Transformation Teachers Programme

Almost an evening without using a computer but just had to blog to express my disappointment at Liverpool losing tonight. Never mind there’s always next year.

Pictures from bbc website.

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I have decided to use this tool as part of an activity with the transformation teachers group tomorrow. Each group will work on their own brainstorm and can also view what other groups are doing. The site claims to be able to embed in blogs so this is a test.
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Yenka 3D Shapes
 At the start of June, Crocodile Clips will be launching Yenka 3D Shapes.
It’s a new user-friendly 3D geometry tool which lets teachers and students experiment with shapes, measurement, scale and volume.
Visit www.yenka.com to watch a video showing you the software in action.
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RE Blogs
http://www.nodehillre.typepad.com/
English Department Blogs
http://fernhillbookworm.blogspot.com/
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/aliceeardley/

http://www.macmillan-academy.org.uk/Navigation/Depts/Eng/english.php
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/emn/index.php/archives/category/blogs/
http://www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/woodfarm/SubjectInfo/English/engdefault.htm
http://www.english.heacademy.ac.uk/explore/resources/technology/advocates.php
Geog Department
Geogtastic (recommended by Sue K)

http://kespilotgeography.blogspot.com/
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=cu&catcode=ss_cu_ac_geo_03&rid=10769

http://www.macmillan-academy.org.uk/Navigation/Depts/Geog/Geog.php
https://php.radford.edu/~geog-web/GeogBlog/?cat=3

http://neatherd.org/subjects/geography/

http://thegeographydepartment.blogspot.com/

Maths

http://www.ncetm.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=17&module=blog&mode=100&blogid=2

http://www.ncetm.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=13&module=res&mode=100&resid=2805

http://blog.gwright.org.uk/articles/page/5
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy
http://www.atm.org.uk/reviews/books/ks3-maths-assessments.html
http://www.atm.org.uk/reviews/books/teaching-maths-different-learning-styles.html

http://webblog.ethink.org.uk/2006/12/06/numbers-day/
http://radclifferiverside.com/live/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=45&
http://sixthform.info/maths/
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/paulgoodall
General
http://flux.futurelab.org.uk/
Design & Technology Blogs
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/mgscdt/2006/11/09/welcome-to-the-cdt-department/
http://www.topblogposts.com/
http://www.geography-site.co.uk/about/blog/2006/11/geography-and-food-technology.html
ICT Blogs
http://www.ictict.me.uk/article11/article11.htm
Citizenship
http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/blogs/?cat=3

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The software that I used to make this is called PulpMotion.
http://www.divshare.com/download/589502-f92 

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I listened to this audio on Sunday and thought that it might be useful in our debate about Web 2.o and schools. Please let me know what you think….
podcast

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This is a test of the new way to embed video etc in Edublogs. There is a new tool an A in a yellow circle. Click here and then paste the full URL of the video you want to show.
Another example:

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Spresent are currently beta testing upgrades to their system so that we can include spresent files in our Edublog blogs. This is just a test so please bear with me. The size of this presentation is 500 x 375.

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I am keen to identify other blogs that look at collaboration and other aspects of e-learning and I have come across a couple that I would like to draw your attention to.
http://recap.ltd.uk/blog/aal-blog.html covers topics as list below

Wi-Fi: Friend or Foe?
Learning Platforms
Wikipedia and student research
Is iPhone the future?
Podcast Special: Professional Series
Collaborative working
Interactivity in learning
Convergence and e-learning
The [...]

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I thought that after Steve’s Video I should include an Apple song so here goes,

and just to show you that people have fun with the strangest of songs

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