StoryVault, which launches soon, is an online video library that allows people to upload – and preserve for future generations – their own remarkable stories and memories of friends and families. The site is aiming to become an invaluable resource for students of history all around the world. The site has launched with over 250 [...]
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Talkie Time
The BBC has a new set of resource for teachers and parents of young children. Talkie Time lets grown ups participate in a unique interactive event with their children, at home or at school. It gets children participating in the action, using language confidently and learning through play as they solve problems for Rodd by [...]
Things I’ve discovered on Twitter recently (part 3)
Here are links to some of the new resources that I’ve discovered via my Twitter network: BBC Wildlife Finder (from @mrstucke) – Watch videos of the most amazing animals in the world, from the BBC. You can now follow the fantastic Primary Resources site on Twitter – @primarystuff Use this amazing ‘Punched Out‘ font for [...]
Year Dot Documentaries for use in the classroom
Year Dot is a documentary which followed the paths of 15 young people over one year, as they pursue their goals across a range of subjects. Their stories give an insight into their respective fields: Business Management, English, Politics, Performing Arts and P.E, to name a few. They also document the journey taken in transforming [...]
Teaching Videos
Over the Christmas break, I created a new website to add to my collection(!). The new site is called Teaching Videos and is a place to find and share educational videos that can be used in the classroom. Each video comes with a selection of teaching ideas, showing how it might be used in the [...]
Meet Me At The Corner
A new series of virtual field trips is being distributed over the Internet as video podcasts on the web site www.meetmeatthecorner.org. Each video is linked to fun websites and a Learning Corner of questions and extended activities. New episodes are uploaded every two weeks. This week you can take virtual field trip to San Diego. The young [...]
Teenage Cancer Trust
The Teenage Cancer Trust have just launched an online resource for schools, which can be used for PSHE lessons and general assembly. It’s an interactive resource with lesson plans, discussion topics, video, and fits with syllabus guidelines. It touches on topics revolving around teenage cancer, looking at health, communication, relationships, bullying, and seeks to promote [...]
Let's Draw
Tony De Saullese has been illustrating Scholastic’s Horrible Science series since it started in 1996. He currently visits a lot of primary schools, libraries and literature festivals where he holds Horrible Science Drawing Workshops. Tony has recently started a new “LET’S DRAW!” YouTube channel which has six videos showing children how to draw: a crocodile, a [...]
Bullying.co.uk
Bullying UK is a registered charity which was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying. Liz has been researching and writing on school bullying issues for 14 years and now uses the Internet to provide information and [...]
My Teacher, My Hero
‘My Teacher, My Hero‘ is a new, non-profit website dedicated to great teachers and to the profound impact they’ve had on their students’ lives. On the interactive website, many different people have shared memories of their favourite teachers with the world. Everyone who visits the site will be given the opportunity, through uploading and sharing [...]
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