Prezi
“A cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discover.” (http://prezi.com/about/) Prezi is a free online presentation tool which helps us create presentations [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Safe Search for Kids by Google
‘A child friendly search engine where safe search is always ‘on’, powered by Google. The safe browsing feature allows your kids to safely surf the web with a much lower risk of accidentally seeing illicit material. This site was designed to protect kids from potentially harmful material online. Whether it is a deliberate attempt to view inappropriate material, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Safe Search – Primary School ICT
This site is a great place for parents and teachers to introduce internet searches to children. Users type in the keywords of the subject they are searching about and then choose from the following type of searches: a ‘Website Search’, an ‘Image Search’, a ‘Game Search’ or a ‘Video Search. Internet searches are filtered and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Using Voki in the Classroom
A Voki is an animated avatar created by the user through which one can express oneself using their own voice. It is also known as ‘a speaking avatar’. To create a Voki, go to http://www.voki.com/ where you will be able to create a character and customise it to your liking. The following is a very [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Clifford Interactive Storybooks
Phonics Fun for Early Readers Clifford’s Interactive Storybooks presents four interactive Storybooks and four phonic fun games for early readers. The four stories are: ‘Emily goes to School’ ‘Here, Clifford!’ ‘Clifford’s Big Dig’ ‘Where is Emily?’ Each sentence has a volume icon next to it and when pressed, it is read out to the children [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Game Goo for kids
Check out this really great website containing games to improve reading at the primary age level. It made be found on the Earobics Foundation website, a foundation aiming tackle difficulties in reading at Kinder, Early and Junior levels. “With Earobics, educators have the tools and resources they need to provide flexible classroom instruction for students [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Puzzle Centre
http://www.apte.com/puzzles/index.cfm?action=dsp_home&CFID=14775064&CFTOKEN=16304414 “Welcome to the fun and challenging Puzzle Centre. You can make your very own puzzles here. Crosswords, Word Scrambles, Anagrams, Secret Codes — there’s a brain teaser here for every stripe of puzzler. You can also send your puzzles to friends and family. And while you’re here, why not send someone special a greeting [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cbeebies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ Cbeebies is my all time favourite website! It is, of course, for the pre-school children and early years. It is a array of colourful and very attractive flash stories about any kind of topic you can think of… rhymes, fairy tales, traditional stories, classic stories, songs, new stories and many, many others. In other [...]
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