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Some great web pages and resources to help plan and teach about Ancient Egypt.

"The world's largest web development site." This is an excellent reference and tutorial site for anyone interested in learning more about web development. I'm making my way slowly but surely through the HTML tutorial at the moment. It's full of really easy to follow examples and "Try It Yourself" editors. I've had students ask me recently if i can teach them something more advanced than scratch. I might introduce them to this site and see if they can work through some of the early examples themselves.

JellyCam is a great, free program for stop motion animation. It's available for Windows and Mac and is incredibly easy to use. It doesn't have the bells and whistles that come with the expensive programs out there but this just makes it better for use in primary education. Students would find this program a breeze to use with minimal guidance or teaching. I recommend installing it on any school computers and your students can start using it for animation or storytelling. Credit goes to one of my students who told me about JellyCam after he used it to create a project this week.

A handy replica of the Countdown numbers game. Your students have thirty seconds to make the target number using the 6 smaller numbers given.

I'm a big fan of Robert Armbrister's "Write About This" app, so I'm keen to check out his new "Tell About This" app. It certainly looks like a simple, interesting idea, a bit like Fotobabble.

I recently came across this bank of resources from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland website. There are documents, posters, lesson plans, worksheets and videos available to help you introduce students to the idea of sustainable energy. Many of the resources are also available in Irish.

A great website to source free, levelled readers for your school.

The template: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9063559/Johanna%20Stirling%27s%20LSCWC%20Chart%20Download.pdf

Download free books for your students to read.

Dolch resources from The School Bell.

Lists and worksheets from K12Reader.

I came across this book on Scribd recently. I teach tin whistle, as do all teachers at my school, as part of our music curriculum. This book will come in handy throughout the year as my students, hopefully, make progress!

"TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find! Our Digital Editions are the perfect supplement to your TIME For Kids print subscription, and they deliver a host of exciting features to help bring TIME For Kids to life."

Some dingbats you could use as a fun time filler or transition activity. Don't worry, the answers are there too!

These could be very useful for schools setting out on the Google Apps path.

There are some great prompts in here. Use them in journals or blogs to get your students writing.