The BBC website hosts a series of brilliant gems that are very useful to teachers. While many of us will be familiar with the news page which is accessable via the web or using apps on our phones, there is a whole lot more that’s worth exploring and using. Here are some of my favourites… [...]
One of the critical skills for the 21st Century is Information Fluency . A critical aspect of this is validating information. Students (and adults) frequently take information collected from the internet as being accurate and appropriate. They have little understanding of how search engines work (google is a popularity engine in many ways). Here are [...]
A little something for everyone here. 1. Making stopmotion movies – http://stopmotionmovies.yolasite.com/ I use stopmotion and claymation movies as learning tools in video creation. I use this simple technique to teach frame rate, camera angles, focus, perspective, transitions and rendering. Linked with this is a pdf resopurce from Microsoft Education on Digital Storytelling in the [...]
This week at school has been frantic, but here are some of the sites I have stumbled across this week 1. Colour Theory – http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/01/28/color-theory-for-designers-part-1-the-meaning-of-color/ How we use colour in our publications, presentationand website can influence how readable, useful and attractive our work is. THis is a good resource that will assist. Smashing Magazine, mark [...]
In this update we have a little something for everyone. 1. State of the Internet – http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/state-internet/ – this is a good infographi summarising 2009 and the internet. This graphic looks at connections, bloggers, speed, access and use… An excellent resource for technology and Humanities. 2. Creative Chemistry – http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm – This is a UK [...]
Happy New Year, I hope the festive season has been good to you all as it has been to me. Here are some New Years websites that may be of interest. Something here for Humanities, digital citizenship, Music, science, technology 1. Protecting reputations online in plain English – http://www.commoncraft.com/protecting-reputations-video Lee LeFever and the team at [...]
The wire has been disconnected for the last week as I have tried to catch up from various functions. However its plugged back in with some interesting sites that have application for science, english and more. 1. Medtropolis.com here is what they say in their blurb.” A webspace built for the latest health information [...]
In this weeks catch from the net we have Mathematics and data sources, infographic maps, web 2.0 tools and more. 1. The Maths Apprentice – http://www.mathapprentice.com/Activity/explore.html – this is a fun primary and middle years site for mathematics. Directed at the younger audience. Worth considering using with an IWB. 2. Kids online – me and [...]
The one problem with attending a conference is catching up after. ULearn has been no exception, I have spent this week in catch up mode. Here is my weekly catch from the net. 1. Alternative to – http://alternativeto.net/desktop this website is present you with alternative application to common or popular software and web based tools. [...]
Wow, four days off visiting family. Its so nice to have some downtime, but boy was my RSS reader full. Here are some interesting sites and resources I have found “on the wire”. 1. Storybird – http://storybird.com/ This is a collaborative digital story creation tool. worth a visit. 2. Multitasking research. This is some interesting [...]
