"The use of blogs and online collaboration in education is explored as teachers discover how and why they should make good use of them."
Wilsden Primary School, near Bradford, shows how handheld computers have helped improve literacy and enabled instant assessment"
"In this programme Year 10 pupils at Saltash.net Community School, near Plymouth, spend two days testing out specially adapted software on PDAs."
"Steve O'Hear, one of Britain's digital evangelists, explores how blogs can be used in schools. Steve finds some enthusiastic primary age bloggers and sees how it helps in literacy, ICT skills and a range of other subjects"
"The rise of online social networking has brought a new dimension to social interaction. In this programme, we look at the technology behind sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo, exploring the issues that they raise for teachers"
"Year One primary teacher Lise Bosher is challenged to improve her presentation skills using ICT"
Video showing an example of an Augemented Reality software – Wikitude – for mobile phones
"Better Learning with ICT - Online Communities in the Classroom
Part of the series: Better Learning with ICT
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Part of the series Better Learning with ICT
Secondary French teacher Marie Guyomarc'h, investigates how to make use of online communities in her classes. "
"Better Learning with ICT - Computer Games in the Classroom
Part of the series: Better Learning with ICT
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Part of the series Better Learning with ICT
Year 3 teacher Neil Webster knows little about using computer games in class. Follow him as he sets out to discover whether they really can enhance his teaching and learning."
Tim Rylands demonstrating how he uses the computer game Myst to get his students writing imaginatively
Includes interesting video with Hugo Pardo Kuklinski reflecting on the future of education and the need for it to be bottom up and not top down
"Primary ICT - Creating a Whiteboard Lesson
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This programme features a collection of useful ideas and strategies that primary school teachers can use to get more out of their whiteboards."
"Top Tips
Part of the series: Primary ICT Whiteboard
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Part of the series Primary ICT Whiteboard
Overcoming whiteboard phobia is the underlying message of this programme, as expert Simon Botten takes us through his top tips for novice whiteboard users.
From first principles - selecting the right kind of whiteboard - to how to involve children in using them and how to maintain them, Simon answers key questions and provides direct and simple advice."
Part of the series: Primary ICT Whiteboard
Overcoming whiteboard phobia is the underlying message of this programme, as expert Simon Botten takes us through his top tips for novice whiteboard users.