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"Engaging a bunch of teenagers after lunch on a Friday afternoon is no mean feat. Only the most seasoned and patient of teachers can pull it off, with a great deal of patience, stamina and effort. Well, not necessarily. There are strategies and ideas that can keep the most demotivated students learning when they don't necessarily realise, and fortunately, Jon Tait has compiled a collection of 100 ideas that can keep secondary pupils engaged in their learning, in any subject, in any school."

"This is a fun flash game where players help a turtle to swim and collect the correct equivalent fractions."

A collection of 30 apps & website to help students learn and study for exams

"This is a lovely collection of inspirational and motivating classroom posters. Download them as a PDF to print."

We are a happy and stable staff, and my colleagues are a fabulous group of people who look after each other and genuinely care about one another. We have an experienced leadership team, and always aim to take account of how people are feeling and the pressure they are under when trying  new approaches and changes to practice. Even so, it has become more and more clear that workload is becoming untenable and wellbeing is suffering a result. I feel that we have felt obligated at times to put policies in place that seem to be there to collect evidence for Ofsted rather than solely to improve the learning of the children in our care. We want to change this.

A superb collection of coastal erosion & other resources from the University of Sussex.

Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain? That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways.

In an effort to counteract this I would like to make my ebook Digital Video - A manual for language teachers freely available to anyone without the means to pay for it who is willing to help me with a little research project.

I added a link in the language section of my Free HS Textbooks collections. Suggestions welcome. http://www.textbooksfree.org/Free%20HS%20Textbooks.htm

Edutopia piece on financial literacy.

This collection gets a few visits. http://www.textbooksfree.org/Students%20Personal%20Finance%20Internet%20Library.htm Suggestions welcome.

A breakdown of research on blended learning from Education Week.

I've collected info to help me understand the Middle East. Enjoy! http://textbooksfree.org/The%20War%20On%20Terror%20Who%20Are%20We%20Fighting.htm

A class resource/poster with a collection of facts about Solar eclipses and how to stay safe when observing one.

A superb YouTube channel with a huge collection of stunning space videos. Explore to planets, the galaxy and the universe.

A site with a collection of maths videos designed to get students drawing graphs. Watch the motion of objects or values on scale in the videos and plot the numbers. The videos have the correct answers at the end.

The Smithsonian has created online 3D models of some of their collection. Explore these treasures like never before.

A great site for finding a wide collection of educational videos on science and maths.

A stunning collection of aerial 360 degree images from famous locations from around the world. Peer down at the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong harbour or the tranquil scenery of Fiordland in New Zealand. Each HD image can be rotated and you can zoom in to see the details in finer clarity. You can even embed a rotating image on to your site.

A site that collects pop-culture video clips of single words which you type. Use it for an interesting twist to giving instructions or a learning objective.

We are collecting a list of favourite UK educational blogs, ready for UKEdMagazine article. Do you have any favourites?