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Home Access is a government drive which will help low-income families to get access to a computer and the internet to get online at home. Families who are on a low income in receipt of certain benefits could qualify for a grant to buy a computer and/or...
If you have recently upgraded your ICT equipment and you are looking to dispose of old machines, Computers for Africa may be able to help. This company is being supported by Kent County Council. Computers4Africa is a local charity which sends IT equipment...
A Smart Table is a multitouch/multiuser table for primary education. Tom Barrett is a teacher who is using a SMART Table in his classroom. His first post, " SMART Table in my classroom- Days 2-5: Teething Problems " provides some insight about...
Leading ICT Teachers who saw Russell Prue in action at our November conference might be interested in reading his suggestions for technologies he believes could impact on teaching and learning in the 21st Century. These include: Virtual PE Teacher and...
I've liked the downloadable stopwatch from www.online-stopwatch.com for some time now. I noticed today that they've added some great new versions.Theres an egg timer, a clock and a bomb with a fuse!! All with variable times. www.online-stopwatch...
Computers 4 Africa (C4A) is a charity which provides ICT to African schools. They ask for donations of working equipment with a minimum specification of a Pentium III processor. All computers sent to Africa are striped down to their basic components and...
Netbooks, small laptop computers with more limited memory and features, look likely to be the next big thing in electronics world. Elonex, a small British computer maker, will start selling its £99 ‘netbooks’ from February in Next and M&S, hoping...
There's a new metal detectors page on Kent NGfL. It includes instructions for how to use the metal detector and downloadable .pdf files for printing. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/metalDetector Ideas include shape bingo, bear bingo, phonemes...
The Top 100 Tools for Learning Spring 2008 list has now been finalised from the contributions of 155 learning professionals from education, workplace learning and continuing professional development. http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html
There are some new resources available from the KentNGfL games page, (they are very much open to change so please do suggest improvements): Phase2 Sound Buttons - supports Letters and Sounds . Choose only the sets you are teaching to make new words. Phase...
"We keep having problems with our IWB projectors failing due to excessive dust. Either the bulbs fail or the whole thing just goes funny colours over time. The filters are cleaned weekly so it is not that. The first lot of projectors only lasted 2-3 years...
The WEEE site in Sittingbourne (Swale) is now operational. You can find more details here http://www.swale.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1025 Don't forget to erase or smash hard drives if sensitive data has been stored on the computer. For Office/admin computers...
At our ICT meetings this term, we are highlighting E-safety education through using safe resources like SuperclubsPlus by Intuitive media . We have negotiated a discount deal for Kent schools who would like to join. This will last until the end of term...
Message sent via blog using the email link above. "I know we are loathed to throw things away, as teachers we are extremely good at hoarding. However we have a growing number of computers which no longer work or use that we need to dispose of. With new...
BETT 2008 has thousands of educational ICT products and services on display, live demonstrations and a range of exciting show features. What impact will visiting the show have on your school? Please share with us your favourite new products/software or...
Message sent via email "We looking at buying a fast reliable printer as our one has just died. We have been looking at a supplier who offer a Konica Minolta Magicolor 5570 printer with a 1 year tie-in that we purchase the cartridges from them. The cartridges...
I've added a new resource to the Kent NGfL games page. It allows you to model a jacket for your Beebot on screen and then print it out. Much like you can for the Pixie. http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/beebotShell_v2.html The only tricky part is that...
I've updated the Froggy Phonemes game to suit the new 'Letters and Sounds' phonics document. I've also made the frogs a little more cooperative! www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/froggy_phonemes_v3.html Also, I know this is a bit naughty but I thought I'd...