I am busy trying to construct a template using Google Sites as PortFolios for pupils to showcase their progress of the ICT learning we will embark upon via other subjects. There will be no physical space to store work and each class will have ICT lessons from either of the two ICT teachers and
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Google have launched a new *learn to search* site. http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html It includes: Lesson Plans & Activities (differentiated for beginner/intermediate/advanced) Live trainings (collection of videos on a broad range of search disciplines) A link to vote for Google Doodle Links to A Google A Day (which is pretty cool if you’ve not tried it) Which are
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Popped over to Google+ for a quick hello to that stream. Saw this cool little share from Danny Silva who works for CUE and was one of the lead learners at GTAUK10 where I earned my Google stripes. I wondered what CK-12 was so clicked through – looked legit (which it is). So, I re-shared
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Okay. This is pretty cool functionality… It starts like this: Google Text Doc. You highlight some text and insert a comment which appears down the side. Nothing happens. The comment sits there and that’s about that really. But, when someone replies to your comment. It triggers an email to the original commenter. You can see
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I’m a big fan and user of Google SketchUp 3D modelling software. You can build all sorts of things in SketchUp and then create an AVI movie and export it to showcase your work (image above shows this in action). It works very well in the classroom, engaging pupils beyond standard expectations, boys and girls
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daibarnes - @davidErogers Can do 14:00 if easier?? 16 hours ago 
