26/2/08 - Very good - highly recommended. Even better than Greenwich because these are post-QCA and complete with resources to match.
10/1/08 - Good selection of ideas for EY ICT; could also be used in KS1
27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.
16/10/07 - More interesting ICT planning, with greater relevance.
9/10/07 - Loads of stuff, on a par with the Greenwich site, to which this site is an excellent partner.
4/10/07 - ICT resources for the Early Years Foundation Stage
22/9/07 - Great discovery. Planning, Resources and Weblinks. It's all there.
29/8/07 - A number of ICT resources for use in geography planning, teaching and assessment.
17/8/07 - Archive of dozens of ICT lesson plans
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.
A sequence of lessons for English, Maths, Science, Geography and ICT.
An online version of the popular and comprehensive primary science CD ROM.
Some great links and resources for teaching ICT at Primary level. Correlated with QCA units.
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.
Planning, policies, resources, advice on designing your own website and more.
Included as there are many examples of incorporating IT into the general curriculum at KS1.
Scheme of work for ICT linked to QCA modules with resource/support files, web links and other information. Superb site!
Schemes of work, lesson plans and resources linked to the QCA modules from Y1 to Y6. Very good site!
A particularly good site with ideas on integrating ICT into other subjects
12/3/08 - Great stuff - just type in the location and get driving.
12/3/08 - Great for introducing abstract art and for teaching control principles or image manipulation in ICT.
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
26/2/08 - Very good - highly recommended. Even better than Greenwich because these are post-QCA and complete with resources to match.
25/2/08
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
18/2/08 - Add your own drawings, doodlings and labels to Google maps, which can then be saved or used on your own website.
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.
17/1/08
10/1/08 - Good selection of ideas for EY ICT; could also be used in KS1
9/1/08 - filmeducation.org site. Stop motion and moving image animation.
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.
27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.
26/10/07 - Find web cameras all around the world.
14/10/07 - Ronseal! Writing for different audiences / digital literacy.
9/10/07 - Loads of stuff, on a par with the Greenwich site, to which this site is an excellent partner.
7/10/07 - Teaching children how to search; some adaptation required for English audience.
4/10/07 - ICT resources for the Early Years Foundation Stage
3/10/07 - PowerPoint Tutorials
22/9/07 - Great discovery. Planning, Resources and Weblinks. It's all there.
17/9/07 - Great stuff! Create a web page without email addresses or registration. Starts off as a public wiki so good for collaboration.
30/8/07 - Useful examples for all strands and KSF, KS1, Lower KS2, Upper KS2
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.
29/8/07 - A number of ICT resources for use in geography planning, teaching and assessment.
26/8/07 - List of some of the best school websites plus some very good ideas for teaching ICT.
26/8/07 - Another Wirral page. This time with great ICT opportunities in all year groups, long term plans with hyperlinks to pertinent content.
22/8/07 - Mainly ICT-based; loads of ideas for using different ICT resources in the classroom.
6/8/07 - 60 great games for teaching mouse control to KSF
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.
Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software. Just the job for finding freeware.
Christian information, bible excerpts, sermon/lesson plans, assembly material and more.
An online version of the popular and comprehensive primary science CD ROM.
Some great links and resources for teaching ICT at Primary level. Correlated with QCA units.
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.
Planning, policies, resources, advice on designing your own website and more.
Scheme of work for ICT linked to QCA modules with resource/support files, web links and other information. Superb site!
Schemes of work, lesson plans and resources linked to the QCA modules from Y1 to Y6. Very good site!
Free Flash Resources for Teachers - quiz show games: Millionaire, Blockbusters etc
Great newspaper for children using headlines and newspaper style.
Free resources for Clicker, Cloze pro and Word Bar - covers every curriculum subject.
A particularly good site with ideas on integrating ICT into other subjects
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
24/2/08
18/2/08 - Add your own drawings, doodlings and labels to Google maps, which can then be saved or used on your own website.
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
29/1/08 - Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects plus free music loops, free sound effects, free midi files and free audio software
21/1/08 - "Textorizer is a tool that transforms a picture into another picture made up of chosen words."
9/1/08 - filmeducation.org site. Stop motion and moving image animation.
17/11/07 - "Generate a color palette based on an image"
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.
27/10/07 - Advice and resources on building web pages.
13/10/07 - Fun, with uses in English for setting and description, character etc.
29/9/07 - How to set up and run a school website.
17/9/07 - Great stuff! Create a web page without email addresses or registration. Starts off as a public wiki so good for collaboration.
9/9/07 - Ronseal! Useful for adding to school websites, VLEs or perhaps for ICT clubs.
30/8/07 - Sheep play drums, bass and keyboards in an amusing sequencing webpage. Might be good for ICT club one-off.
30/8/07 - Ideas for running ICT clubs
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.
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.
As it says really... An online, multimedia scrapbook like a very easy-to-use wikispace. Perfect for ICT clubs and advanced KS2 pupils.
