Lexipedia

Brilliant way to understand words and their multiple functions

http://www.lexipedia.com/

Photographs

Great slide show program to show slides very quickly
www.photopeach.com

Sounds good- ways to use sound in the classroom

10 ways to use Audacity in the classroom http://bit.ly/bgK6q5
Easy speak microphones great quick recording for little hands- from TTS
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/Product.aspx?cref=TTSPR1081690

Games based learning

Had a few interesting days considering use of Second Life to attend virtual ICT education conferences. Only problem was that 'SL' time- which is the same as Pacific Time is eight hours behind us. I have not been motivated yet to get up at 3 in the morning to find out what is happening.
On the subject of games based learning I had the pleasure of hearing Dawn Halleybone at ESIS talking about the use of games consoles in the classroom. Her blog is an inspiration.
http://hallyd.edublogs.org/tag/wii/
See also:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ictineducation/gamesbasedlearning/

I am going to set up a Wii based project using the 'Endless Ocean' software in one of my schools: should be interesting.

11 advantages of using a blog for teaching

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11 advantages of using a blog for teaching

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St David's Day

Good old NGfL Cymru
http://bit.ly/9RaSxN
http://bit.ly/d1Zh5f

Merthyr ICT Good Practice conference

Been a while- very busy with the conference. Brilliant to see John Davitt speak- so many great ideas, his philosophy on New and Old tools was insightful, funny and refreshing. Gave me further cause to use Twitter as a source of great ideas. Follow me and note the people I follow for some of the most innovative minds in education today- link to Twitter on the right.
Good wiki on classroom blogging ideas here: http://classroomblogging.wikispaces.com/Blogging+Activities