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10 Resources to support Scratch Day in the classroom
Next Saturday 19th May is Scratch Day. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Scratch is a programming language that lets you create animations, stories, simulations, games and more. I’ve used it successfully in my own ICT lessons and the children really enjoyed the challenge of creating their own characters ...
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10 Resources for National Share a Story Month
May is ‘National Share-a-Story’ month each year, so I thought that it might be useful to highlight 10 great resources that can help you to use stories in your classrooms: 1) Lots of popular video sharing sites have stories that you can watch being read online. I’ve organised lots of these ...
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Discover educational apps with Teaching Appz!
Over the past month, I’ve been busy building a new site to add to my collection of Teaching Websites. The new site is called Teaching Appz and it’s a directory of educational apps that can be used in the classroom. At present, there are over 100 apps on the site, ...
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Our First iPad App!!!
Teacher’s Pet proudly present ‘What Time is it Mr. Wolf’ – our very first iPad application. A clever and interactive way to help children tell the time. (O’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to) Watch as Mr. Wolf magically spins the clock on the face of the moon to ...
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We’re Going for Gold!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 · 4 CommentsYesterday we launched our NEW behaviour reward scheme – ‘We’re Going for Gold’. The scheme aims to be an effective way to promote positive behaviour in your school and classroom, with a concept that everyone can get behind… Going for Gold! As well as the pack that you would use ...
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10 Great iOS Apps for Education
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 · 2 CommentsWith the recent release of the new iPad, I thought that it might be nice to review a selection of apps that can be used in education. Here are 10 that I’ve found recently: 1) The Land of Me - This delightful app begins by letting you choose the different features of ...
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1 Million Downloads / iPad2 Competition Winner
Well, it’s official, as of 2:07pm on March 16th 2012, we hit the BIG 1 million downloads on our first website http://displays.tpet.co.uk A big thank you to everyone that has been with us so far and thank you also for all your lovely emails and Facebook messages – it’s great ...
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Our Day at the Education Show
Monday, March 19, 2012 · 1 CommentMarch means only 1 thing…never mind Spring, Mother’s Day or St Patrick’s Day…it’s that time of year when thousands of hungry teachers descend on Birmingham in search of freebies and educational inspiration – at the Education Show. Although we had hoped to have a stand there this year, it all ...
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10 Resources for Mother’s Day Activities
Next Sunday 18th March is Mother’s Day here in the UK, so I’ve found a selection of great resources that could be used this week if you’re planning some lessons linked to the day. 1) There are lots of card templates, craft ideas and printables at Enchanted Learning’s great site. ...
10 Resources to support Scratch Day in the classroom
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