A Weblog for ISP Schools

Thankyou to all the delegates and presenters for their input to the 2nd ICT/ISP conference. We are looking forward to your contributions to the Blog.

Darran showed some innovative ways to use Mindmanager Enterprise to engage students and teachers. Hyperlinks from mindmanager included the excellent ictgames.

Please add other useful links to maths games via the comments section.

• What is ‘good learning?’
• Is the ICT equipment positioned for best learning?
• How is access to the equipment managed?
• What is the ‘entitlement’ for each learner?
• What does good use of Interactive Whiteboards look like?
• Is there evidence of progression

Please add your views to via the comments section above

This website provides you with an isometric grid and 6 shapes that can be moved around, repeated and rotated
This is an ideal tool for

• exploring the characteristics of shapes
• discussing the way that shapes fit together
• exploring the perimeters of shapes
• comparing 2 shapes

click here

Why not add your ideas to the comments box

Imagine a little character with 3 characteristics

1. Number of eyes
2. Colour
3. Number of sides

Now the fun starts

• sort them in to groups
• choose one at random to describe
• create a bar chart based on 1 characteristic
• create a pie chart based on 1 characteristic
• create charts on 2 characteristics

click http://www.furbles.co.uk to download for the PC or the MAC

Please add your ideas in the comments box above.

Year 3 and 4 students in Muxton Primary have been using a blog to share comments linked to 4 magazine advertisements they have been discussing.

To keep an eye on their progress click on http://muxton.edublogs.org

You can see from the dates and times of postings that some children have been working on this at home.

This is an exciting piece of software that lets children use images in a creative way. They can use trip photos, step by step D&T projects, great paintings, just about anything! If you want to see an innovative use come along to the Photostory 3 workshops to see how William Reynolds Junior School have used it in PSHE. Click here to download it for free.

One of the best websites to encourage discussion and to provide a stimulus for writing is the website www.panoramas.dk.

This provides 360 degree views of places on Earth, the Moon and Mars. Here is a good example to get you started. What are they thinking?

Which of the panoramas do you find most inspiring? Please add your choice to the comments section above.

On May 17th 2006 teachers from 12 Telford schools will be meeting to share ideas linked to teaching and learning. This ‘on line diary’ or Weblog (called a blog) will help the process of idea sharing.

Why not get involved by adding your own comments by clicking on the number above each article.