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Six of the UK’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs), BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse, have agreed to join with the Music industry to try and tackle the growing issue of online piracy. The proposal from the government will...
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The Periodic Table of Video's is a modern version of the periodic table. Each element has an associated video explaining what it is and how it reacts. Great resource, but shame they chose YouTube ... the videos are blocked by most school filters ...
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OFSTED says tests narrow learning Students bring kit worth £6K School design labelled 'mediocre' e-learning 2.0 -= the need for a real 2.0 VLE Corporate social networks are a waste of money Richard Stallman: Free software and beyond Top 5 platforms...
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I have received the information below and thought you might find it useful when considering your position regarding this years science SATs. My initial responses from Kent schools indicate that the marking is mostly OK and that the mark scheme has been...
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In Kent, we have many schools eager to use the computer game 'Myst', after being inspired by Tim Rylands at our recent ICT Conference. January 2008 is the official launch of Kent's writing project using the computer game Myst, when we will...
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Last week Jerry, a colleague handed me a short book, What's Next: 21 Ideas for 21st Century Learning by Charles Leadbeater , and published by the Innovation Unit . Jerry was emphatic as he placed it on my desk ... "This says what I believe ....
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It's not the Gates, it's the bars - Anti-microsoft commentary from Richard Stallman, Founder of Free Software Foundation . Government launches data mash-up . Spam experiment overloads inboxes . Job shortage for unskilled youths. Rural diplomas...
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Thanks to Ewan McIntosh for highlighting the following Assessment is for Learning guide on the Learning & Teaching Scotland (LTS) web site. Thought I'd pass it on!
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With Gershon efficiency savings being imposed on Local Government, and cascaded down to schools, I picked up an interesting Cabinet Office news item from a colleague. A bold plan has been announced to reduce carbon emission caused by ICT in central government...
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I thought that I would try to summarise the key features of the revised and updated e-strategy Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning ; a sort of ' Reduced Shakespeare Company ' version for those who don't have time to read the document...
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Merlin John has recently written a article, published on the FutureLabs website considering how Primary Schools can use the internet as teaching tool whilst taking into account e-Safety considerations. Merlin states how Primary Schools across the UK are...
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CEOP have managed to secure a conviction for the first person in UK to be arrested for money-laundering the proceeds of commercial distribution of child abuse images. Andrian Benzin, a 29 year old Moldovan national who was living in London was arrested...
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Google has launched Lively , a new social network built around the concept of each user creating an avatar and a personal virtual room that can be embedded anywhere on the Web. Although, as with all pupblic chatroom, we can't see Lively being a safe...
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The clock will be turned back to Victorian times again at the Museum of Kent Life in October. Children will take part in a carousel of 6 workshops with a Victorian theme. This year's workshops are The Victorian Dinnertable, Meet the Toymaker, Victorian...
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From 31 July 2008 the national contract which provides the British Pathe film archive to schools at zero cost will end. Schools may continue to use downloaded film material to the end of August 2009. After that date such material will have to be deleted...
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The survey evidence from the harnessing technology: next generation e-strategy review, also shows that children prefer to learn: 1. In groups 2. Doing practical things 3. With friends 4. By using computers In that order!
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The chart above is taken from the recently published revision of the e-strategy, Harnessing Technology: Next Generation Learning . It shows the learning experiences of children taken from MORI survey evidence. Its quite an indictment that the most common...
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The Downs CE Primary School's Wiki http://thedowns.wikispaces.com/ Planning for an ICT Club has just got easier with the help of Mark Warner, at The Down's Primary school. Wikis, like other tools (content management systems, weblogs), are being...
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After Tim's inspirational afternoon presentation at the EIS ICT Conference , we are inviting Tim down to Kent for the last two weeks of January 2009 to kick start a whole unit on using Myst to develop Literacy and ICT skills. Tim will be visiting...
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This zip file contains exemplification of the new PoS for KS3. This will be added to the Framework web site over the summer. This is NOT statutory content, more a selection of ideas you might like to include. Some files are word documents which open properly...
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Creepy Crawly World The new and very exciting Creepy Crawly World opened it’s doors to the public this Easter, A large majority of this new attraction on the farm has been funded by Ken Chappell’s awesome Pop Quiz’s – We can’t Thank Ken and his wife Debbie...
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Throughout the ICT Headteachers Conference, there were a series of presentations and debates. They can be downloaded via our Kent Trust Web site or see below. Demos, the independent Think Tank who supported the faciliated debate sessions have provided...
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www.bishopsinaction.com The bishops of the Anglican church worldwide meet at the Lambeth conference every ten years to discuss issues which concern the church and pray together. The ‘Bishops in Action’ website: contains material for Religious Education...
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The Kent ICT Conference was another huge success with the added bonus of an afternoon enthralled with the imaginative ideas of Tim Ryland . Tim, who is mainly well known through his work using Myst to inspire children’s writing, captured his audience...
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Just to let you know the 2 Simple offer for the entire software collection at £999 will end on July 15th. For more information visit http://www.2simple.com/
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I have received some information about resources for astronomy teaching from David Mannion (Maidstone GS). He writes:- These two sheets might be of interest to Heads of Science in Kent schools who want to teach part of the Science national curriculum...
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Simple interactive Flash programmes from Coventy Learning Gateway . Bingo Number Known Facts Calculations Money Problem Solving Problem Solving 2 Shape, Space and Measures Data Handling Foundation Stage Various strands Special Schools
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Just a gentle reminder that the annual EIS ICT Conference and Exhibition takes place this Thursday at the Ashford International Hotel. Come along and have a look at the latest technology and chat with the suppliers exhibiting in the main hall. There are...
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Many congratulations to Madginford Park Junior School. The school achieved a magnificant third place in the Primary category of National Finals in the Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Challenge. On 26th June four year 6 boys travelled to Warwickshire to take...
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“ Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information.” View photos of a country, listen to the native language of that area, learn more about transportation, education, religion, people, etc...