Junior ICT Companion – A Review

While reading though the weekly TES mail-out I noticed a link to a pretty interesting site: Mr. S Haughton’s Junior ICT Companion. I’m not sure that I love it’s presentation / style as to me it looks a little dated and these kinds of things really matter to kids! It …

Storytop

StoryTop is a site where you can create cartoons with ease. I have had a quick play with it and managed to create this little scene in a matter of minutes. To make your cartoon you can, as the website says: create multi-page stories drag and drop clip art to …

ICT in the Early Years Website

It’s the end of a week and I’m running short on energy for went for a surf to find some interesting ideas for the next couple of week’s ICT lessons. I eventually ended up having a look around this site: http://foundation.e2bn.org/ I’ve made a quick note of my thoughts to …

Educational Widgets for Google Docs

I’ve just finished reading an article on the Google Docs blog : Spotlight on Developers: Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets it highlighted a few gadgets that you can now use within Google Docs to create resources that would be helpful in the classroom. They had links to making flashcards, creating an interactive …

Food & Healthy Eating Unit in Early Years: 12 Useful Sites

This half term I’ll be doing a Healthy Eating / Food unit with my Reception Class. Below is a list of some of the sites that be using for ICT based resources. http://simongoldie.co.uk/sites/default/files/Examples/Flash/Arcumboldo.swf – Make a face using fruits for the shapes. http://www.thefruitpages.com/alphabet.shtml – A-Z with fruit. http://www.bananaland.com.au/home.php – Australian …