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  • Voicethread 4 Education wiki

    "A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 08-12-2008
  • 100 Awesome Classroom Videos to Learn New Teaching Techniques

    Alisa Miller @ Smartteaching.org has created a useful list of "100 Awesome Classroom Videos to Learn New Teaching Techniques ". "Whether you are a new teacher storing up tips and tricks or an experienced teacher who could just use a fresh perspective, you are sure to find something helpful...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 08-12-2008
  • Myst Computer Game in the Classroom

    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 be inviting Tim back to Kent to run a series of workshops...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 07-21-2008
  • Tim Rylands coming to Kent AGAIN

    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 Maidstone, Tonbridge, Malling, Darford East, Cranbrook...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 07-11-2008
  • Website of the week

    The Kented website has been moved onto the Kent servers and we are presently experiencing problems editing pages. So ..... Please find below our website of the week for this week: Tikatok is a free creative community for kids under 13 where they can write, illustrate, and share their original stories...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 06-22-2008
  • Creative use of Flickr

    Taggalaxy is one of many online tools that that is a search engine for Flickr. ( Flickr is a photo sharing site powered by Yahoo! that allows users to upload and share their photos. http://taggalaxy.de/ The way it works is that you type in your key word e.g. Egypt and Taggalaxy finds all of the photos...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 06-20-2008
  • Play Maths games across the world

    Tutpup is an exciting and new safe way of playing games against children in the UK and across the world. It is free , has no ads , doesn't grab kids personal data and allows them to play competitive maths games against their friends or students from around the world in a safe educational environment...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 05-30-2008
  • BBC Doctor Who Trailer Maker

    Doctor Who is very popular with a lot of pupils. Here is the link to the BBC where pupils can create their own trailer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/ A great activity to do during an ICT Club. This site and many more have been added to kented on del.icio.us Add us to your network To find...
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 05-09-2008
  • Limerick Day

    Limerick Day celebrates the birthday of Writer Edward Lear (1812-1888) who is well known for his limericks in his "Book of Nonsense". Click here for teaching resources
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 05-08-2008
  • Free Picture Books

    Here is a website where you can download picture books for free! http://www.childrensbooksforever.com/ This site and many more have been added to kented on del.icio.us Add us to your network To find out more about del.icio.us click here
    Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 05-07-2008
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