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A soft sound board

With this sound board you could create a calming sonic atmosphere within your classroom. Mix the relative levels, and panned position, of different sounds, from a choice of birdsong, bonfire, creek, crickets, gulls, ocean, rain, thunder, and wind chime sound effects, & music. Sound!

Gewoon Speciaal ~ What a day!

Two months ago we were invited to go to the IPON conference for ‘Gewoon Speciaal’ Simply Special, that happened on Wednesday April 10th. Nothing special for so far, you might think, but because my students (with special educational needs) in coordination with the Social Media Circle, ICT&E, some of them could go with me to [...]

Stich.it ~ Gathering elements together in a flowing slideshow

Stich.it is a service that lets you “stich” almost anything together on the Internet. Quickly create a slideshow-like experience that can include Web pages, video, music, photos and more. There is no limit to the number of elements you can “stich” together, and you end up with a single, short, URL which contains all of [...]

Project Noah

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife. It was created to provide people of all ages with a simple, easy-to-use way to share their experiences with nature. You, & your, students can investigate, & contribute to, Project Noah missions. Once you’re registered as a teacher, you can create a new place-based mission [...]

Battle Abbey School, Battle, East Sussex ~ ‘Challenge-based Learning & ICT’

Wow! For folk who spend their lives wandering in virtual worlds, in some stunning landscapes, and settings, around the world, it is with great delight that we head to Battle, in East Sussex, and Battle Abbey School. The school is set within the English Heritage site of Battle Abbey itself. What a fabulous setting for [...]

Invitation to World Literature

Invitation to World Literature is a multimedia series introducing drama, epic poetry, and novels from many times and cultures. Thirteen half-hour videos form the centerpiece of the project, and feature a mix of writers, scholars, artists, and performers with personal connections to world literature, from Philip Glass to Alan Cumming, Wole Soyinka to Kristin Chenoweth. [...]

What makes a successful INSET day?

A big Thank You to Tracey Moore, Head Teacher at Amherst Primary School, Guernsey, for her thoughts on our two day visit, earlier this week. (Day one and Day two). What makes a successful INSET day?   High levels of engagement and excitement, the capacity to reinvigorate, time to reflect, a speaker who motivates and inspires… [...]

Sound Around You.com

Sound Around You .com is a fascinating concept: The Audio and Acoustic Engineering Research Centre at the University of Salford is building a sound map of the world to investigate how sounds in our everyday environment make us feel. Experience soundscapes from locations around the world, then maybe add your own to the growing collection. [...]

Gewoon Speciaal ~ Simply Special, Utrecht

Whizzing, as fast as we could, from our flight to Amsterdam, we caught the train to Utrecht, and headed to the IPON conference venue, to learn alongside some remarkable students at the Gewoon Speciaal Conference. First, we had the honour to meet the incredibly special group of students who would be joining us on this [...]

Make your own Blank Sheet Music

There’s no hidden mystery about what you can make on Blank Sheet Music.com, and, how useful this can be. Choose portrait or landscape; your clef layout; time & key signatures (if you want these pre set) and the number of bars per line… then hit print, and get composing. The numbers of times when this [...]