February 2006 - Posts
I have seen Activ Vote used with Promethean boards and today saw Quizdom in action. It allows pupils to not only answer multiple choice and true/false type questions but also input text and numerical answers which broadens its scope for classroom usage. You can also quickly adapt existing ppts to use them interactively with your class.
On another note, Orange, the mobile phone people are offering a free video resource to schools. Future Home showcases the new technologies pupils will soon encounter in their own homes. This was recommended by ICT teacher, Lyn Chalk of St Gregory's in Tunbridge Wells.
Mandy Barrow (HoS KS2/3 Consultant) did a demo of these 2 resources at a meeting in Dartford this afternoon. I love the interactive calendar which gives you links to topical resources such as the Winter Olympics ready to use in lessons.
Secondly, seeing as I'm welsh, I have to give a plug to NGFL Cymru for their wide range of e-resources for all secondary subjects.
Lastly, the secondary library of resources on the NGFL site is growing but please email me with anything you would like Mandy to upload to the site so we can encourage more secondary teachers to visit!
I found this link to Discovery magazine article on Will Richardson's blog. It talks about emerging software which better equips us to connect our reading and writing and move away from linear research. Definitely worth a read if you are interested in developing your understanding of the read-write web.
Alan Day told me about this yesterday. It opens up a lot of exciting possibilities for teachers and clusters to share their resources more easily and should facilitate collaboration across networks of schools.