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Last updated: 29/8/08

1. The children in Year 4 at Thrunscoe Junior School have been using a program called Terrapin Logo. Have a look and see what they have produced up to now!
2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - on video - Video footage of year 3 pupils christmas animations.
3. http://www.everythingict.com/ (A wealth of links to everything ICT - very useful)
4. http://www.webquestuk.org.uk/ (Web Quest - Search the Internet for data - each web quest is matched to a QCA Unit or one of the National Strategies - let the quest begin!)
5. http://www.quick.org.uk/ (a simple checklist to see if the information on a website is useful or not)

1. http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/ictoppsks12_main.htm - opportunities to use ICT in the curriculum
2. http://www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/scheme.html - ICT SoW planning templates
3. http://www.yhgfl.net/nc/resources/dida/?sword_list
   %5B%5D=dida - Information about Dida from YHGfL
4. http://creative.bfi.org.uk/ - Free video clips
5. Interim Report on Video Conferencing Project The report gives findings after 6 months of a 1 year project in 2 parts:
   between 2 secondary schools
   a secondary and a primary school.
   The aim of this interim report is to highlight key issues and present preliminary conclusions based upon evidence collected to this point.
6. Draft Model Internet Policy and Advice for employees
   in schools is now available. There are a few small alterations still to be made. These will be available by the end of March. This is part of a new section that as well as this document will have an updated Internet policy for pupils as well as advice for schools and home on the use of the Internet. We are working with Childnet and Kidsmart on this.
7. http://www.ncaction.org.uk/ (National Curriculum in Action)
8. http://www.mape.org.uk/curriculum (Lots of teacher resources for nearly every subject - an essential web resource)
9. http://schools.becta.org.uk/ (Useful guidance and information to support all aspects of ICT planning, procurement and practice from BECTA)
10. http://www.ictcoordinator.co.uk (Useful material for teachers)
11. http://www.icteachers.co.uk (Useful for teaching ICT)
12. http://www.ictineducation.org/ (Useful advice for ICT teachers)
13. http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?
    tname=18446& url=18446/ - Control - Help on how to learn to use logo
14. http://www.unescobkk.org/ips/ict/ict.htm ICT for teacher training
15. http://www.mape.org.uk/ MAPE supporting effective use of ICT in Primary Education
16. http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/ict/AAA/default.htm (Fantastic datebase on amimals for year 2)

1. http://www.crocodile-clips.com/m6_4.htm (Crocodile Clips Elementary - a free program that will allow you to create basic electrical circuits - you will need to fill in a form in order to download it)
2. http://www.softronix.com (MSW Logo - Free to download. It also includes a PowerPoint tutorial)
3. http://audacity.sourceforge.net (Audacity - Free to download. Sound manipulation program.)
   Sounds to use with the above program:
4. http://www.findsounds.com/ - Search for sounds on the Internet in various formats.
5. http://www.musicrobot.com/cgi-bin/windex.pl - Search for sounds. It takes you to the web site that the sound can be found on. (Wave files)
6. http://www.moviesoundscentral.com/ - Spoken clips from films (Wave files)

1. http://www.metoffice.com/research/ocean/ (Modelling ocean wave swell)
2. http://www.hjones-sons.co.uk/fmdani.htm (Modelling disease spread – foot and mouth - Cases are yellow on the day they are discovered, red on day 2 and dark orange on day 3 onwards)
3. http://worldmaker.cite.hku.hk/worldmaker/pages/ (CITE WorldMaker - powerpoint, worksheets, software)
4. http://education.mit.edu/starlogo/ (Starlogo - MIT software with example models)
5. http://ccl.sesp.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/ (NetLogo - CCL software with example models)

1. http://www.mape.org.uk/startower (Star Tower - a wealth of activities that use ICT in other subjects)
2. http://www.mape.org.uk/activities/index.htm (All sorts of interactive activities for Literacy, Numeracy, Geography and History)
3. http://www.connected-earth.com (Find out in a fun way how communication shapes the earth - a BT web site)

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - on video - Video footage of year 3 pupils christmas animations.

1. http://www.earthcam.com/ web cams

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