Resources for teachers
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50 Ways to tell a Story Great site for story telling and multimedia presentations
FreePath - Plays anything on the web and lets you create playlists for presentations
5 Min Video - short instructional videos on all sorts of topics
The Futures Channel - short videos on real world maths and science problems
NX Powerlite very useful file reduction software - for Powerpoints and other Office files
25 tools - a free toolset for learning 2008
Sites for teachers - hundreds of educational websites ranked by popularity.
Freestuffjunction - free downloads for teachers
General Resources
National Qualifications online
Teachers TV - has programmes available
TLRC -Teaching and Learning Research Council
SchoolsLinks - free resources for primary teachers
Global Gateway - bringing an international dimension to education
AifL
Art
A lifetime of color - Art products amd resources for creative individuals
Assessment rubrics
Discovery School Assessment Rubrics
North Carolina Wise Owl Rubric Resources
Landmark Project Rubric Builder
University of Wisconsin Inspiration Assessment Rubric
Audio/video search engines
Singing Fish - TV, news or radio
Blinkx - TV programmes, mainly American
Screenonline - BFI
Findssounds - sound effects
Soungle - Royalty free sound effects
Biology
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
National Centre for Biotechnology Education
Natural Environment Research Council
http://www.aivision.com.au/othereye.htm - short sight - long sight
Blogs
LTScotland tutorial on blogging
Edu.blogs - Ewan McIntosh's blog about using blogs and podcasts in school
ICT in Education LTScotland blog
Using Wikis in Education - by Stewart Mader, focused on the wiki as a tool for collaborative learning and knowledge construction.
Technorati - blog search where you can also collect your favourite blogs
Blogger - blogging software to set up your blog
Chemistry
http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/
http://courses.interactiveuniversity.net/vle/scholar/login.jsp
http://www.science-active.co.uk/
www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm
Tom Lehrer Elements song Animated
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/ArtGallery.html
Clive Buckley's chemistry links
Creativity
CreatingMinds.org - all about being creative and using creativity
CultureOnline - interesting projects
Curriculum for Excellence
Curriculum for Excellence - Curriculum Review
English
Book Maze - LTScotland's site for personal study recommendations
David Wray's Literacy Resources
Teaching Ideas - Literacy and Reading
Andrew Moore's Teaching Resources
National Literacy Association US
Heinemann Literature Resources
Stagework - National Theatre
Can I have a word - Barbican creative writing ideas for teachers
Scholastic Write it! - writers' support site
Implementing the writing process
Universalteacher run by Andrew Moore, it has loads of resources for English.
French
LTScotland Modern Foreign Languages Environment
Ashcombe School Modern Languages Dept
Graham Davies' favourite websites
Comeeko - comic strip editor
Graphics resources and Images
Usually copying images is against copyright law. These sites are all collections of images that you are free to use: - Freefoto Freeimages Morguefile Imageafter
This site has a fantastic list of copyright free images.
ALCS have produced a copyright awareness pack.
SCRAN - resource base and toolset with 333,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media available for educational use
To search widely for copyright free images try using SearchCreativeCommons or FlickrCC
Arkive - images of life on Earth available for educational use
Flickr - search, store, sort and share photos
FD's Flickr toys - tools to do fun things with your Flickr photos
Pikeo - French and English photo sharing
British Pathe - 3000 hrs of free digitised newsreel
Gliffy - Diagram editor online
Comeeko - photostory editor
Web Gallery of Art - Allows images to be used for educational purposes
Timtim free educational clip art
Technical Advice Service on Images - advice on using images
Free digital Photos free photos for education -
Inclusive Technology - free graphics for education
How to use Inspiration in the classroom
National Library of Scotland Images on Flickr
National Trust for Scotland - images
Teacher Resource Exchange - BECTA England
National Children's Bureau - resources for guidance teachers
Wired for Health - Health information for teachers
SQA Virtual Classroom Tours - useful PowerPoints
Stock photos sites
Stock.XCHNG
everystockphoto
imagebase
morgueFile
openphoto
Stockvault
unprofound
Photo Rogue
freerange
Geek Philospher
Cepolina
Abstract Influence
Woophy
PhotoRack
freepixels
Design Packs
Freefoto
Imageafter
Pixel Perfect Digital
Free Stock Photos
FreeDigitalPhotos
PublicDomainPhotos
Nations Illustrated
Free Historial Stock Photos
Kave Wall
Learning Theory
Support4Learning - learning styles
New Horizons for Learning - multiple intelligences
Centre for Confidence - Carol Craig's site
Literacy
Channel 4 Lost for words - campaign to get kids reading
Graphic novels in the curriculum
Maths
Nrich Maths project - problems, games, articles
Centre for innovation in maths teaching
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/problemsolving/
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/ - printable paper models of polyhedra
http://www.multiplication.com/ times table games
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ maths games
http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php maths puzzles and problem solving challenges
Mental Health
Music teaching
Audio Network - 3000 music files free access and fully cleared for educational use.
