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Games-making and simulation software

by chrisp09 on Sun, March 14, 2010

6 great packages for designing games and simulations
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Be an MP for a Week

by Director on Thu, March 04, 2010

Did you know that the UK Parliament has an Education Service that works with schools to support young people's understanding of Parliament and democracy?

'MP For A Week' - new from Parliament's Education Service - is a new multi-level online educational game that drops players into the shoes of a backbench MP.
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VC opportunities with schools in the US

by Heather Pettitt on Wed, January 20, 2010

Kids Creating Community Content in the US has just released their VC program for schools for the next few months. They are looking for partner schools to be an audience to their presentations and engage in Q & A afterwards
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Celebrate International Year of Biodiversity 2010 with The Great Plant Hunt’s new free activity

by Great Plant Hunter on Mon, January 18, 2010

There's a new 'Thinking Walk' from The Great Plant Hunt with a variety of life theme for children aged 5-11. Visit the new biodiversity area on the website (www.greatplanthunt.org/biodiversity) and download your free copy today!
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Using Mindmapping Software to Develop Thinking and Creativity in the KS1 Classroom

by Emma Goto on Sun, January 10, 2010

One of the things my KS1 children have always enjoyed doing is using mind mapping software to organise and develop their ideas. This was an obvious use of ICT for us to explore in our school, as for a long time we had been working with children mindmapping on paper. We used the mindmaps to find out what children already knew about a topic and what they wanted to find out. From the final mindmap at the end of a topic we could see what children had learned.

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London Olympics 2012 Countdown

by Jeff Howson on Sun, December 13, 2009

View how many days are left to the Olympics.
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Top 10 ICT tools with the “wow” factor…

by Jeff Howson on Sun, December 13, 2009

Top 10 ICT tools with the “wow” factor..Update on "free" to use tools that have a positive impact on Teaching and Learning.
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Safer Children in a Digital World - UKCCIS Strategy document launched.

by petermilford on Tue, December 08, 2009

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has today, 8th December, published its first child internet safety strategy 'Click Clever, Click Safe.' The strategy will be launched at the UKCCIS Summit event in London, attended by 300 delegates from across government, industry, law enforcement and chaired by Professor Tanya Byron. Professor Byron prepared the report, 'Safer Children in a Digital World,' which was accepted by Government and led to the formation of UKCCIS.
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The SEGFL Naturewatch 2010 Online FlashMeeting

by Philbracegirdle on Sun, December 06, 2009

Following the very successful project launch in Crawley in October 2009 delegates were invited to take part in a "follow-up" FlashMeeting with Andrew Berry (ASK Primary Science Advisor) and Pauline Patterson (Hampshire Science Advisor.) Follow the link to replay the FlashMeeting and to discover how you can take part in Naturewatch 2010.
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British Council’s Global Gateway project

by Heather Pettitt on Mon, November 09, 2009

The British Council’s Global Gateway project helps establish links with schools across the World using videoconferencing or web-conferencing tools. They have partner schools lined up who are waiting to link to schools here in the UK.
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