Excitement …

This morning trawling through my Twitter and FaceBook streams I came across two things that interested and excited me so I decided to store them here in case I misplaced them in the future or needed to direct others towards them. Firstly was a course from iTunes U that was based on the concept of ‘Creative [...]

Submitted: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:11:07 +0000

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Speeeeeed Reading Competition

It’s not April 1st is it ? Today the BBC reported that ‘The government wants to launch a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children’s literacy.’ Oh dear … talk about getting it wrong … The contest, for seven- to 12-year-olds, is likely to focus on who [...]

Submitted: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:58:03 +0000

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Wonderful day

Have been listening/watching all morning to the live video stream from the Learning Without Frontiers 12 (#lwf12) Conference in London and feel immensely stimulated by what I am hearing. I do so hope that Mr Gove is watching. Attribution Image: ‘Enjoy when you can, endure when you+must,+entrust+in+your+choices,+take+one+step+at+a+time‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/36821100@N04/5064178362

Submitted: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:19:53 +0000

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Wordless picture book number 4

I have long been a fan of David Wiesner, enjoying many of his wordless picture books.  My favourite one has to be Flotsam. In this book a boy finds a camera washed up on the beach with a film inside.  I have to say the colours on the roll of film do remind me of [...]

Submitted: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:22:47 +0000

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Wordless picture book number 3

When Night Didn’t Come by Poly Bernatene is a wordless picture book which offers a considerable level of challenge to read as well as being a visual feast. The story tells of a village when the sun goes down and the panic when the moon doesn’t rise.  There are wonderful pictures of the mechanics of [...]

Submitted: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:40:55 +0000

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Wordless picture book number 2

Fans of wordless picture books will be familiar with Jeannie Baker’s work;  Window, Where the Forest Meets the Sea and Home.  The book of hers that I would most like to use in a literacy sequence is Mirror which I think fits very well with the Yr5 literacy unit stories from other cultures. The book [...]

Submitted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:16:48 +0000

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SWGfL Regional Conferences

Well, what an amazing couple of days it’s been. Two fantastic conferences with plenty of great content, fantastic classroom practice and inspirational and motivating speakers. Here’s my run down of what caught my eye and any relevant links. Both conferences heard from Professor Tanya Byron – who is proving to be an assets to all [...]

Submitted: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:58:00 +0000

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Primary ICT comes of Age!

Today we reached a milestone – 21000 hits! Time for a little celebration I think!

Submitted: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:10:34 +0000

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Google Maps in 3D

Google is pumping a lot of energy and resources into its online mapping applications. In the UK we have recently had Google Street View rolled out across most of the country. This provides a fascinating view of the world – a moment frozen in time that we can explore. Now Google have added the 3D [...]

Submitted: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:45:02 +0000

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Picture Book Maker

If you like Super Action Comic Maker from Artisan Cam then you are also going to love Picture Book Maker. It works in a similar way, allowing the user to add and manipulate backgrounds, objects and text. On printing, there are directions on how to fold it into a book and the results are stunning.

Submitted: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:13:42 +0000

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Favourite Free Reading Resources

Here are some of my “Favourite Free Online Resources for Reading”. Please let me know if your favourite resource has been missed out. http://roythezebra.com/ www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ www.michaelrosen.co.uk/ The Reading Den (Sorry, SWGfL Merlin users only) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ www.readkiddoread.com/home For all sites visited during the workshop at the Wiltshire Reading Conference please click here.

Submitted: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:03 +0000

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Safer Internet Day is on 7th February 2012

The theme for Safer Internet Day 2012 is Connecting Generations with the slogan “Discovering the digital world together safely”. The Safer Internet Centre here in the UK have produced packs for primary and secondary schools, which include quick ideas for teachers, a lesson plan and an assembly. Download your 2012 schools pack now! See a [...]

Submitted: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:15 +0000

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