Further to the article earlier today about Promethean’s licence changes, I’ve managed to locate the new Smart Notebook licence as of 21 June 2010. You can download the pdf file here. Basically, like Promethean, Smart are tightening up on what you are allowed to do with Smart Notebook software. The ability to install it on [...]
08.08Vacation Over
OK.. been very quiet here. I’ve been on holiday. Had a whistlestop tour around Scotland, taking in Edinburgh, Loch Ness, Skye, Islay, Fort William and Loch Lomond. Had a great time, ate far too much food and drank too much whisky! Visited the Nicholson Clan homeland on Isle of Skye, and my square foot of [...]
If you are looking for training materials for Promethean ActivInspire then your most definitely do not want to miss Tim Cooper’s wiki. You can find it here: http://promethean.york.wikispaces.net/su10training. There are 13 flipcharts, each covering a different aspect of ActiveInspire, plus a transition flipchart for those moving across from older versions, an advanced flipchart and finally [...]
So yeah I am still here, but been a little too busy to blog. Getting everything sorted for the end of term. Been hidden away for a while writing an update to resources for Serif software to teach the OCR Nationals ICT course. Which I am glad to say is pretty much complete. Now it’s [...]
US whiteboard users might well be interested in this competition that has just been launched by StarrMatica. StarrMatica is on a mission to help teachers in every corner of the United States! They are giving away a $900 StarrMatica School Subscription in every state! StarrMatica school subscription gives all teachers and students in a building [...]
Can I Play This at Home is a fun free online game, in which you try to win the World Cup as any of the 32 nations – by answering questions on tricky spellings, spanish verbs, state capitals, world capitals… or whatever else the teacher decides on. Teachers can create their own quizzes on the [...]
Bang Goes The Theory is a BBC television programme which aims to get people trying science for themselves. The Hands-on Science section of the website has printable instructions and video guides for stunts, demos and experiments you can do at home or out and about. Many of the activities could be useful in schools so [...]
04.27Animated Storybooks
Thaks to Anne Marie for making me aware of Frank Asch and his website. Frank Asch is an author whose work includes the Moonbear picture books . He has a great website which contains five animated story books complete with audio such as I Met a Penguin. He also has his own channel onYou Tube where [...]
Get ready for Great Plant Hunt Week 17 – 22 May 2010! This is a great way of getting your students participating in real scientific research. Take part in this special thinking walk activity between the 17th and 22nd May, looking for 10 easy to spot plants and simply take a photo of the ones [...]
I’ve been a big fan of some of the real world physics games that have appeared on the PC in recent years, and also on the iPhone, making use of its touchscreen. One of my favourite pieces of software is called Phun, which is a brilliant 2D physics sandbox for PC, Linux and Mac. You [...]