9/3/08 - Good list of tools needed for teachers - Inset programme?
24/2/08
22/1/08 - As it says! Case studies of work, OfSTED, ITN Meetings, Courses, Assessment, Support Safety, Case Studies, Databases, Control and Monitoring, and an alphabetical list of matters pertaining to the role.
21/1/08 - What the role involves / checklist
20/1/08
17/1/08
15/1/08 - International links. Could be used for stimulating letter writing.
10/1/08 - Good selection of ideas for EY ICT; could also be used in KS1
16/10/07 - More interesting ICT planning, with greater relevance.
29/9/07 - Kent GfL
29/9/07 - ICT Coordinator stuff
9/3/08 - Ronseal: convert web pages (including flash and URLs) to a PDF file.
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
26/2/08 - Highly recommended for powering websites and blogs as well as plain old bookmarking. Diigo is about"Social Annotation"The best way to collect, share and interact ononline information from anywhere. Highlight, Clip and Sticky-Note for
23/2/08 - "Discover From Your Favourite Topic or Web Page" - an easy way to find useful websites for you or for pupils.
6/1/08 - Loads, clean interface, easy to use.
13/12/07 - Download videos from Youtube etc into .flv (flash video) format usable in Smart, PowerPoint or Promethean.
5/12/07 - Uses word or phrase to create shape of letters for larger word specified by you.
3/12/07 - Converts an image to a very large (A2) poster made from textual characters.
2/12/07- Handy - can then be inserted into Smart documents.
17/11/07 - "Generate a color palette based on an image"
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.
13/11/07 - Creates thumbnail images out of all image files.
17/10/07 - Highly configurable web search engine
13/10/07 - "MyStickies allows you to place little yellow squares of digital paper on web pages... a powerful interface to browse, search, sort, edit and generally have a wonderful time with your sticky notes from any computer that has internet access.
13/10/07 - Free online file conversion (Document, Images, Audio and Video)
7/10/07 - "online multi user whiteboard, give out your URL & start working together. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space... no new tools to learn, nothing to download or install. everyone sees the same screen"
9/9/07 - Ronseal! Any admin or IT task you can think of is probably here.
29/8/07 - Ronseal!
26/8/07 - Type in any word and see it spelled out in different types of letters formed by various images.
21/7/07 - Ronseal.
21/707 - Very handy.
21/7/07 - 100 Tools, Resources, and Template Sources
Play around with photographs - turn them into sketches, see how aliens perceive us and more.
"Create activities, quizzes and diagrams in a Flash! Save them as web pages to host on your own website or intranet!" Try the random word picker to choose who answers a question or create your own games using your choice of questions.
Alphabetical list of Web 2.0 applications that are useful for teachers.
26/6/07 - Useful software; not just for teachers! All, it almost goes without saying, free.
26/6/07 - A jolly, urgent tune with a balloon bursting to signify the end of tidying up time (or whatever else)...
Movable magnifying glass to assist with viewing the screen.
There is so much here you just have to have a look. Create your own mosaics and motivational posters using your images or Flickr users'. Play photograph-related games. Make CD and Magazine covers or a photograph cube. Warhol-ise or Hockneyise pictures
Online wordprocessor with easy-on-the eye colouring and no distracting features.
Search for web-based software applications to help organise and streamline your life.
Create your own educational games for pupils to play at school or home - generates a variety of games and exercises (up to 14) from one set of inputs. There is a free 30-day trial available to download.
create, collaborate on and share mind maps.
Specialist search engine for documents (pdf, ppt, doc, rtf, ps) Can be used to good effect when searching for planning in particular.
Safe search engine that rates page results according to how loaded with viruses and spyware they are. Uses Google, Yahoo and MSN engines too.
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches - Dumb Little Man
IT definitions, computer terms, tech glossaries and cheat sheets - We are the leading online tech dictionary and encyclopaedia
For all things ICT
You never know when you might want to create one of these! Uses over a thousand images from Flickr to create any image you upload.
I like the look and feel of this; the ability to narrow an existing search and having a sidebar, for example.
Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software. Just the job for finding freeware.
Ronseal!
Brilliant! Apparently allows you to run software from your memory stick. Ideal for teachers with restricted network privileges!
Another useful page; this time on the Woodlands School site.
Useful hints and tips on the Kent GfL site.
Edit photos online - free service.
Search 1,000s of audio projects submitted by others or make your own contribution.
Search previous versions of websites all the way back to 1997.
Convert anything to anything else!
Shorten long URLs using your choice of keyword, which will never expire. Dead good!
Paste text into this nifty piece of freeware and it will tell you which of the 400+ languages that it recognises it is.
Brilliantly effective yet simple brainstorming tool for use on the IWB.
Free mind mapping software.
Test the speed of your internet connection.
* Add photos, video, and descriptions to maps * Flag online or from your mobile phone Create Maps * Organize and share places with friends * Embed maps on any website
Brilliant - speed reading site. Just paste any text and state how fast you want to view it.