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28/6/09 - American site with thousands of videos, many of which are pertinent to primary teaching.

Tags: multimedia.video, resources, all.subjects on 2009-06-28 and saved by 216 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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more fromwww.neok12.com

28/6/09 - Excellent site for science experiments and ideas for developing children's scientific knowledge.

Tags: science.general, resources, ideas, planning on 2009-06-28 and saved by 11 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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more fromwww.captaincuriosity.net

18/6/09 - Introduction to podcasting and links to free resources to help you produce your own podcasts.

Tags: podcasting, ict, resources on 2009-06-18 and saved by 3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromclcpodcasting.org.uk

18/6/09 - Great way of showing links between word groups and synonyms. Fully interactive and colourful.

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more fromwww.visuwords.com

11/6/09 - "Tutorials

The following video tutorials cover software and hardware that can be used within the classroom to improve teaching and learning, or can be used to support every day administration tasks. Use the search box on the right to find a specific tutorial.



007 - Video conferencing with FlashMeeting
Learn how to use FlashMeeting, a free web-based video conferencing tool intended for education.
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006 - Using Harvest Sounds to play audio files during dramas and radio shows
Find out how to use Harvest Sounds, a piece of software used for playing audio files on the fly.
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005 - Using SpellingCity.com to support the learning of spellings
Find out how to use SpellingCity.com, a free website, to support the learning of spellings.
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004 - ActivPrimary 3 - A basic introduction
Find out the basics of how to use ActivPrimary 3, from Promethean.
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003 - Adding a soundtrack with Windows Movie Maker
Find out how to add music to a video using Windows Movie Maker.
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002 - Creating word clouds with Wordle
Find out how to display word lists in attractive word clouds.
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001 - How to download movies from Youtube
In this tutorial you'll learn how to download movies from Youtube for use at a later date within the classroom."

Tags: multimedia.video, resources, ict, Training, ICT.Coordinator on 2009-06-11 -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.iprimary.co.uk

11/6/09 - "Thank you for visiting 'Welcome to the Web'. By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet. Good luck!" This is very well put together, and a great starting point for introducing the web to primary-aged children

Tags: ict, resources on 2009-06-11 and saved by 35 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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more fromwww.teachingideas.co.uk

11/6/09 - This is a fantastic idea for collaborating. "Wallwisher is an online notice board maker...! ...it is ideal for making announcements, wishing people, keeping notes, and anything you can do with Post-its"

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more fromwallwisher.com

11/6/09 - Learn new vocabulary in an appealing, visual way. The pictures are - in the main - of particularly high quality.

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more frominsidestoryflashcards.com

15/5/09 - High-quality images of rickety bridges in a range of different places around the world. I will use this page of over 20 pages for describing settings in narrative.

Tags: english.narrative, english.writing, resources on 2009-05-15 and saved by 4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.dirjournal.com

10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing virtually every aspect of science at KS2.

Tags: iwb, best_of_the_web, science.general, science.sc2(life), science.sc3(materials), science.sc4(physical), resources, ks2 on 2009-05-10 and saved by 13 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.fossweb.com

10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing almost every aspect of science at KS1.

Tags: iwb, best_of_the_web, science.general, science.sc2(life), science.sc3(materials), science.sc4(physical), resources, KS1 on 2009-05-10 and saved by 10 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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26/4/09 - A must-visit site for any teacher with a Smartboard. Links to plans, resources and activities, videos on using different aspects of the IWB.

Tags: iwb.smart.notebooks, resources, weblinks.pages.on.teaching.sites, best_of_the_web on 2009-04-26 and saved by 72 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromfaculty.usiouxfalls.edu

22/4/09 - Very simple, very effective way of demonstrating common denominators and equivalent fractions. Uses a mixture of fraction notation and colourful pictographs.

Tags: mathematics, resources, iwb on 2009-04-22 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.harcourtschool.com

19/4/09 - "Photorealistic zoo". Make your own new animals, play animal games and puzzles. Learn about animals. Build animal habitats. Superb site for habitats or as a writing stimulus. The site even offers lesson plans.

Tags: planning, resources, science.habitats, english.writing, ideas, english.nonfiction on 2009-04-19 and saved by 74 people -All Annotations (1) -About

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more fromswitchzoo.com

19/4/09 - "earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!" Superb resource, just add keyword/sunset after the URL to see amazing sunsets from around the world.

Tags: multimedia.images, resources, geography on 2009-04-19 and saved by 276 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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more fromwww.earthalbum.com

19/4/09 - "How to Teach a Child to Argue. Why would any sane parent teach his kids to talk back? Because, this father found, it actually increased family harmony." This could have great application in P4C / thinking skills, or just conflict resolution. Essentially, it focuses on arguments/persuasive rhetoric founded in logic, reputation and emotion. This could also provide the basis for an interesting speaking and listening or persuasive writing lesson.

Tags: thinking.skills, p4c, resources, english.s&l, english.persuasion, english.writing on 2009-04-19 and saved by 22 people -All Annotations (7) -About

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more fromwww.figarospeech.com

18/4/09 - General background information, scale-models of the solar system, plus plenty of teaching ideas and resources.

Tags: science.space, resources, ideas, weblinks.pages.on.teaching.sites on 2009-04-18 and saved by 9 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.vendian.org

18/4/09 - As it says!

Tags: ideas, French, resources, planning on 2009-04-18 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromfrenchprimary.blogspot.com

13/4/09 - Ronseal. Easily searchable GIFs site with many of interest for teachers or children.

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more fromshangralafamilyfun.com

29/3/09 - "Using a database of UK words, produce spelling lists and/or flashcards based on the criteria you set. The 'search' set of search types will take your search term and use the filter you select. The other search types are pre-selected words, which you can limit in size and categorise into groups."

Tags: English.Word.Level, resources, spelling on 2009-03-29 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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more fromwww.brendenisteaching.com