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Overview
This page is intended to give useful links for school staff and students.
When possible, sites with * or ** are recommended/highly recommended.
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Chris Sharples 28/06/2008
Blogging and Web 2 Developments
General information
http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/11/three-steps-to-introduce-social-software/
Web 2
*http://www.wsjb.com/RPC/V1/Home.html
VLE tiddlywiki - click here
Blogs
Student Blogs
http://www.theingots.org/community/blog
Teacher Blogs
Example blogs
**http://www.knights.eclipse.co.uk/blogs/ - lots of examples
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/
gr8ict.com blog
http://newsletter.fasthosts.co.uk/2006-04blogging/?FirstName=Chris
http://control.fasthosts.co.uk
https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/login/webmail/
http://www.edexcelonline.org.uk
Moodle discussion
http://elgg.net/mberry/weblog/124259.html
Custom home pages etc
www.netvibes.com for a customisable homepage and add content eg. widgits and feeds. Sign in to store your choices. When its full, add new tabs.
Online office apps
https://www.google.com - for www.zoho.com - for better online office apps
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely
Social networking sites:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
www.ll4schools.co.uk - The Learning Landscape for Schools is a safe social networking site set up especially for schools where accounts are created at the request of registered schools ensuring full traceability of all activity be it blog posts, wiki pages, file uploads, etc.
The Future?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/02/pipes_and_filte.html
http://www.futureofwebapps.com/
RSS readers
www.newshutch.com - current RSS reader
http://tcv3.tucows.com/solutions_detail.html?article_id=1509 - using Google Reader
http://www.pluggd.in/2007/02/desktopoffline-feed-readers-which-one.html - explains why newzie is so good...
http://elgg.org/ - new open source social network tool software
http://scratch.mit.edu/ - make simple games
Podcasting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4849402.stm
Mobile apps
http://wapreview.mobi/tc.php?u=o.yeswap.com
http://www.bettshow.com/page.cfm/Link=24/t=m/goSection=6
Copyright / Regulations and Useability
Copyright:
**http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/ipr/IntellectualProperty.htm
http://safety.ngfl.gov.uk/schools - The NGfL Superhighway Safety site has advice on copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/usability
http://ahds.ac.uk/copyrightfaq.htm
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/187 - How Creativity Is Being Stifled By The Law: Lary Lessig
Comprehensive guide to website regulationshttp://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-government/resources/handbook/html/htmlindex.asp
Education Recording Agency
Databases
http://www.teach-ict.com/software/access/access.htm - video tutorials
Database coursework hints
http://www.thekjs.essex.sch.uk/yates/access_coursework1.htm
Introductions
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~tony/dbms/intro.html
Example Sports databases
http://www.fixs.co.uk/inf/what.asp
http://www.oxfordcroquet.com/clubs/saca/index.asp
National data-sets
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Other
http://jyri.blip.tv/file/62508
http://www.l4l.org.uk/content/view/116/1/
Useful MS Access websites:
Use Google and search on Access Hints.
www.microsoft.com/office is full of useful information
www.access-programmers.co.uk/Tips.htm is a Microsoft Access website providing many useful tips.
Other sites:
www.smartcomputing.com
www.tek-tips.com
www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Digital Developments
Recommended forums and links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/clickonline - including latest programmes for streaming and web links
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm - including podcast of digital planet
http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/fisch/fischbowlpresentations.htm
Examples - general
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4137804.stm - the clickonline archive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4137804.stm#pic6 - and the webscape links
http://www.bettshow.com/page.cfm/Link=24/t=m/goSection=6
www.ict-register.net - see what other schools are doing
Emerging Trends
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.4701
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.2684
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6153742.stm - 'tagging' multimedia content
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1710 latest survey into household access to digital technologies
http://www.mahara.org/ - opensource e-portfolios
Chris Anderson's Nokia keynote "Free"
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/63 - Charles Leadbeater: The rise of the amateur professional - Pay attention to the few sentences on education in England (18:30 or so on the time counter)http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/233
Creativity
http://www.dougdickinson.co.uk/blog/labels/creativity.html - Sir Ken Robinson
ECDL
EDCL Training site for 'students'
http://www.advancelearning.com/online/index.php / admin site
EDCL Assessment
www.alison.com
e-Learning
http://www.future-learning.net
www.ted.com - sharing ideas
http://www.poptech.com/ - inspiring talks
http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk/
CPD competencies
http://www.cs.state.ny.us/successionplanning/workgroups/competencies/competencylist.html
The Knowledge Economyhttp://www.enterweb.org/know.htm
Latest:
http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/theirspace - Demos report into young peoples' attitudes to ICT technologies
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=10783 - Christine Gilbert's View... (now head of Ofsted...)
