Year7 Netbooks
Year 7 - Netbooks
Lead Teacher
- Mr A. Morris - email
Support
Netbook Launch - 13th May 2010
If you were unable to attend the Year 7 Netbook launch then here is your chance to see Mr Morris's in-depth explanation of the scheme along with pupils from 7Y1 who provided a concise overview of their experiences in using the devices to support their learning. Use this link for information for parents.
At Bishop Challoner our aim is to develop a cutting edge education for our pupils, we are therefore investing heavily in New Technologies which are going to be at the heart of education in the future. More than ever, our young people will have to compete with better a trained and cheaper work force across the world. We are therefore developing an E-Learning strategy that will equip pupils with the skills needed for the 21st century.
We are currently piloting a project with teaching group 7Y1 to show how the use of netbooks, as pupils' personal ICT devices, can make their learning more effective and engaging thanks to active interaction and an easy exchange of information between teachers and pupils. The pilot will last until July 2010 and we hope to use our experience from this scheme to rollout further netbook initiatives across the rest of the School.
Useful websites
- http://www.stonegroup.co.uk/ - Stone Computers - Original Equipment Manufacturer
- http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ - Microsoft Windows update - Updates for Windows software
- http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ - Adobe flash update - get the latest Adobe flash player
- http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/ - Adobe acrobat reader - read .pdf files
- http://java.sun.com/ - Sun java software - helps various applications to run
Free software
- http://simplespark.com/ - Discover, share and enjoy web apps for your life online.
- http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/ - Free fast secure web browser - from Mozilla
- http://www.openoffice.org/ - Free alternative office productivity suite - from Sun
- http://www.gimp.org/windows/ - Free image processing software
- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows - Free audio editing software
- http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en - Free vector drawing software
- http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ - Free algebra/graphing software - requires Sun Java
- http://scratch.mit.edu/download - Free visual programming software (games creation)
- http://dia-installer.de/index_en.html - Free structured diagrams program (flow charts)
- http://www.stykz.net/Home.html - Free animation software
- http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/ - Capture images from your PC screen
- http://www.zamzar.com/ - Convert video and music formats
- http://www.getpaint.net/ - Get creative with images
- http://www.pencil-animation.org/ - Make simple animations
- http://photosynth.net/ - Transform photos into a 3D treat
- http://www.geni.com/ - Organise family history
- http://www.spotify.com/en/download/windows/ - Listen to free music, legally
- http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm - Edit text quickly
- http://wordpress.org/ - Set up a simple blog
- http://cacoo.com/ - Create diagrams online realtime collaboration
- http://www.superteachertools.com/index.php - Flash-based games including Classroom Jeopardy, Speed Match, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. You can enter your own questions and download the game
- http://www.chartle.net/ - Interactive charts online
- http://sketch.odopod.com/ - Drawing and sketching
- http://www.clipgenerator.com/ - Combine pop music with your media to make video clips
- http://tagul.com/ - Fantastic word clouds, similar to Wordle
- http://vyew.com/site/index3 - Free anytime collaboration and live web conferencing
- http://www.bibme.org/ - Automatic bibliography creator
- http://www.stixy.com/ - Flexible Online Creation Collaboration and Sharing
- http://www.snapgrades.net/ - Online gradebook (works with iPhones)
- http://www.wallwisher.com/ - Build a wall where people can post virtual sticky notes.
- http://pixlr.com/editor/ - Fix photos direct in your browser
- http://storybird.com/ - Collaborative storytelling
- http://aviary.com/tools/myna - Web-based audio editor, similar to GarageBand with lots of musical loops
- http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/ - Listing of flash games and activities for literacy
- http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/powerplay.html - Select components to achieve the given goal
- http://www.scriblink.com/ - Online collaborative whiteboard
- http://sketchcast.com/ - Draw on screen and then narrate it
- http://www.numbernut.com/index.html - Virtual math text book (has interactive flash activities for various topics)
- http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/spelling.htm - Enter 10 spelling words to generate a scramble or word search
- http://vectormagic.com/home - Bitmap to vector conversion online
- http://bubbl.us/ - Mind mapping online with export options
- http://voicethread.com/#home - A powerful way to talk about and share your images, documents and videos
- http://download.cnet.com/AuthorPoint-Lite/3000-2075_4-10719205.html AuthorPoint Lite converts PowerPoint presentation files to SWF (Flash) files that are then uploaded to AuthorPoint Lite's Web site.
- http://www.ispringfree.com/download.html iSpring provides professional tools for creating Flash presentations and e-learning courses with PowerPoint.
- http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/try Game Maker allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code.
- http://www.flash-slideshow-maker.com/download.php Flash Slideshow Maker is a Flash album creator to make animated photo slide show with SWF file as the output format.
- http://www.wallwisher.com/ Words that stick.