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Resources: ICT: Contents

Planning
Resources
Sites for ICT Coordinators
ICT Club ideas
ICT Tools
Multimedia (clipart, images, animated GIF files, video, music and sound effects) 

ICT: Planning

  • Newham ICT Scheme Of Work

    26/2/08 - Very good - highly recommended. Even better than Greenwich because these are post-QCA and complete with resources to match.

  • Early ICT Kent

    10/1/08 - Good selection of ideas for EY ICT; could also be used in KS1

  • Webmonkey For Kids

    27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.

  • Wokingham Primary ICT Schemes of Work Pilot

    16/10/07 - More interesting ICT planning, with greater relevance.

  • Islington GfL: ICT

    9/10/07 - Loads of stuff, on a par with the Greenwich site, to which this site is an excellent partner.

  • Newham GfL

    4/10/07 - ICT resources for the Early Years Foundation Stage

  • Learn-ICT

    22/9/07 - Great discovery. Planning, Resources and Weblinks. It's all there.

  • ictteachers.co.uk

    29/8/07 - A number of ICT resources for use in geography planning, teaching and assessment.

  • Becta Communities - Direct2U mailing lesson plans for primary teachers

    17/8/07 - Archive of dozens of ICT lesson plans

  • ictopus

    21/7/07 - Looks like this will be a very useful site indeed! Created by teachers for sharing of best practice and resources, plus there will be a dedicated children's section.

  • Department for Transport

    A sequence of lessons for English, Maths, Science, Geography and ICT.

  • ASE SY Primary CD ROM

    An online version of the popular and comprehensive primary science CD ROM.

  • Stockton LEA ICT Resources

    Some great links and resources for teaching ICT at Primary level. Correlated with QCA units.

  • Oxfordshire GfL

    Dozens of SMART notebook files, planning and other good quality ICT resources (including cross-curricular links), learning (dozens of other resources), assessment templates and a portfolio of levelled children's work.

  • ICTeachers

    Planning, policies, resources, advice on designing your own website and more.

  • Camelsdale First School

    Included as there are many examples of incorporating IT into the general curriculum at KS1.

  • Greenwich ICT Support

    Scheme of work for ICT linked to QCA modules with resource/support files, web links and other information. Superb site!

  • IT4ALL

    Schemes of work, lesson plans and resources linked to the QCA modules from Y1 to Y6. Very good site!

  • ICTeachers

    A particularly good site with ideas on integrating ICT into other subjects

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ICT: Resources


  • Drive a virtual car around any Google Map

    12/3/08 - Great stuff - just type in the location and get driving.

  • viscosity - the modern art generator

    12/3/08 - Great for introducing abstract art and for teaching control principles or image manipulation in ICT.

  • Rememble

    27/2/08 - " Rememble is a 'washing line' for your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts , photos , videos , sounds , scribbles , scans , notes , tweets ... so they're not drifting in a digital wa

  • Newham ICT Scheme Of Work

    26/2/08 - Very good - highly recommended. Even better than Greenwich because these are post-QCA and complete with resources to match.

  • Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects and Loops

    25/2/08

  • Glinkr

    24/2/08 - "Map and share your views of contents on the Web. Glinkr is free, simple to use and aims a broad variety of usage. Glinkr lets you create or edit your maps through the web using a simple browser. When they are made public, maps can be embedded

  • quikmaps.com :: maps for the masses

    18/2/08 - Add your own drawings, doodlings and labels to Google maps, which can then be saved or used on your own website.

  • Julia's Free Files

    10/2/08 - Juliateacher, an expert teacher from the Times Educational Supplement web forum, has kindly shared many of her Literacy, Mathematics, ICT and assessment resources.

  • Free PowerPoint Templates and Backgrounds

    17/1/08

  • Early ICT Kent

    10/1/08 - Good selection of ideas for EY ICT; could also be used in KS1

  • Teaching Animation

    9/1/08 - filmeducation.org site. Stop motion and moving image animation.

  • Terragen

    14/11/07 - "Terragen™ is a scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS. Terragen is free for personal non-commercial use." Ideal for digital story telling / kartouche etc.

  • Webmonkey For Kids

    27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.

  • EarthCam - Webcam Network

    26/10/07 - Find web cameras all around the world.

  • Santa Claus Blog

    14/10/07 - Ronseal! Writing for different audiences / digital literacy.

  • Islington GfL: ICT

    9/10/07 - Loads of stuff, on a par with the Greenwich site, to which this site is an excellent partner.

  • The Google Game

    7/10/07 - Teaching children how to search; some adaptation required for English audience.

  • Newham GfL

    4/10/07 - ICT resources for the Early Years Foundation Stage

  • swict.com : the place for help when you're Stuck With ICT

    3/10/07 - PowerPoint Tutorials

  • Learn-ICT

    22/9/07 - Great discovery. Planning, Resources and Weblinks. It's all there.

  • Jottit

    17/9/07 - Great stuff! Create a web page without email addresses or registration. Starts off as a public wiki so good for collaboration.

