Technology
 D T Nuggets - Wiltshire ICT Team Information on this blog is created and manged by Vince Marriott - D&T Adviser - Wiltshire LA Bridge design simulation Westpoint bridge designer is software that has been written to allow people to enter a competition but you can download and use it for free in schools regardless. The software allows the user to construct a variety of bridges for a variety of situations, it seems very open ended and easy to get in to. You [...] Submitted: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:57:53 +0000 Well done Sutton Veney - K’Nex competition winners NATIONAL FINALS FOR KNEX CHALLENGE – 2ND YEAR RUNNING! Lawrence Pitman and Anisah Rahman are due to compete in the NATIONAL final of the Knex Challenge after coming 2nd in the South West Regional final in Yeovil on Wednesday, competing against 7 other schools. Knex Challenge gets children to use plastic technical construction kit and Lawrence explained [...] Submitted: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:44:59 +0000 |  digi-school The aim of the blog is to inform, communicate and have a discussion about good design. In addition it enables the exploration of issues not reflected through other resources. Automake  Automake produces unique one-off products using a 3D printer. Using special software, the designer selects a 'mould' (e.g. a bowl shape) which is filled with randomly selected units, looking a little like K'nex connectors. The designer has some control over how the mould is filled, but ultimately produces unexpected and unique products. The automake software is FREE to download and try - you can even send your design to be made on a 3D Printer (if you have one!) Submitted: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:21:00 +0000 Pantone   Pantone fashion color reports fall 2008 and spring 2009 it is a great industrial link - featuring lovely sketches and colour palettes by well known designers The think Tanks is part of the pantone website - Look especially at colour fundamentals it has good background information about colour Submitted: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:12:00 +0000 |  E-learning Stuff News and views on e-learning, ILT and tech stuff in general Smart mobile can turn on heating BBC reports on how you wil be able to use your mobile phone to control your house. A system that could eventually control heating, home security cameras and draw curtains has been demonstrated by phone maker Nokia. The Nokia Home Control Center is a wireless router which can interface with equipment around the home. Read more. Posted in Uncategorized [...] Submitted: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:47:22 +0000 Nokia N97 - is it something special? Nokia announces the Nokia N97: The N97 isn’t a device that will trigger knee-jerk hysteria, but instead it should breed cool-headed excitement at the prospect of a new era of mobile experience. It may be an Nseries handset, but the N97 carves a new space in the otherwise blurred realm between smartphone and laptop - a product [...] Submitted: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:09:59 +0000 |
 ICT Nuggets - Wiltshire ICT Team A simple way of keeping up to date with news and developments in ICT with a particular emphasis on secondary schools. Vocaroo I’ve just seen a lovely website on PrimaryICTNuggets. This one allows you to record your voice with a simple click. The sample is then automatically stored on the web and a link is provided. You can then send the link to whoever or embed it into a podcast etc. Here is my sample http://vocaroo.com/?media=vUbU0MH2qIqp0laIR Vocaroo Primary ICT Nuggets DougMuses (original Source) del.icio.us [...] Submitted: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:38:36 +0000 Lovely idea for research It’s probably a little late now but file this away for next year .. Photograph the local war memorial the ask pupils to take a name and to discover their story. This will provide an opportunity to look at massive online databases (such as the war graves commission). It may also be possible to look at the German [...] Submitted: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:58:25 +0000 |  Primary ICT - Bath & NE Somerset A blog to regularly update ICT subject leaders with the latest local, regional and national information relating to ICT Globe Hopping - Time Travelling Surfing the net can be a very time consuming business. One link leads to another and another where you spot something that you just have to click on. We’ve all been there. And before we know it, life’s passed you by! Well, tonight’s clicking has lead to something that has definitely got that “WOW!” factor that [...] Submitted: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:39:49 +0000 Picasa 3 Google have launched Picasa 3, their free photo organising and editing software. I really liked Picasa2 and strongly recommended it. Picasa 3 is even better! As a program to catalogue and manage your photographs I haven’t found anything that is as easy to use. Downloading images from your camera is easy, renaming files is [...] Submitted: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:23:17 +0000 |  South Glos ICT Information Update Find out the latest local, regional and national information about ICT. Cybercafé resource for teachers and pupils The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2 pupils has been developed by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection), alongside BECTA (The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) and the Internet Proficiency Group. It aims to develop safe and discriminating behaviour for pupils to adopt when using the internet and other technologies. Developed by teachers for teachers, [...] Submitted: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:57:14 +0000 Regional ICT Conference 2007 - Presentation Materials Now Online Presentation materials used in the workshop sessions at this year’s Regional ICT Conferences at UWE on 3rd July and Torquay on 4th July are now available for download from the SWGfL site. Streaming videos of the keynote speeches from both conferences can also be accessed. See http://www.swgfl.org.uk/ Authored by ictteam. Hosted by Edublogs. Submitted: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:45:50 +0000 |
 Wiltshire SEN ICT Nuggets A blog to share links to good resources that can be found on the web. Also for sharing information relating to Special Needs and ICT. e-motions e-motions A simple and affective idea which I must thank Tim Rylands for finding. Click on any of the faces and watch the emotion develop. Useful for discussion and as well as thinking of times when you felt like that! Submitted: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:11:17 +0000 Panoramas.dk This just blew my mind away when I saw this as a piece of 3d virtual reality. Drag the time square image into the viewer and be amazed! On full screen it’s awesome and gives you a feel – almost 3d – of being there. You can pan up and down more freely than some [...] Submitted: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:14:20 +0000 |