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Sandy Kendell

BBC News - The web: vital statistics - 3 views

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    How the web works - nice animation/interactive
yc c

BBC - Weather Centre - WeatherWise - 2 views

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    Try some fab Things To Do, from weather projects to things you can take part in.
Jon Hall

BBC - History - Virtual tours - 16 views

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    Walk through 3d versions of historical events, landscapes, and objects. The ancient Greek tour is highly educational and fun. 
Ed Webb

BBC News - Toddlers who lie 'will do better' - 5 views

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  • "They even make bankers in later life."
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Ted Sakshaug

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/activities/activity18/activity_1... - 16 views

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    simple tutorial on types of rocks, weathering, erosion and the rock cycle. Good for late elementary and middle schools.
Ted Sakshaug

BBC - History - World War One Trench Virtual Tour - 0 views

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    Take a virtual tour of a World War One trench and experience the conditions under which World War One soldiers fought and lived.
Ted Sakshaug

BBC - History - World War One Movies - 0 views

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    Contemporary photographs, dramatised diary readings and interviews with veterans exploring key themes of World War One.
Fabian Aguilar

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Youth drop-out rate hits new high - 0 views

  • Record numbers of young people are not in school, college or work in England, official figures show.
  • The ranks of 18-24-year-olds considered to be "Neets" - not in education, employment or training - has risen by more than 100,000 in the past year.
  • The statistics show that in total, 835,000 18 to 24-year-olds are now Neets, up from 730,000 for the same quarter last year.
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  • In the second quarter of 2008, 209,000 16 to 18-year-olds were Neets, 24,000 fewer than the same quarter this year.
  • Neets are likely to have low skills and poor experience so the training and work on offer must be meaningful. Otherwise it will just be a stopgap before further unemployment.
Jonathan Tepper

BBC News - YouTube introduces automatic captions for deaf viewers - 9 views

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    Automatic subtitles in YouTube? I use Dragon regularly and wonder if this could be done... it looks like it still needs some work but the idea of it working with little or no training is amazing.
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    Youtube with subtitles... ESL, learning strategies, differentiation, oh my!
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Teachers to be judged by pupils times tables tests - UKEdChat.com - 5 views

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    Every pupil in England will be expected to have memorised their times tables before leaving primary school, under new government plans, reports the BBC. These will also see new tests of multiplication skills at the age of 11. The checks will be pi…
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    1) Peter Drucker believed "Students Should Have Studied What They Do Well" "Delivering literacy--even on the high level appropriate to a knowledge society--will be an easier task than giving students the capacity and the knowledge to keep on learning, and the desire to do it."... "All it requires is to make learners achieve. All it requires is to focus on the strengths and talents of learners so that they excel in whatever it is they do well." But schools do not do it. They focus instead on a learner's weaknesses." The New Realities pages 236 and 237. Peter thinks that student who do poorly with math should not be let anywhere near algebra. This should make students happier but remember algebra teachers need jobs.
Martin Burrett

MicroBit - 4 views

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    The website for the BBC Micro:Bit has lots of coding resources to use with and without a Micro:Bit device for both teachers and pupils, including program creators with a choice of programming languages.
Martin Burrett

BBC iReporter - 0 views

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    An online resource which puts players in the heart of the newsroom to explore sources and make journalistic decisions and attempt to discover what is real and what is fake news.
Martin Burrett

iWonder - 0 views

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    "This is a superb site from the BBC with interesting questions to inspire awe and wonder. There are videos and other media which attempt to answer questions on history, science and much more."
Martin Burrett

Journey to the Centre of the Earth - 3 views

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    "Journey to the centre of the Earth and view the amazing facts about what can be found beneath our feet with this BBC microsite."
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