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24/8/08 - This seems to be very good! It creates a Google custom search of your del.icio.us bookmarks and, crucially, all the sites you've bookmarked.

20/8/08 - Although aimed at American High School teachers, there are some useful ideas to: # create a welcoming atmosphere for students; # set a positive tone for learning; # engage the students actively; # provide support for students, and show them where they can find support; # encourage students to keep up and do well; and # use your time efficiently and effectively.

20/8/08 - from the Lifehacker site, click YouTube Hacks to access. Simply put, this guide assists you in: 1. Downloading YouTube videos 2. Watching YouTube videos on a TV screen 3. Creating podcasts using YouTube RSS update feeds 4. Recording audio from videos 5. [best of all] pasting videos together to create your own compilation Great stuff!

24/8/08 - Great, fairly comprehensive, list of sites. Well worth a look.

25/8/08 - How to make a magic box, quiz or fill in the gaps activity.

25/8/08 - Very comprehensive, I will be using this along with the Kent NGfL version.

26/8/08 - Clarifying what we want children to achieve in terms of remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating or creating.

26/8/08 - Very simple, comprenshive and easy to use reminder of basic vocabulary.

27/8/08 - Well worth a look, there are dozens of links for Early Years / Key Stage F.

Creative Web Tools For and By Kids is a project designed for students, ages 8 to 12, to use emerging technologies for engaging, thinking, learning, collaborating, creating, and innovating. The focus is on the use of free, open-source, or minimal cost tools, so the project can be replicated. An underlying goal is to demonstrate how advanced technological applications for enhancing learning can be implemented with only a computer and Internet access.

31/8/08 - Although intended for KS3, there are PowerPoints aimed at boosting attainment from L3 to L4 and from L4 to L5; covering most of the mathematics curriculum.

This site is for children, parents and teachers looking for content and practice activities in the primary reading area.

Welcome to Museum Box, This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

10/10/08 - Written by one of the major contributors to the TES staff forum and a "Big Writing" expert, this blog has plenty of ideas for improving writing.

Saw this on a course I attended - lots of very useful resources produced in-house.