Advent Calendars

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment
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Dvolver – Make your own movie

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

Create your own films using the MovieMaker tool in Dvolver. Choose the background scenes and add characters to your chosen plot.

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National Story-telling week 2010

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

30th January – 6th February 2010

A decade in celebration of storytelling!
Once a upon a time an idea was proposed for a week to highlight the art of storytelling – not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination.

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Teachr Search

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

A fantastic new search tool for teachers looking for lesson plans, resources and ideas  from Mark Warner, a teacher from The Downs School in Kent.

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BugBears from the BBC

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

Welcome to Bugtopia! where you can share your stories and listen to how others feel. Bugtopia is made up of 10 main topic areas: Family, Friends, School, Bullying, Our World, Body and Mind, My Future, Makes Me Happy, Makes Me Sad, and Other Stuff.

 Children can create their own Bugbear and describe their own fears or concerns or things that are ‘bugging’ them. They can listen to similar stories on the site and show their immediate support with hugs, respect or comments. Children with similar concerns can take comfort from other Bugbears. Bugbears is all about sharing sincere life experiences and building empathy and support from ordinary children.

 Bugbears recently won best children’s innovation at the Royal Television Society Awards and is becoming the number one communication forum for young children.

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Pinball from the BBC

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

Pinball is all about your ideas. There are currently four fun and simple ways to make your thoughts get busy. You can blurt out your ideas, organise them, mix them up, distort them, map them and even decide between them (that’s always the hard bit).

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Harnessing Technology Review 2009

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This review brings together a range of research evidence and data from England to look at what has been achieved in implementing technology to support learning. Most of the data presented here was collected through studies conducted in early 2009.

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The Impact of Digital Technology

December 4, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

A review of the evidence of the impact of digital technologies, on formal education. Includes sections on what the evidence says, and challenges for the future

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LinkUp

November 5, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

linkEach Link Up game consists of two categories with six related words in each.  Games can be saved to access at a later time or to share with others.  Pupils use Link Up by dragging links between categories and words.  The game is easy to customize and create on the fly.  It would be a great site to use with an interactive whiteboard.

Free Clipart from Phillip Martin

November 5, 2009 Chris Beedham Leave a comment

A delightful collection of good quality free educational clipart from Phillip Martin for use in the classroom.

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