Are you a fan of old time silent films? When actors were actors, and bartenders were… um, bartenders? Or are you a fan of the new special effects and eye candy delivered by George Lucas era cinematography?
Mr Lucas has had an incredible impact on the film industry for the last 30 years.
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Maybe he was going [...]

One of the most useful sites for getting across internet safety principals, is Childnet International.
They produce the excellent Know IT All resources, some excellent support for parents re internet safety, the ZCards on internet safety tips for primary and secondary students, ChatDanger, which looks at the potential problems with online interactive services, and much, much [...]

Tutpup aim to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge.
Their focus is on helping children gain confidence and mastery of basic educational skills.
Tutpup “doesn’t aim to replace teachers, schools or parents, but we do think that children can learn while playing [...]

There are quite a few note taking tools.
It is always great when you discover a FANTASTIC tool for students who are researching material at any level.
Most information entered into your computer notepad is copied and pasted from somewhere. With QuotePad, you can do it with maximum efficiency: just select some text in any application, [...]

Moshi Monsters is a free online game for children, in which they adopt a monster and look after it. Children whose parents give their approval can become members on the site, and can adopt a Moshi Monster. Children care for their monster by solving puzzle games, which earn their monster virtual rewards called Rox. They [...]

I have a confession, I have become a Mind mapping geek. Can hardly do a shopping list without using a mindmap.

What is a Mind map then?
Mind maps have many applications and are said to improve the memory. A mind map is often created around a single word or text, placed in the center, to [...]

ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations.
ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.
We use ZoomIt on training days to show closeups of toolbars when [...]

Music can enhance our mood (or really wreck it!) Have you ever wanted to tailor an internet radio station to the particular mood you’re in at THAT moment? To listen to something new in a particular style, and not just a 30 second clip? To listen to an intenet radio station WITHOUT that irritating host? [...]

Mentioned before, but well worth another nudge: a nifty little tool: an on screen/ whiteboard friendly way to make your own word magnets. A clever idea which transforms your text into ‘magnets’ which can be dragged around the screen, colour coded and re-sized. You can also add new magnets at any time and remove any [...]

If you find blank spaces in our blog posts, then it is probably because your school filtering system is blocking what it thinks to be “dodgy stuff”. Things like social networking and images get filters in a jitter.
We sometimes use Flickr to host our pictures and RockYou to make them tumble on to the page. [...]

A quick tip!
The photos scrolling on our blog are ‘cropped’ before we upload them, in order to get the ‘best bits’. To do this we use a free program called Gadwin. Well worth checking out.
Choose the area you want to select, resize before you decide, hit “Enter” and your image goes not only on to your clipboard, [...]

In our session on mind mapping how some of the many ideas might be applied back in the classroom, we often have a quick discussion on the power of recording ideas visually, and a discussion of how it can confuse some students who DON’T think or work in a visual way. I find it useful [...]