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Education
For the latest news and views in the world of Education |
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BBC Bitesize
From this landing page, choose the most appropriate revision area ... |
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Becta
Formerly the British Communication and Technology Agency - Becta is the Government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning. |
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Becta: Next Generation Learning [NGL]
NGL and its Charter is a government backed scheme to inspire children's learning with technology in schools and at home. |
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British
Council
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. |
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CILT
National Centre for Languages is the Government's recognised centre of expertise in languages. Its mission is to promote a greater capability in languages amongst all sectors of the UK population. CILT is also the standards-setting body for languages, interpreting and translation. |
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DCSF
The Government department
for Children, Schools and Families |
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DCSF
Standards Site
Information and links on a variety of school-based topics |
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DCSF
TeacherNet
The government standard for UK teachers and schools-related professions. |
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European
Schoolnet
An international partnership of more than twenty European Ministries of Education developing learning for schools, teachers and pupils across Europe. |
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ICPD
iCPD resources are drawn from the activities of a number of the networks. Most are generated by classroom practitioners as they undertake iCPD projects or programmes, and all ll follow the 'by schools, for schools' approach for which SSAT and iNet are rightly famous. |
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ICT Register
A unique web resource capturing and sharing the ICT and elearning expertise in cutting edge schools and learning centres around the world. Note the facility to ask our schools a question! |
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National
Curriculum Online
The National Curriculum sets out the knowledge and skills that are important for our children to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. This site is packed with guidance to help schools design a curriculum that inspires and challenges their learners. |
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National
College for School Leadership
The National College [formerly NCSL] develops and inspires great leaders of schools, early years settings and children's services. |
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OfSTED
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills brings together the wide experience of four formerly separate inspectorates. It will inspect and regulate care for children and young people, and inspect education and training for learners of all ages. |
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Specialist
Schools & Academies Trust [SSAT]
The SSAT is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to raising levels of achievement in secondary education. Its affiliation network has a membership of over 5000 schools and organisations. A registered charity. |
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Teachers
Network US
Teachers Network is a non-profit organsation with a long track record of success, dedicated to improving student learning nationally and internationally. Teachers Network is unique in its focus on professional development as the key to improving student achievement. |
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Teachnet
Ireland
TeachNet Ireland seeks to improve student learning by helping primary and post primary teachers to integrate web-based resources into their instructional practice. |
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TIPD
The DCSF Teachers' International Professional Development programme provides opportunities for teachers to experience best practice in international education by participating in study visits to other countries. |
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TDA
The Training and Development Agency for Schools is the national agency and recognised sector body responsible for the training and development of the school workforce. |
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TTRB
The Teacher Training Resource Bank provides access to the research and evidence base informing teacher education. All materials are quality assured through a rigorous process of academic scrutiny. |
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ThinkQuest Library
ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites for other students. |
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Internet Safety sites for teachers, students, parents/carers ... |
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Think You Know [CEOP]
Come to find the latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what’s good and not good, and what you can do about it. |
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Childnet International
Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working with others to help make the internet a safe place for children. This website serves as a portal to Childnet’s award-winning projects. |
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Becta eSafety
Becta's Schools website provides strategic advice to school leaders, teaching staff and technical staff on the use of ICT in schools. |
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iSafe [USA]
i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of young people. The site incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. |
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Free resources sites and classroom support |
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ALAS Media
Visit this site by a group of youngsters who under the loving care of Marco Torres, have set up their own media company. This wiki is stacked with ideas for creativity with images, video and photography. |
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Answer Tips
If you can ignore the advertisements on this page, this is a very quick way of finding definitions and information about a selected phrase. |
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Apple iLife
Visit this site for tutorials on all sorts of Apple products - iTunes ,iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband etc |
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Character Counts
An increasingly popular method of incorporating the Six Pillars of Character into the achievement of raised standards of behaviour in US schools, and used by secular and faith-based groups. |
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David Jakes - blog
Some good resources, ideas and great links from David Jakes. Be sure to visit David's website too. |
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Delicious
A social bookmarking site. |
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Diigo
A social bookmarking site |
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Discovery Education
Free classroom tools and resources |
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Edublogs
A popular blogging site for teachers and students - check out the Edublogger for ideas, tips and resources to help students blog |
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Education Forum
A site operated by teachers for teachers and offering free resources |
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Flickr
For uploading and sharing your photographs online - but also for downloading images if they are copyright free! |
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Guardian Education
News from the Guardian Newspaper for educators |
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GPS Mission
Have fun by following and designing missions or treks on your mobile phone! |
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ICT Goodies
This site has been setup to make available a collection of free ICT resources and premium ICT resources for those who teach ICT. The site has ICT starters, ICT plenaries and various ICT resources that are all available to download. |
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Jamendo
Freely downloadable music from Jamendo artists to accompany video. |
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John Davitt's New Tools
A treasure trove of useful resources, applets and ideas! Check out ...
Homework generator
Learning Event Generator
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Kick YouTube
You Tube doesn't yet have a download facility and so you might want to create an account on Kick You Tube to do just that! |
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MathTrain
Do visit this site for some stunning Maths tutorial videos posted by Eric Marcos and his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. A related site has more free resources and ideas! |
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MS Photostory
A very useful package for helping to create and edit videos. Think of this medium as something different to Powerpoint!
And see Sean Smith's project about
using Photostory in primary schools!
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Ning
A popular application for creating social networking communities and also joining other communities of interest. |
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PB Wiki
A popular application for creating wikis |
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Schools Wikipedia
School Wikipedia offers a huge download of checked materials, advertisement-free and sorted by curriculum subject for school intranets. |
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Scratch [from MIT]
Freely downloadable Scratch and a community of users contributing their ideas and resources! |
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SecondLife
With the use of surrealistic environments and avatars that can project a different identity to one you own in 'first life', there is a growing sense that the use of second life can engage previously difficult to engage learners. |
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Sitmo
Resources for mathematicians, engineers, financial engineers etc |
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Smart Teaching
Nothing to do with Smartboards but a site aimed at US elementary teachers with all sorts of resources! |
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SOS Children's Villages
A charity offering free teaching resources and lesson plans. |
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Teachable
A collection of resources created by teachers. This is a subscription site although there are freely downloadable trials of resources. |
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Teach ICT
A site offering a large number of learning and teaching and revision resources - some are available only on subscription to the site. |
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TeacherTube
A site for sharing educational videos |
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TechLearning
A site for teachers and educational technologists - magazine, forums, blogs, resources ... |
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TechSmith
TechSmith are the developers of Camtasia studio, the popular video editing software. However, its sister product Jing can be downloaded for free, as can Screencast for sharing documents online. Visit the education community pages for some shared good practice and ideas! |
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TED Talks
Riveting talks by remarkable people around the world! Suggestion ... try to listen to one TED talk on a regular basis! |
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TES
Networks for teachers, recruitment stories and freely downloadable resources |
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Tux Paint
A free, open source drawing package for young children. |
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Twitter
Set up an account and start following a community of fellow teachers and educational technologists!
Follow Teachnet UK on Twitter
Follow the ICT Register on Twitter
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Voicethread
A new way to share your thoughts and comments about various media, documents etc |
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Wikispaces
A popular application for creating wikis |
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TechLearning
Networking, shared practice, information and guidance - so many good ideas! |
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Wordle
Create word clouds from the text you provide - are your school documents getting the right message across to students, families, staff members? Wordle might help you decide! |
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