great collection of interactive whiteboard teaching tools. These super activities are perfect for whole class teaching. There’s currently material on symmetry, probability, graphs, fractions and several other maths topics.
Spencer hopes to regularly add to the collection of resources on the site so go and visit it now and let him know that his hard work is appreciated.
Heritage Explorer February 4, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : History , add a commenthttp://www.heritageexplorer.org.uk/nmrlearningzone/
English Heritage Education have just launched this new web site which over 360,000 rights-free images, lesson plans and interactive resources for history teachers.
I’ve noticed several useful worksheets on the site as well as some brief teachers notes, timelines and a small selection of interactive whiteboard files (Smart Notebook format). It’ll be interesting to see how the web site develops, at the moment it’s worth checking out for the selection of photographs.
CBBC Me and My Movie February 1, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, ICT , add a commentFrom the latest BBC Schools Newsletter…
CBBC me and my movie is a unique film-making initiative inspiring and enabling children to make movies and tell their own stories. The website provides fun, interactive film-making tutorials and a safe space where children can upload, share and rate each other’s films including the winning films of the first me and my movie award, in association with BAFTA.
The free me and my movie film-maker’s pack for children is also available to download from the site in the How To section.
Coming soon - a free Teacher’s downloadable pack plus details of me and my movie activity in 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie
Looks interesting.
