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Flex-iNotes (or ‘FiN’)
is aimed at teachers who are looking for
a piece of software to help organise, catalogue
and combine their resources as well as providing
a number of resources of its own. Furthermore,
it allows you to prepare PowerPoint and
html (web-page) multimedia presentations
from your catalogue of resources.
The product comes as a standalone
package that installs easily onto a PC.
A department computer with access to shared
folders would be ideal.
Resources are well suited
to illustrating a number of points, perhaps
even helping iron out a few and can provoke
valuable discussion.
There are a number of nice
animations that illustrate concepts well;
in particular we liked the Bond Energy graphs;
3-D structures of diamond, sodium chloride
and graphite and the Hydrocarbon animations.
Of particular use was the
Mitochondria animation, the ATP demonstration
and the Osmosis simulations. The budding
Hydra brought a smile to our faces.
The ‘Electrons in a circuit’
animation is particularly effective and
the useful animations in the Forces and
Motion section also helped stimulate collaborative
work. Not all of the Knowledge Points are
provided with resources, so you will have
to get your own resources at some point
to supplement these areas.
Creating a presentation is
fairly straightforward – select a Knowledge
Point from one of the nodes of the syllabus
tree, create a new theme (i.e. presentation),
upon which PowerPoint opens up, and finally
add your previously catalogued resources
from the resources window. To take full
advantage of this software, you need to
already have taken the time to catalogue
your resources.
Read full evaluation of Flexi-
iNotes Biology
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This website is aimed at the lower end
of the primary school to provide pupils
with a stimulating and motivating way to
revise KS 1 English.
The revision-zone allows pupils to navigate
easily through a series of activities which
will appeal to a wide range of abilities.
These include activities which help to revise
word and sentence work such as verbs, adverbs
and punctuation together with ideas for
improving writing stories and letters. They
include interactive tests which provide
the children with instant answers to help
to revise the areas that have been covered.
The content is accurate, age appropriate
and current and the vocabulary is also and
clear. It would be a useful revision to
consolidate work already carried out in
KS1 English.
Read the full evaluation of Letts
Online Success
KS1 English
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Make sure any new software will run
on your current hardware - some software
may require particular hardware and
vice versa
• Carry out an audit of your
existing hardware and find out current
plans for purchasing.
• Consult the school ICT policy
• Identify any further hardware
or software requirements in the light
of the above and ensure that these
correlate
• Don’t forget, if it is
an on-line product, to check you have
enough band width
Consult widely before you buy
• Ask colleagues, perhaps in
other schools
• Read evaluations and look at
Publisher’s sites
• Check to see if the product
is COL listed (go to www.curriculumonline.gov.uk)
and whether it is eLC eligible
• Involve colleagues who will
be expected to use the titles in the
classroom
• Order demo versions and try
using them together before you buy
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