The BBC learning zone currently has some useful resources available for you to use in the classroom or link to from your own websites (perhaps those of you who share a blog/Twitter stream with your group). Here they are, courtesy of the BBC, for your viewing and teaching pleasure! Title Link The ImagineersA series …
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I’ve had a visualiser for a while now after I saw them in everyday use in Chinese schools. Mine is an Avermedia CP130 visualiser which I generally use connected to a PC (greater resolution/ability to capture video/images). I’ve used it to project up examples of student work for which it works very well. It works …
More and more teachers are hearing about Filmclub now they have been distributing promotional material in the TES and Teachers magazine. I found out about it by chance and can thoroughly recommend it to others. As part of the sign-up process you are asked to attend a short induction session. Whilst the content of this …
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We have a camcorder at work that records straight to DVD. Of course the price you pay for this convenience is a lack of flexibility. I needed some clips off a handful of old DVDs to use in a presentation. I needed clips off the DVDs in the easiest way possible and in a format …
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Secondary teachers tend to forget what a useful tool video can be in your lessons, even I do sometimes! I’ve a selection of devices that record video but my students’ favourite device is my Flip camera. In the past week three different groups have made use of video recording in their lessons. Two of the …
I had some cash to spend that I had charged another school for some consultancy work. One of the pieces of technology I bought was a flip video, mostly for evidence recording rather than for the pupils to use. I also bought the little flip tripod.Having used it for a few weeks, the quality of …
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