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For those unsure about how to start using Learning Platforms / VLEs with younger children, Fiona Aubrey-Smith (Head of Education, UniServity) offers the following ideas Phonics : Wiki Wordbanks Assessment for Learning / Plenary : children respond to their...

By 2010 all schools are expected to provide access to extended services either by providing activities and services themselves or by signposting to existing services. These fall into five main areas Access to childcare for working parents A wide and varied...

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Access Apps , a collection of over 50 open source and freeware programmes that can be run from a USB stick, has won the 2008 Scottish Open Source Award for Education Excellence. Worth a look. "AccessApps will run without needing to install anything...

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By 2010 all schools are expected to provide access to extended services, either by providing activities and services themselves or by signposting to existing services. These fall into five main areas. Access to childcare for working parents A wide and...

A recent study called “ Digital World, Digital Life ” conducted by market researcher TNS Global, has revealed that more than half of all adults who first made contact online go on to meet face to face . More than 27,000 participants aged 18 to 55 across...

" Sharing is caring " Many thanks to Alexandra Chapman from Hartsdown Technology College , Margate, for producing this excellent end-of-term PowerPoint quiz, and sharing it with us. The Geography Christmas quiz takes about an hour to complete...

Google has published its year-end Zeitgeist 2008. It's a tool which reveals what internet users are searching for by studying the aggregation of the billions of search queries that people type into the Google search box. Most popular 10 Searches in...

Youtube has recently announced making changes “ the collective YouTube experience even better”. The aims of the new ideas from youtube are to ensure users find content that is relevant and appropriate and that inappropriate material is removed quickly...

Dear All JVCS (Janet Videoconferencing Service) will be trialling a recording service (recording of the VC conferences booked through them) in January. They are looking for schools that use the service on a regular basis who would like to take part in...

School Together Now is a new site offering 'school centric' social networking, and it has not been received well in the press . Indeed, Cambridge University researchers have indicated that it's security is fundamentally flawed. The idea of...

I do think that the format used to summarise Kent 2008 survey findings for children and young people are exemplar. Clean and simple with the message designed for the audience. A perfect example of communication skills for teachers to use in ICT lessons...

Hi You may be interested to know that there is a new Motivate primary conference, Maths with Google Earth, which is aimed at 9-11 year-olds, on 19-05-2009 and 19-06-2009. If you are interested in this conference, please go to http://motivate.maths.org...

If there are any teachers who are unable to join the Kent launch of the Myst project in Paddock Wood on 19th January, you would be welcome to join us in Urban Swale on Tuesday 6th January , at Fulston Manor School , Sittingbourne . Tim will be introducing...

A new website to support school and local authority leaders involved in the Primary Capital Programme and Building Schools for the Future processes is now live. The Future website provides resources and news, and access is free. Go to http://future.ncsl...

Karl Newman from Sevenoaks Primary sent me a link that I just had to share! Three children from Karl's Year One class had been using 2Create A Story to write about 'Sam The Spaceman'. They used a USB microphone to record their voices. Once...

It has been reported that a number of schools have fallen foul of rules that govern the format for submission of student work in the Diploma in Digital Applications (DIDA) qualifications. DIDA requires the use of an e-portfolio, and files have to be submitted...

Dear All, We do hope that you found the presentation and activity that you participated in at the first LCSP awayday useful. Thank you for your contributions on the day and your subsequent feedback on the session. If you would like colleagues in the Children...

Leading ICT Teachers and Hands on Support Providers will be aware that all HoS activity should be recorded for monitoring and evaluation purposes. When planning local HoS provision, HoS Providers should conduct a prior assessment of needs and at the outset...

Please may we remind all schools of the following: Children should always be supervised by a responsible adult when using the Internet. Teachers should evaluate any websites fully before they use them with their students. This includes websites going...

Here is a handy little gadget if you use the Vista sidebar and OCS. It displays all open communications and makes it easier to manage conversations. http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=2701d34d-ec6a-48ec-9ce2-a3932345f3a8

There are still a few places available for the following ICT courses in January: 08/01/2009 – E-Safety in the Primary School (Stour Valley) 14/01/2009 - Using ICT to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Science at Key Stage 2 (Oxford Rd) 28/01/2009 – Enhancing...

I teach first grade (6 yr. olds) in Alabama (United States). Each year the other first grade teacher and I (eight total) do a Christmas Around the World project. Each teacher takes a country or part of the world and we learn about the traditions, etc...

Teachers accessing social networking sites for personal use during school hours " A primary school teacher accused of spending hours on the internet during class time, using social network sites including Facebook, has been found guilty of professional...

I love this idea, so I thought I'd share it. Now on the market are a number of cheap and attractive coloured small voice recorders that can be used for learners to comment on displays. Some have a multi-message recording feature. All you need to do...

I was in London with Becta / NAACE earlier this week to renew my ICT Mark Assessor status . We are required to attend an annual assessors conference, (although its not really a conference, more of a seminar / workshop), where we get down and dirty with...

Christmas Activities, lesson plans and other useful websites. www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/festivals/xmas.htm Quick Links Advent Calendar World Advent Calendar Build a snowman Textease Christmas Resources Origins of Christmas Christmas Clip art Over 30 graphics...

Forty schools from around the world are taking part right now in " Weather around the World ." www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/view_project.php?id=95 Many of the schools have already published work on their project web pages including: Peponi House...