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 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 |  Great SW Filtering Debate This blog has been set up to enable an informed debate around the issue of filtering. Governors - Post your comments here This area is for school governors to post their comments Submitted: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:00 +0000 Headteachers - Post your comments here This area is for headteachers and senior school leaders to post their comments Submitted: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:27:00 +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 |  Juicy Geography Juicy Geography is Noel Jenkins' personal collection of ideas, lessons and resources, shared for other Geography teachers. Google-up your GCSE coursework There’s a new article for students on using Google Earth and Maps in GCSE coursework. Submitted: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:59:14 +0000 Juicy Geography has been redesigned. Trying to make the site easier to manage - so I’ve redesigned it and deleted some of the old content. The Google Earth blog has been damaged by hackers. I’m waiting for Google to visit it and declare it safe again. Submitted: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:28:16 +0000 |  Plymouth Plug blog This blog has been created for members of the Plymouth Platform for Learning User Group but all comments are welcome Plymouth PLUG Meeting - Thurs 15th May 08 Time: 15.45-17.00 Venue: PPDC, Southway Agenda 1. SWGfL Merlin Update (Piloting and Roll-out Phases) - Godfrey Leech SWGfL Merlin Pilot in Plymouth - Powerpoint Presentation SDCC is piloting Merlin 0.1 and 0.3 from 19th May to test the provisioning of accounts Launch of Merlin 0.5 at the Regional ICT Conference at Torquay 1st July 08 Up to 7 more schools will be needed [...] Submitted: Fri, 09 May 2008 07:40:16 +0000 Becta - Getting Started with your Learning Platform - Advice for Schools Becta have produced a very useful booklet with some sound advice for schools. To view or download the original file go to learning_platform_schools.pdf Here are some of the key messages: Schools that are using their learning platform effectively have told us that the essential elements for success are: 1 Having the commitment of your senior leadership team 2 Understanding what you want [...] Submitted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:14:46 +0000 |
 Teign Central Europe The blog is about the Teign School Sixth Form Photography Trip to Berlin, Krakow and Prague. It is one way that they can share their experiences and memories of the trip with each other and with a wider audience. Auschwitz Between 1940-45, over 4 million people died at the Auschwitz and Birkenhau death camps as art of Hitler’s ‘final solution’ to rid Europe of the Jews and other ethnic minorities. A chilling reminder of man’s inhumanity to man it has now been turned into a memorial museum. We visited Auschwitz on a cold, grey, February day. The [...] Submitted: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:13:55 +0000 Pigeons in Krakow by Jade Pigeons in Krakow by Jade, originally uploaded by Teign Photography. There is a legend in Krakow about a witch turning the Kings soldiers into pigeons. The pigeons get close to people in the hope that one of them is the witch and that she will release them from her spell. [...] Submitted: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:19:09 +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 |