http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=25839 - Impact 2 2004
http://insight.eun.org/ww/en/pub/insight/misc/specialreports/impact_study.htm - Latest review to include several countries
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education/learning_spaces_01.htm - building schools and learning spaces in the future
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/research/opening_education/learning_networks_01.htm - how social networks are important for learning
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/byronreview/ - the Byron review due March 08
http://he.rscwmsystems.org.uk/wordpress/?p=187 - recent release of the ASUS sub £200.0 notebooks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/web_two_dot_zero_myths/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFKfXiCbLw
http://homepage.mac.com/dvchelo/page1/page3/files/page3-1003-pop.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebrvqy2gQpAhttp://www.youtube.com/user/mwesch
Fronter at Lady Lumleys's School
https://fronter.com/northyorks/
http://fronter.co.uk/uk/
http://fronter.info/londonmle/http://www.learningplatforms.info/
http://www.hud.ac.uk/edu/projects/Engaging%20the%20Xbox%20generation%20final%20Research%20report.pdf
eportfolios:
Google Tips
The simple tools:
1. www.igoogle.com also
2. www.google.com/bookmarks (import existing bookmarks with this http://use.lifeslip.com/yourweb/?browser= ) and
3. www.google.com/reader and http://www.google.com/help/faq_reader.html
www.google.com - click advanced search for exact-phrase / without / date / domain
http://www.google.com/dirhp - google directory
http://www.top25web.com/pagerank.php - Google's pagerank online - list up to 10 urls to get the pagerank of. Note: you enter an image code to stop machine-use and you must scroll down when you have clicked the button and the page has reloaded to see results. Thanks to AF for this!By the way, have you heard of google trends? It lets you type in several searches separated by commas, and will show you on a graph how more common each one is, and when it has been highest and lowest. For example if you type "windows vista, linux", you can see that windows vista searches when very high when it launched in february, with equal numbers of searches to linux, but it quickly got back down again, and you can also see that linux is more searched for.http://www.google.com/options/ - the list!
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2006/04/the-big-google-search-tools-collection/ - more examples
Google Tips
http://www.webuser.co.uk/specials/133254.html
Customisable pages
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/02/28/dlbbc128.xml - explaining the new bbc site
ICT Teaching
Misc
http://www.addysg.org.uk/merlinjohnonline/news.php
http://www.newtools.wordpress.com
http://www.newtools.org/http://www.eep-edu.org/innservice/innhome.htm
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php
Preparing for Ofsted
http://www.pearsonpublishing.co.uk/education/catalogue/705507.html
Crocodile ICT Demo Videos
http://www.crocodile-clips.com/s6_3.htm
Crocodile ICT Demo Tutorial
http://www.crocodile-clips.com/crocodile/ict/Help/index.html
Year 7 and 8 courses. Also ppt freebies
Y7.Y8 some Y9 interactive games / starters and plenaries
Notes on QCA Key Stage 3 ICT teachers and stakeholders review meeting.doc
KS3 assessment
New QCA validated course - INGOTS
Important Event Management Links
**http://www.eventscommission.com/english/info/guidelines.html - 3 key documents to start with... the second one is most useful
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/music
Other useful sites
**http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/events/organising-safe-events.asp - key headings to work with
**http://www.hie.co.uk/INE/USEVENUE-Event-Guide.pdf - more key headings
*www.event-management-uk.co.uk/guide_event_management_advice.asp - lots of advice
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile1348/ events manager profile
GCSE
ICT at GCSE
DiDA
Unit 1 - Using ICT
Level 1 - Dance O'clock (2007 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/spbs2007/d101original/html/SPB101Index.htm
Level 2 - Dance O'clock (2007 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/spbs2007/d201/html/SPB201Index.htm
Level 1 SPB - Five a Day (2006 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/dida-0906-d101/html/SPB101Index.htm
Level 2 SPB - Five a Day (2006 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/dida-0906-d201/html/SPB201Index.htm
Useful Links to Nutrition websites
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/HomeEcon/ftict/
Unit 2 - Multimedia
Level 1 - Tell Me a Story (2007 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/spbs2007/d102original/html/SPB102Index.htm
Level 2 - Tell Me a Story (2007 issue)
http://www1.edexcel.org.uk/spbs2007/d202/html/SPB202Index.htm
http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html - colour wheel
Matchware service pack 5
http://www.matchware.com/en/support/servicepacks/mediator8.htm
You need English Mediator 8 Pro - probably the first one on the page (try the second if the first doesn't work). If you need to reinstall Mediator 8 - I did - then try serial numbers
S/N 7416 7894 5601 OR S/N 7412 7857 7766
Moderator's Toolkit
http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/spb/toolkit/
Tackling the Summative Project Brief and Project Planning
http://www.didacourse.com/Guide/
Information / Advice
http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/
http://www.edexcelonline.co.uk/EIE/main/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2feie%2fDefault.aspx
