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Inspiration 9 PrimaryInspiration 9 is an amazing piece of software. It is the ultimate thinking and learning tool. It can be used for mapping, outlining, writing and making presentations. It is ideal for taking presentations from the planning and preparation stage to the presentation stage. Users can start by structuring their thoughts and brainstorming ideas. These can be represented visually using the Diagram and Map View. Once the initial ideas are placed, the Outline View can be used to write notes up and ... More ... |
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Zu3D 2.0Children of all ages love cartoons, and spend many hours watching them. Educators have long understood the power of a well produced animation in getting a message across. Even the Government is not averse to using cartoons in road safety campaigns etc. This powerful software package, Zu3D, challenges pupils to make full use of this powerful medium of communication by allowing them to explore and present their ideas through the medium of stop frame animation. Whilst the software is powerful, th... More ... |
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Report AssistReport:Assist is a program which allows teachers to create individual reports for parents, regarding their children’s progress at school. The software is comprised of a number of relevant statement banks and includes the separate report formats EYFS (0-5), Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2; the 2009 version includes a newly developed ‘grid-box’ system for creating table-style sections for reports. Using this computer-based system, the teachers are able to write appropriately detailed... More ... |
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Kahootz 3Kahootz 3 is an astonishingly versatile animation programme. It can be used to cover and greatly enhance a great many areas of the curriculum. Aimed essentially at students between the ages of 7-15, Kahootz 3 is an exciting tool for teachers who are looking for new ways to engage and communicate with their students throughout the curriculum. It is an excellent platform for literacy as it can easily be used for story-boarding to produce animated storylines. In Art children can explore the possi... More ... |
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Jamie´s Lucky Escape - Internet SafetyThis very useful product is aimed at children in Key Stages 1 and 2 and suggests "that children can learn, whilst having fun, about the dangers of modern day life both inside and outside the home". The key aim of the software is to raise awareness of, and help children to understand, the dangers of the internet. ‘The software uses an animation that is effective with Key Stage 1 children but, whilst still getting an important message across, may not have quite the same impact ... More ... |
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Netintelligence Parental ControlNetintelligence Parental Control is a system to customise and filter web access for home computers. It also allows monitoring of time spent on computers along with the activities that are completed online. The system can record all instant messaging conversations, filter web access by site or time, record all web sites visited and monitor applications used (both on- and off-line). It also includes Anti Virus and Firewall protection and the software can be installed on up to three separate mac... More ... |
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PixieThis CD-ROM is an art-based package that can be used with children across the whole of the primary phase. It has a user-friendly layout, which is familiar in the latest Tech4Learning products and many of the other art packages on the market. Pixie will work on both stand-alone and networked computers. Pixie can be used for both discrete drawing and picture manipulation of ICT topics, in line with QCA Unit 2B: Creating pictures or Unit 4B: Developing images using repeating patterns. It is also... More ... |
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Numbers, Words and Pictures 2Black Cat's Numbers, Words and Pictures 2 is an attractive suite of tools suitable for introducing and delivering the ICT curriculum through the Early Years and Key Stage 1. However, this is also an ideal package to develop the use of ICT within other areas, especially literacy and numeracy. The six programs on offer are Pick a Picture 2 (database), Counting Pictures 3 (graphing package), Painter 2 (art/drawing tool), Turtle 2 (LOGO turtle package), Sort (sorting and data handling tool) and Wri... More ... |
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SchoolNet GlobalSchoolNet Global is an inspirational website that offers a resource of over 55,000 web pages created by children for children everywhere. To date, children from 34 countries have contributed. As well as using the site to browse and search nearly any subject, both primary and secondary schools can register free to make their own contribution to this resource by joining one of the many online projects or creating their own. This site provides teachers and pupils with the opportunity to add an ess... More ... |
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Digitexts: Feargal Fly Private EyeLongman’s Digitext Feargal Fly Private Eye is just one of a series of non-linear interactive fiction and non-fiction texts. It is designed to offer the reader a more interactive form of reading, encouraging involvement with the text. This Digitext is currently being evaluated with a Year 3 group and a lower ability Year 6 group. The detailed teacher’s book includes exemplified lesson notes and all the NLS Framework links for year 3 which I have been able to adapt. The program covers... More ... |
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