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19/3/08 - "HelpKidzLearn is a collection of free software for young children and those with learning difficulties to play online. The software is split into four sections:

* Games and Quizzes
* Stories and Songs
* Creative Play
* Find Out About

You will get the most out of these activities if you play them together with your child. Use them as a focus for chatting. Speaking and listening is very important for young children's educational development, particularly reading and writing."

11/6/09 - "Tutorials The following video tutorials cover software and hardware that can be used within the classroom to improve teaching and learning, or can be used to support every day administration tasks. Use the search box on the right to find a specific tutorial. 007 - Video conferencing with FlashMeeting Learn how to use FlashMeeting, a free web-based video conferencing tool intended for education. Open Tutorial Quick play 006 - Using Harvest Sounds to play audio files during dramas and radio shows Find out how to use Harvest Sounds, a piece of software used for playing audio files on the fly. Open Tutorial Quick play 005 - Using SpellingCity.com to support the learning of spellings Find out how to use SpellingCity.com, a free website, to support the learning of spellings. Open Tutorial Quick play 004 - ActivPrimary 3 - A basic introduction Find out the basics of how to use ActivPrimary 3, from Promethean. Open Tutorial Quick play 003 - Adding a soundtrack with Windows Movie Maker Find out how to add music to a video using Windows Movie Maker. Open Tutorial Quick play 002 - Creating word clouds with Wordle Find out how to display word lists in attractive word clouds. Open Tutorial Quick play 001 - How to download movies from Youtube In this tutorial you'll learn how to download movies from Youtube for use at a later date within the classroom."

11/2/08 - Not just for SEN either! "This page lists cost-free software which has proven useful to teachers and parents of learners with special needs. Only software which is fully free for use in schools and at home is listed, no shareware or demo softwar

26/6/07 - Useful software; not just for teachers! All, it almost goes without saying, free.

14/8/07 - Ronseal! Something for everyone, from amateurs to experts.

29/8/07 - Ronseal! All free / opensource though

Brilliant! Apparently allows you to run software from your memory stick. Ideal for teachers with restricted network privileges!

7/8/07 - A great site for finding free software that actually works.

Software for schools supporting excellence and enjoyment

Visual Simulations provides educational software tools for use with an interactive whiteboard or data projector. Scientific Simulations Visually engaging tools for teaching science. WordWall and Utilities Simple and effective games and utilities.

Keele has been involved in interactive whiteboard research since 2000. This Research has led to the publication of research articles, commercial software and the development of a CPD course for mathematics teachers.

30/9/07 - Ronseal!

17/8/07 - More free software for everything you could wish to do with a computer.

Open Source Alternative - Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software. Just the job for finding freeware.

Pivot Stickfigure Animator create animated cartoons Our Rating: 4.5 stars (Very Good!) Pivot Stickfigure Animator is a unique software, that allows you to create stick figure animations easily and without any artistic skills. You can move the sections of the sick figure and easily create a chain of animation frames that can be previewed as you go. You can use more than one stick-figure in the animation, and even create your own stick figures using an easy to use visual editor that lets you assemble objects out of lines and circles. In addition, you can optionally set animation size, speed and more. The result can be saved as animated GIF file.

Science software for teaching circuits.

Search for web-based software applications to help organise and streamline your life.

9/9/07 - Free "Countdown" word game, e-story book creator, mind-mapping software and cloze creator

15/8/07 - More free and open source software.

24/02/2011 - Videos by British teachers, demonstrating how to use new software and websites.