TeacherTechnologies.com » ICT http://www.teachertechnologies.com Free advice and resources for new education technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Class Tools.net http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/02/class-tools-net/ http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/02/class-tools-net/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:39:59 +0000 admin http://www.teachertechnologies.com/?p=586

Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge! Perfect for virtual learning environments and IWBs.

My favorite tool is the “Random Name Picker” fruit machine.  My students never argue over who goes first if the fruit machine chooses them!

resources also include:

  • Diamond 9
  • Fish Bone (Fishy Bob!!)
  • Venn Diagram
  • Time line
  • Priority Targets
  • Interactive Hamburger Diagram….  (perfect for essay writing?? )
  • An interactive accelerated learning cycle
  • A Jigsaw diagram
  • A priority Chart

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2Simple is baed in  Australia founded by ex-teachers and IT professionals. They create interactive resources for early years and primary pupils.  They have won many prestigious awards, the latest being the BETT 2009 ICT Company of the Year. They have also won the BETT 2008 award for Best Creative Tools (2Paint a Picture), BETT 2007 award for Best Early Years Software (Simple City) and BETT 2006 award for Best Primary Software (2Create a Story). They have 20 Australian specific programs which are all available on a 30 day trial.
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The BBC’s website is full of brilliant resources that can be used on interactive whiteboards. This secondary site covers most subjects taught in Secondary schools and has some great interactive games as well as useful research based activities for students.
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The Welsh Grid for learning has lots of great interactive games for all sorts of subjects. They’d be great fun on your IWB. Use their online search tool to find suitable resources
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174 free to use educational interactive resources for Primary Schools. 24 free to use fun games for children aged 4 – 11 and 120 plus links to free interactive, image and software resources.
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Created by a U.K. Grid for learning these are Northumberland Local Education Authority Resources for Primary schools. A wide range of resources to choose from.
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A variety of flash resources which can be placed inside your SMART Notebook, Promethean Flipchart or other IWB software.  These can also be accessed via the website and displayed inside your web browser for easy access.
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