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Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
28/6/09 - American site with thousands of videos, many of which are pertinent to primary teaching.
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more fromwww.neok12.com
Science experiments and lesson plans with Captain Curiosity: Experiment List
28/6/09 - Excellent site for science experiments and ideas for developing children's scientific knowledge.
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more fromwww.captaincuriosity.net
Resources - CLC Podcasting
18/6/09 - Introduction to podcasting and links to free resources to help you produce your own podcasts.
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more fromclcpodcasting.org.uk
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus
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
iPrimary.co.uk | ICT Tutorials for Teachers
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.
Open Tutorial Quick play
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."
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more fromwww.iprimary.co.uk
Welcome to the Web: A beginner's guide.
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
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more fromwww.teachingideas.co.uk
Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick
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
"Printable Flash Cards for Vocabulary Words-with Photographs
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
Most Dangerous Bridges In The World
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.
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more fromwww.dirjournal.com
Fossweb.com | FOSS 3-6 Modules
10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing virtually every aspect of science at KS2.
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more fromwww.fossweb.com
Fossweb.com | FOSS K-2 Modules
10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing almost every aspect of science at KS1.
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more fromwww.fossweb.com
Dozens of Smart Technology Sites
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.
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more fromfaculty.usiouxfalls.edu
Adding Unlike Fractions
22/4/09 - Very simple, very effective way of demonstrating common denominators and equivalent fractions. Uses a mixture of fraction notation and colourful pictographs.
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more fromwww.harcourtschool.com
Switch Zoo - Animal Games
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.
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more fromswitchzoo.com
earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up
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.
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more fromwww.earthalbum.com
Figures of Speech - Teach a Kid to Argue
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.
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more fromwww.figarospeech.com
A Solar System Scale Model Meta Page
18/4/09 - General background information, scale-models of the solar system, plus plenty of teaching ideas and resources.
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more fromwww.vendian.org
Shangrala's Animated Gallery - Over 2200 Free Animated Gifs
13/4/09 - Ronseal. Easily searchable GIFs site with many of interest for teachers or children.
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more fromshangralafamilyfun.com
Spelling List Generator - BrendenisTeaching.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."
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more fromwww.brendenisteaching.com
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