We are very pleased to announce a number of training sessions across the south-west on using the South West Water Espresso Computer Modelling resource. This training session, delivered by Espresso, will allow delegates to explore the range of resources available as well as gain ideas of how to implement them into planning and use them creatively across the curriculum. The course will run for half a day, including plenty of time for ‘hands on’ exploration of the module.The morning session runs from 9am to 12pm and is repeated in the afternoon from 1pm to 4pm.

This session is open to any classroom teacher or subject leader currently working within a primary school. It will particularly interest those with responsibility for Maths, ICT or Geography.

Click here to find out more and learn how to book.

I'm fascinated by the birdbox webcams from the Birdbox Project. Wonderful to look in the birdbox at Weston Park School and see the Blue Tits sitting on their nest. I keep checking, waiting for the parents to move from the nest, so I can see how many eggs they have...she has just moved. They have hatched! Seven..eight little hungry chicks!

I came across a fabulous little Hue HD webcam in the animation workshop with Oscar Stringer yesterday. They are very small, and very cheap (at less than £20) When teamed up with I Can Animate and Windows Movie Maker we were getting some fabulous animations. A great little device that almost has the picture definition of a visualiser (on a flexible mount, it almost suggests itself as a mini-visualiser). Lets just say it compares very well to its more portly blue rival. Highly recommended.

Richard Boyd forwarded me a report about the use of Twitter and on-line communication tools which appeared in the Daily Telegraph. It also includes a video explaining what Twitter is - very useful!

for the article, visit http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/twitter/5050261/Twitter-is-put-on-new-primary-school-curriculum.html

Confused about how to arrange your ICT scheme of work in school? Have a look at the KentEd ICT Themes. When you see the five themes as an overview, you can see that it makes wonderful sense. Use this, as KentEd say, to maximise opportunities to embed ICT in the curriculum and to make use of new technologies.

The National Education Network has a wealth of free resources to support the curriculum. Click here to select the subject and key stage you are interested in. If you are a subject coordinator looking for ICT-based resources, why not click here for an updated list via RSS...or you may want to look at the PDF below.

NEN_Brochure.pdf (1.14 mb)

We found an interesting resource where teachers who make their own resources can share and earn “credits” towards other shared resources. Users can browse and search for relevant resources by subject, topic, age group and ability level.