Did you know that there is a Wikipedia for Schools? The 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum. It has about 5500 articles (as much as can be fitted on a DVD with good size images) and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words). It can also be downloaded, and was produced with the SOS Children charity. See http://schools-wikipedia.org for details. Navigation is by subject, by the first two letters of the topic word (a system which seems to work very well) or via 36 portals for major topics.Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Wikipedia Selection for Schools
Did you know that there is a Wikipedia for Schools? The 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum. It has about 5500 articles (as much as can be fitted on a DVD with good size images) and is about the size of a twenty volume encyclopaedia (34,000 images and 20 million words). It can also be downloaded, and was produced with the SOS Children charity. See http://schools-wikipedia.org for details. Navigation is by subject, by the first two letters of the topic word (a system which seems to work very well) or via 36 portals for major topics.
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Teachers TV
Teachers TV, a UK based TV station & website founded in 2005, is a mine of information. For example, there are videos specifically designed for the classroom at www.teachers.tv/resource(103 KS1, 191 KS2, 337 KS3 & 411 KS4), and all can be browsed by subject, topic or key stage. In addition, there are 35 groups you can join to discuss everything from Cover Supervision to Working in SEN. These groups include Learning Platforms, Personalised Learning and Web 2.0 Resources. See www.teachers.tv/groups for details.
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