DiDA Information Manual
http://www.edexcel.org.uk/VirtualContent/94945/11_DiDA.pdf#page=9
Other sites with good links:
http://learn.gcus.net/course/view.php?id=146
London GFL links
Discussion Groups
MSN Discussion Groups
http://groups.msn.com/EdexcelDiDAResources/messageboard
Specialist Schools forum
http://listserv.specialistschools.org.uk/ls/dida.html
TES ICT staffroom discussion board - type DiDA as a key word
Resources - recommended:
Matchware Openmind / Mediator 8 / Openmind
http://www.matchware.net/en/dida/tut.htm
http://www.matchware.net/en/products/mediator/tutorial.htm
Birley Community College materials - £250 for very good SoW, ppts and word doc tasks
E-mail Asst Head of Birley Community College, Sheffield
Tutorials - free
http://www.dida-delivered.org/skillsgym/pupils/
Other:
Dida Course information and resources
http://www.didacourse.com/SPBs/index.html
Plenaries
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/dida/
Varndean Dida Software
Varndean Dida Software Varndean Tracking Site Varndean FAQs
Notre-Dame High School SoW
http://www.ndhs-sites.org.uk/ICT/AiDA/aida_sow/index.htm
Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham
Sample Unit 1 Portfolios
http://fs.frederickgent.derbyshire.sch.uk/St01.rgammon/
http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didaD201/Eportfolio/
MS Word www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didaD201/Eportfolio/index.htm
Making a banner image http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/programs/mx_banner/
Marking your portfolio http://www.hartismere.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=426
Unit 1 - Using ICT - Resources
Advice on importing data to the database and finding the errors
NWGL resources
http://www.dida-delivered.org/
Spreadsheet analysis example based on pilot media spb
For fun
Sample Unit 2 Portfolios
Using MM Dreamweaver http://www.payne-gallway.co.uk/didad202/eportfolio/index.html
For Students:
See teacher files on intranet.
Password protected resources for all units at Link to Private Resources Area
year 12 mind maps about emerging technologies
AS UNIT 1 – ICT and Society
AS UNIT 2 – ICT and Organisations
http://www.cleo.net.uk/resources/displayframe.php?src=219/consultant_resources%2Fict%2Fapplied_video_p%2F - The videos look at: Cumberland Building Society / Next Generation Leisure / Lakeland Limited
AS UNIT 3 – Data Handlingyear 12 notes on DFDs and ERDs
year 12 Rydale Sports Centre study tasks.doc
A2 Unit 8 – Project Management
A2 UNIT 10 – Adv. Spreadsheet Design
Adv. Spreadsheet Design link
A2 UNIT 14 – Interactive Multimedia
For Teachers:
Birley Community College materials - £250 for very good SoW, ppts and word doc tasks
E-mail Asst Head of Birley Community College, Sheffield
Elearning tutors provide material for every unit of AGCE
http://www.elearningtutors.co.uk/gce.htm
A-level - ICT and Society Video Resource packs
http://www.holdsworth-associates.co.uk/ICT.149.0.html
Matchware tutorials
http://www.matchware.net/en/dida/tut.htm
http://www.vnuservices.co.uk - IT Week and Computing are delivered to us free. This was an offer to schools a while back and we have to renew our "subscription" annually.
http://www.theregister.co.uk - I also make regular used of The Register with Post 16 students It has some articles that help; with Unit 1 especially. (The security section also helps with Unit 2.)
AQA student cover sheets
http://www.aqa.org.uk/admin/crf_appgce_2007.php
ICT downloads
New KS3
Programme of Study
http://www.qca.org.uk/secondarycurriculumreview/subject/ks3/ict/index.htm
New Level Descriptors
http://www.qca.org.uk/secondarycurriculumreview/subject/ks3/ict/planning/level-descriptors/index.htm
14-19 Diploma in Information Technology (IT)
http://www.e-skills.com/Qualifications-&-Training/IT-Diploma/1648 - Building a Globally Competitive IT Services Industry".
http://www.e-skills.com/IT-Diploma/1673
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/leitch_review/review_leitch_index.cfmFunctional Skills in ICT
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/1419changes/functionalskills/overview.html
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/functionalskills/ict_level_2/index.html
Interactive Whiteboards
53 ideas of things to do with an IWB
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/Staff%20Development/53things.htm
Research
http://www.virtuallearning.org.uk/whiteboards/Case_Studies2.pdf
Resources
http://www.think-bank.com/iwb/ includes blockbusters templates
http://www.fife-education.org.uk/ict_in_education/smartboard_links.htm
Misc
Enquiring Minds
workyourproperhoursday
http://www.worksmart.org.uk/workyourproperhoursday/
ICT Fun
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/ITfun/ - The teaching or learning aspect could be for the students to do an evaluation of these sites using a rubric or proforma
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/EvalSoft/
Moodle
School Site
http://projects.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp
http://www.mpagbyorksregion.co.uk/tomsmith/MoodleTutorials/
Moodle docs
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation
Moodle Partners:
http://moodle.com/partners/list/
pteppic.net - pteppic, a moodle partner
http://helpdesk.pteppic.net - pteppic help desk
Example Sites
http://www.theingots.org/moodle
http://www.osict.net/moodle - a modified theme which is based on Chameleon
Development
http://www.ict-register.net/qq-archive.php?action=one&id=146
Multimedia Assets and Resources - Images, Audio, Video and Multimedia (* means best)
Hint: Use MS Office and search clipart for animations.
