Archive for February, 2008
NAACE Article:Podcasts, Practicalities, Publishing and Pedagogy
Reprinted from the NAACE Newsletter
There are two objectives for this article: describing the podcasting project we have established in Halton and inviting your participation. This principle of participation and collaboration lies at the heart of the project.
We decided that any project aimed at producing teaching and learning outcomes through podcasting needed to acknowledge the following [...]Bromley ICT Project Adventures Update: Podcasting in the Curriculum
Since Bob Usher’s course in January, many of our schools are now beginning to incoporate Podcasting as a strategy in the delivery of engaging curriculum activities.
We have examples of teachers using podcasts as a strategy for supporting children with their homework such as teacher, Karen Easterling’s ‘Division using Chunking’ podcast at Farnborough Primary School. We [...]LGFL London Technician’s Conference 17th March 2008
Message from Brian Durrant (LGFL Director)
Following the success of this event in earlier years, the London ICT Technicians’ Conference is this year being held in two sittings, morning and afternoon. The very comfortable seats at the high-tech Auditorium within the BT national HQ are being quickly taken up, but as yet about 100 seats remain
The [...]IEARN Project: Teddy Bear Exchange in Thailand
Enclosed is a message from Lyn Whitford (IEARN UK)
A great opportunity has arisen with our colleagues in iEARN in Thailand as 2 schools are looking for UK partner schools with which to exchange a Teddy Bear.
Ideally, we’d like a class from Year 4 and another from Year 7.
This is an ideal first project and also one of [...]NAACE Primary Web Site
The NAACE Primary on line activities, reviews and resources remain available here
This wide ranging collection includes primary curriculum support materials, primary on line resources, software applications and curriculum activities covering all Primary education including Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Popular software titles include Big Book Maker, Find the Pairs, Jumbo, History Photo [...]LGFL Content Resources
To get the latest update on what’s available in the LGFL content are check out this pdf document.
LGfL Technical Update Conference
17th March 2008
BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street. London EC1A 7AJ
The last conference was highly oversubscribed, so in order to offer this opportunity to as many technical colleagues as possible we will be running this conference twice, using the morning and afternoon slots. Sessions so far will include: Sophos update, e-safety – technical solutions, MLE [...]LGFL News: Music Teachers
Gigajam Junior
New on LGfL for music is Gigajam Junior. Gigabot takes you through lessons, video clips, and a Gigapedia glossary section, to give you all you need to introduce the young learner to the world of drumming. Start by going to the Exploring the Drums section to discover what each part of a kit is [...]LGFL News: Newham Scheme of Work for ICT
Newham ICT Scheme of Work
In addition to their foundation stage materials, Newham have now launched their entire ICT scheme of work (covering years 1 - 6). Featuring active flip chart resources and tutorial videos there is a wealth of resources on offer. Importantly every unit contains a challenge lesson which gives the children an opportunity to develop their independent ICT capability. http://www.itass.newham.gov.uk/curriculum/sow.aspxLGFL News: Drama and History Project
New Voices, Old Vic
Under Kevin Spacey’s direction, the Old Vic Education section has employed professional directors, writers and actors to work with pupils and students from South London schools on a variety of projects to encourage them to think about the creative use of drama in other subjects. The first project was a joint collaboration [...]