For your Easter reading

This is not a political statement but I felt you might be amused by the education pledges from the Monster Raving Loony Party. Number 5 and numbers 32 – 43 might amuse.

YouTube Safety Mode

Have you noticed the new safety mode button at the bottom left of the YouTube home page. This could be useful and mmake a difference to access.

Keeping up …

One of the problems faced by all ICT subject leaders (and I suspect many others) is keeping up. Keeping up with the enormous amount of information that comes forward. I use my RSS feeds to keep me a sane as possible. Here are my top choices:

• MJO - Merlin John Online
• Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
• Next Generation Learning in Kent
• Emerging Technologies
• Futurelab – Flux
• Shambles Newsletter
• Teachernet News
• BBC Technology News
• BBC Education News
• Telegraph – Latest Technology News
• Guardian Education News

Making the most of Flickr

Flickr is more than just a place to store your photos it offers a whole world of creativity if you are willing to invest the time and effort to explore it.

This is really worth the effort  but do check out the copyright if you decide to use any of these and ….

Remember ….These tools provide search results from Flickr, a popular image sharing website.
The images results are based on tags and keywords, and we have no control over the content.
Unexpectedly Offensive and Not Safe for Work (NSFW) pictures may be presented sometimes due to wrong tagging by users. These images are copyrighted by the respective owners. Do not save or use them without reading the copyright information on their usage.

Simple Science

Oh WOW !! Videos to explain science in songs that just force you to remember. There are 91 of them covering science themes from ‘teeth’ through ‘The Sun, Earth and Moon’ all the way to ‘Growing Plants’.

This has got to be worth looking through … so look here !

And its got an RSS feed so it will keep you up-to-date.