**http://www.gifs.net - free animated gifs. Insert them in mediator as a GIF animations.
*http://www.animation-central.com/main.htm - Another animated GIF site
*http://www.animationlibrary.com/ - free animations by subject
*http://www.gifanimations.com - free animations by subject
*http://www.heathersanimations.com/ - free animations by subject
http://www.flipz.tv/ - flash avitars to 'speak' your audio - use sparingly...
Sounds
Try googling "sound" with another word eg. "Animal" "Instrument" "Weather"
*http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
Text to Speech online recorder
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
Sound Loops
**http://beaterator.rockstargames.com/beaterator.html
*http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/sdml/sdml.asp - online
super duper music looper - need to record 'live' using sound recorder or similar
*http://www.flashkit.com/loops/ - freeware music loops
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://www.icompositions.com/
http://www.macjams.com/http://mixere.sourceforge.net/ - open source software to mix music tracks
Sound effects
A1soundeffects.com
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html
http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
http://www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm
http://www.grsites.com/sounds/
http://www.matthawkins.co.uk/index.php?module=PostWrap&page=static_pages/sound_fx_index.php
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.phphttp://audio.lgfl.org.uk/ - Backing tracks (6500) for DV presentations can be found on the RBC Audio Network site (you have to connect from school)
Clipart
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/clipart/
**http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/clipart/default.aspx - allowed for CiDA use. What is really useful is the tagging of the pics so if you don't initially find what you are looking for just look at the subject tags when you preview a picture and follow them. They have a huge selection of great visual metaphors - search for 'metaphors'.
**http://www.free-clipart.net/index.html - lots of clipart
*http://www.openclipart.org/cgi-bin/navigate - totally free but currently limited
*www.clipart-graphics.net - links to free clipart sites BUT no search facilities - you have to zero in in the category that you require
*http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com/ - OK - avoid search box as this takes you to a pay for clipart site...
http://www.flamingtext.com/ - poor - no search facilities - you have to zero in in the category that you require
http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/home.aspx?country=gbr
http://www.image.google.com - you know it well - but remember, very few of the images you find will be copyright free... do *not* use for CiDA work...
Free Photos
**http://www.morguefile.com - top rated site - lots of free very high quality photos - e-mail your thanks to the photographer and acknowledge the site
**http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ - top rated site which explains clearly about the different licences available. Go to the advanced search page, and tick the box to search for photos with a Creative Commons licence.
*www.freeimages.co.uk top rated site - lots of free high quality photos - just need to join with an e-mail address and acknowledge the site
*http://gallery.e2bn.net - top rated site - All the resources in this Gallery have been provided freely for Educational use only. These ARE NOT copyright free: the copyright in the resource is retained by the resource owner and any commercial use is explicitly excluded. *http://pics4learning.com/ - top rated site - very easy to navigate - free for education use http://www.stockvault.net/gallery/ - good site - The photos MAY be used freely for personal, educational* and non-profit projects. http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp - good site - Our educational policy is as follows: Students may use our images in their own work. A credit to © Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com is required. http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/index.php - OK site - Free high resolution images, textures, backgrounds, illustrations, digital art and stock photos for use in both personal and commercial design projects. http://gallery.hd.org - mainly science pictures - free for education use http://creative.gettyimages.com/source/home/home.aspx?country=gbr - very complicated rights... suggest don't bother... http://www.corbispro.com - but costs... a 2Mb picture royalty free is £60+
Multimedia Resources: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html - Space and science related multimedia assets. www.quikmaps.com - Want to add a map? Add information points and routes. Excellent to demonstrate HTML use to all KS's. Just add code to text boxes to change font etc. [From PamCoz on the dida forum]. http://www.shambles.net/multimedia/index.htm - Index to all sorts: http://www.backgroundcity.com/ - Absolutely free backgrounds for web sites http://www.oswd.org/ - free web design ideas
Text Resources www.virtuallastchapter.com which has a very good resource page for free fonts, embedding web fonts (WEFT) etc http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=1224 - Font SF Cartoonist Hand and SF Cartoonist Hand SC http://www.k-type.com/fontlexia.html - Font: Lexia Readable is a font specifically designed for good readability