Music Teachers Resource Centre
PE
Fizzikal - PE Sport and Physical Activity in Scotland and beyond
Human Kenetics Secondary Resources
Physics
http://physicsweb.org/resources/Education/Interactive_experiments/
http://www.materialworlds.com/
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?temid=98
Futures Channel - short downloadable multimedia clips on science and technology
Puzzles and games
Weekly brainteasers - printable
Questions and questioning
From Now On Great Question Press “Try the Question Press on standard content and watch your students squeeze meaning out of inert matter. Give them a lift. Engage them in making up their own minds. Equip them to manage the tough questions of life.”
The Question Mark “An educational journal devoted to questions, questioning, sound intelligence, strategic reading and quality teaching.
Science
Scottish Schools Equipment Research Centre
Science Engineering Technology and Maths Network
Association for Science Education
Glasgow University Dept. of Environmental Biology
Planet-Science - stickers, quizzes, posters etc.
National Center for Science Education
Association for Science Education
Support for Learning
LTScotland Inclusive Education
Crossbow Education - teaching dyslexic students
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority - QCA guidance on teaching gifted and talented
Crick Learning Grids - learning grids - resources for clicker etc
Call Centre - specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties
Sparklebox - free teaching resources for literacy and numeracy
Support4Learning - a signpost to relevant organisations and resources in a number of key areas
Tools for creating exercises
Web Enhanced Language Learning “Use MS Word macros to produce text manipulation exercises”
Teacher's Pet “ Using this free software you can make stimulating classroom exercises in minutes.”
Hot Potatoes “ The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises”
ContentGenerator.net “ Create your own Flash-based multiple choice quizzes in three different formats, completely customisable to your requirements with timings, colours and supporting text. Includes a mini-quiz and a 'big quiz' (ideal for interactive whiteboards).”
Discovery School Teaching Tools - loads of stuff.
Filamentality - Build hotlists, treasure hunts, and webquests
Web 2.0
PhilB - I Want to - comprehensive list of web 2.0 applications
Shambles Web 2.0 Resources List
Bubbl.us - brainstorming software
Bloglines - blog aggregator
Conversate - instant online discussion spaces
Dabble DB - shareable databases
Diino Personal - online backup service - up to 2Gb freespace
Del.icio.us - very useful online tagging tool for all your favourites
Flickr - photosharing
Furl - social bookmarking
Gliffy - diagram editor
Google Docs & Spreadsheets - online wordprocessing and spreadsheets - no more excuses about leaving homework at home!
I want to - Phil Bradley's fantastic list of Web 2.0 tools
Jacuba - converts numbers to charts
JyBe - a plug-in to Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox and brings real time collaboration to web based systems and content
Lazybase - shareable databases
My Web Desktop - collaboration and communication tool, designed to be as "generic" and easy to use as a telephone and email.
Moodle - a course management system
NumSum - shareable web-based spreadsheets
Planzo - an online calendar
Rollyo - roll your own search engine
Scuttle - social bookmarking site
Slideshare - share presentations
Sketchup - Google's CAD drawing tool
Squidoo - a social bookmarking site where you can build your own list of links on a topic that interests you
TaDaList - simple shareable to do lists
Technorati - a combination of blog search engine and social bookmarking
Zamzar - free online file conversion
Whiteboard resources
FreePath - Plays anything on the web and lets you create playlists for presentations
Cumbria and Lancs Education online
PowerPoint presentation advice
Wikis
Flat Classroom Project Wiki - an award winning example of how to use a wiki in class
Wikispaces - a wiki host which offers free upgrades to teachers.
Eurekster Swicki - A search engine that learns from your community's search behavior.
PBWiki - a wiki as easy as a peanut butter sandwich