  • DFES Standards Site: Using ICT in Literacy

    30/8/07 - Useful examples for all strands and KSF, KS1, Lower KS2, Upper KS2

  • weatheronline.co.uk

    29/8/07 - current and historical weather data from around the world - would be good for data handling in maths and presenting information in ICT.

  • ictteachers.co.uk

    29/8/07 - A number of ICT resources for use in geography planning, teaching and assessment.

  • www.ictteachers.co.uk

    26/8/07 - List of some of the best school websites plus some very good ideas for teaching ICT.

  • Wirral Lea

    26/8/07 - Another Wirral page. This time with great ICT opportunities in all year groups, long term plans with hyperlinks to pertinent content.

  • Main Page - Teaching Hacks

    22/8/07 - Mainly ICT-based; loads of ideas for using different ICT resources in the classroom.

  • Orisinal : Morning Sunshine

    6/8/07 - 60 great games for teaching mouse control to KSF

  • ictopus

    21/7/07 - Looks like this will be a very useful site indeed! Created by teachers for sharing of best practice and resources, plus there will be a dedicated children's section.

  • osalt.com

    Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software. Just the job for finding freeware.

  • Children's Sermons from Sermons 4 Kids | Object Lessons & Children's Sermons

    Christian information, bible excerpts, sermon/lesson plans, assembly material and more.

  • ASE SY Primary CD ROM

    An online version of the popular and comprehensive primary science CD ROM.

  • Stockton LEA ICT Resources

    Some great links and resources for teaching ICT at Primary level. Correlated with QCA units.

  • Oxfordshire GfL

    Dozens of SMART notebook files, planning and other good quality ICT resources (including cross-curricular links), learning (dozens of other resources), assessment templates and a portfolio of levelled children's work.

  • ICTeachers

    Planning, policies, resources, advice on designing your own website and more.

  • Greenwich ICT Support

    Scheme of work for ICT linked to QCA modules with resource/support files, web links and other information. Superb site!

  • IT4ALL

    Schemes of work, lesson plans and resources linked to the QCA modules from Y1 to Y6. Very good site!

  • Film Education: the unique link between education and the UK film industry
  • Sandfields Comprehensive School

    Free Flash Resources for Teachers - quiz show games: Millionaire, Blockbusters etc

  • thenewspaper.co.uk

    Great newspaper for children using headlines and newspaper style.

  • LearningGrids.com - Home Page

    Free resources for Clicker, Cloze pro and Word Bar - covers every curriculum subject.

  • ICTeachers

    A particularly good site with ideas on integrating ICT into other subjects

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ICT: Club Ideas

  • Glinkr

    24/2/08 - "Map and share your views of contents on the Web. Glinkr is free, simple to use and aims a broad variety of usage. Glinkr lets you create or edit your maps through the web using a simple browser. When they are made public, maps can be embedded

  • TeacherTube - Top 10 Reasons to Blog with Students

    24/2/08

  • quikmaps.com :: maps for the masses

    18/2/08 - Add your own drawings, doodlings and labels to Google maps, which can then be saved or used on your own website.

  • Children's BBC: Me and My Movie

    3/2/08 - From Primary Teacher UK: "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 childr

  • Royalty Free Music, Free Sound Effects, Free Music Loops

    29/1/08 - Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects plus free music loops, free sound effects, free midi files and free audio software

  • Textorizer

    21/1/08 - "Textorizer is a tool that transforms a picture into another picture made up of chosen words."

  • Teaching Animation

    9/1/08 - filmeducation.org site. Stop motion and moving image animation.

  • Color Palette Generator

    17/11/07 - "Generate a color palette based on an image"

  • Terragen

    14/11/07 - "Terragen™ is a scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS. Terragen is free for personal non-commercial use." Ideal for digital story telling / kartouche etc.

  • Webmonkey For Kids

    27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.

  • Make your own movie with the MovieMaker

    13/10/07 - Fun, with uses in English for setting and description, character etc.

  • HGfL: School Web Sites

    29/9/07 - How to set up and run a school website.

  • Jottit

    17/9/07 - Great stuff! Create a web page without email addresses or registration. Starts off as a public wiki so good for collaboration.

  • YouTube-style Embeddable Google Maps | TechSoup Blog

    9/9/07 - Ronseal! Useful for adding to school websites, VLEs or perhaps for ICT clubs.

  • sheep get their grooves on

    30/8/07 - Sheep play drums, bass and keyboards in an amusing sequencing webpage. Might be good for ICT club one-off.

  • Teach ICT - Teacher Section

    30/8/07 - Ideas for running ICT clubs

  • A N I M O T O: video player

    29/8/07 - Would be excellent for upper KS2 children or ICT clubs. Create videos using better special effects than Windows Movie Maker - most of the work is done automatically by the site! Basic accounts are free.

  • Windows Movie Maker Tutorial

    26/8/07 - A useful starting point for teachers wanting to learn more about Windows Movie Maker. Successfully used with Upper KS2 pupils in a lunchtime club.

  • Scrapblog.

    As it says really... An online, multimedia scrapbook like a very easy-to-use wikispace. Perfect for ICT clubs and advanced KS2 pupils.

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ICT: Sites for Coordinators

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ICT: Tools

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