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Earn £20 trying out the new ‘Magic Cloud’ ICT toy
The Magic Cloud is a soft (cloud shaped) cushion that you plug into a computer (USB). When small tags are placed on or near the Cloud, the computer detects them and plays digital media you have chosen e.g. a picture or video recording. By sticking the tags on an object of your choice, you can…
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Create a classroom banner using Microsoft Publisher
‘Banner’ is a popular piece of software that can be found in the Applications folder on Windows XP computers in primary schools. All new computers are now operating on Windows 7 and the ‘Banner’ software is not compatible. There is no money available to buy purpose specific software but there is a solution to this…at…
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New maths tool available…..
Microsoft Mathematics provides a graphing calculator that plots in 2D and 3D, step-by-step equation solving, and useful tools to help students with maths and science studies. It provides a set of mathematical tools that help pupils get school work done quickly and easily. Microsoft Mathematics is designed to work just like a handheld calculator., students…
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Free “Directory of Open Access Journals” has over 5000 journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/) offers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects. At a time of increasing pressure on school budgets, it’s good to hear that the directory has now reached the milestone of 5000 journals in all subjects and languages. Some possible uses in…