• 10 useful free services for UK Primary School ICT Co-ordinators

    Date: 2011.01.23 | Category: ICT, primary, Primary School, Primary School ICT

    3K4T81 10 useful free services for UK Primary School ICT Co ordinators

    In 2010 I worked on a bucket load of free projects that should be useful for ICT leaders in Primary Schools. Here they are..

    1. Important Dates – A simple way to find out any important events coming up in the UK.

    2. Satpin – Satpin is a simple way to share links with KS1 children. That is all. No fuss, no hype.

    3. Primary School TV – The easy way to find and watch TV / video clips in your classroom. Primary School TV has over 1 million videos specifically filtered from youtube, bbc iplayer, bbc learningzone, howthingsworks and more!

    4. ICT Freebies Mailing list – Join 4000+ other ICT co-ordinators and get your weekly free ICT service here!

    5. Primary Games Arena – The easiest way to find a suitable Game to support your pupils learning.

    6. Primary School Blog Feed – Looking for inspiration for how to get started blogging? Just steal/borrow ideas from other schools. Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone icon smile 10 useful free services for UK Primary School ICT Co ordinators If you want to get started blogging you might want to check out PrimaryBlogger

    7. My School Holidays – Looking for your school holiday dates and want an easy way to share them?

    8. Searchypants – Looking for a way to increase your e-Safety whilst promoting the image of your school and easily sharing links to websites?

    9. Safe Search – Safe Search engine for Primary school relevant Video, Games, Websites and Images used by 8000 schools worldwide.

    10. Classdroid – The easiest way to record pupil assessment, this app is for Android devices and is currently in its infancy.

    11. ICT Leaders blogs. Okay so I went over 10. Whoops. Ever wondered what other Primary School ICT leaders are up to? This is a collection of all of the known ICT leaders blogs.

    12. Yipes.. I forgot another great one.. This list of great free web2 alternatives for primary schools should help you find a web based free alternative to applications such as Microsoft Word and other germs.

    That’s all folks.. Enjoy!