Pinterest is a free online visual pinboard tool which teachers can use to find ideas, tips and resources shared by colleagues elsewhere. So if looking for inspiration, or for a resource for a particular need in your classroom, Pinterest can provide one means of connecting with colleagues worldwide. The following are examples of how teachers are …
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Adding deeper understanding, fun and choice to classroom project tasks with Learning Event Generator
Teachers often look for fresh ways of setting classroom tasks for pupils to demonstrate their learning. That is, to be able to show that they have understood what they have been learning by presenting or applying that information in a different form to the way in which it may have been taught or learned. This …
The Great Behaviour Game – a free online tool to support Classroom Behaviour Management
The Great Behaviour Game is a free online tool which a classroom teacher can use to help turn managing classroom behaviour in a primary classroom into a game with a class of pupils. At the same time this provides a serious tool to help identify behaviour patterns of individual pupils for a teacher, which can greatly help in resolving …
PrimaryWall – Web-based Sticky Notes for Collaborative Classroom Activity
Primary Wall from the good people at Primary Technology is an online sticky wall space where your pupils can post small sticky notes with a title, their text and their name. This makes it great for rapidly gathering ideas, collaborating, sharing and quickly posting pieces of information when working in a group or collaborative environment. …
Going for Gold or Quest for the Cup – classroom activities across the curriculum inspired by the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games or major international sporting events
Whether it is the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, Football World Cup, Tennis Masters or other high-profile international sporting events, major events such as these with high media coverage can capture the imagination of your pupils, and that interest can be harnessed in the classroom in any curricular area. The following are links to resources which link …
SMART Exchange – SMART Board Resources for the Classroom Teacher
If your classroom has a SMART Board in it then a huge wealth of resources is available free to you online, making use of the SMART Board’s own interactive software, SMART Notebook, at SMART Exchange. This lets you browse through thousands of resources created by teachers worldwide, or you can filter your search to resources suitable …
Term Time Takeoff Teacher Tools and Tips
There are always many tasks teachers require to do at the start of working with a new class of pupils, whether starting back for a new school year, or a new group for a different area of work. Many teachers have shared tools and tips for making that task just a bit easier – whether it’s fun …
Jog the Web – guiding pupils through selected online resources
Jog the Web is a useful way of a teacher guiding pupils to a series of websites, or specific webpages, you have selected for them, in a sequence determined by the teacher, along with notes about the website being visited. The teacher simply signs up for a free Jog the Web account then creates the …
Video Tutorials to help get smarter at using your SMART Board interactive whiteboard in the classroom
http://www.fuuni.com/smart/smart In order for an interactive whiteboard to become more than simply a projection board, a teacher with a SMART Board interactive whiteboard needs to know how to make use of the interactive features of a SMART Board. And in order to become comfortable in using these tools this site http://www.fuuni.com/smart/smart provides for teachers an easily …
Breaking News – literacy activities for the classroom on stories making the news
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ Breaking News English is a site by Sean Banville aimed at teachers looking for activities for learners of English in the context of stories making the headlines in the media. This contains Lesson Plans & Podcasts for combining studying Current Events and News while also learning English. Keep up with the news and learn English – …
