Education ICT Newsletter

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Monday 26 NovemberYou thought the earth was flat!!!!!!

The 100 Activprimary Whiteboard Lessons by Scholastic, is a resource that I have used for the last two years and have found invaluable. The CD ROM is extremely well laid out; from the easily understood main menus, to each lesson having a clear learning objective stated and a section to describe the whiteboard tools you need to use. The flipcharts themselves are very clear and most have page notes where you can gain clarification of the main ideas. The resource book comes with photocopiable follow up materials and each lesson is described in detail, including cross-curricular links. I have found it to be a marvellous resource to use in the classroom, as it is so practical and easily accessed.Mellony Bertram

We are pleased to announce that Dave Rawson has joined the ICT Team as our ‘Glow’ Implementation Officer. Keep up to date with what’s happening with GLOW by reading Dave’s blog on

http://edubuzz.org/blogs/glowboy

Susi Simkins and Mellony Bertram have joined the team as Interactive Whiteboard Support Officers on a one day a week secondment. Both Susi and Mellony will be available every Tuesday to support the use of Promethean Interactive Whiteboards in schools. They will also be available for twilight and Friday afternoon sessions. Please contact Suzanne Todd in the first instance to arrange support/training.