3. Index
• About & Comment • CardCloud
• General Contact Details • Cloud Computing - 284 Resources
• RSC-Northwest Contact Details • Delivr
• Disclaimer • Dimensions: How big really?
• News & Events • Dimensions: How many really?
• Microsoft Webcasts Nov/Dec • DisaPainted
• Resources & Archives • Documentary.Net
• Find, Try, Evaluate & Share (FiTES) • dotEPUB
FINDS... • Google Across the Curriculum
• 7 Things You Should Know About... • Google Green
• 10 Online HTML5 Tools For Web • Google Maps Colorizr
Designers
• HelpKidzLearn
• Action Tracker
• Jottify
• Astronomy
• JustBeamIt
• BioDigital Humans
• Know IT All for Trainee Teachers
• Bloomin’ Android
• Learning Score
• BPES: BP Educational Service
• LiveMinutes
• Brain Tour
Continued...

4. Index continued...
FINDS... • SpeakIt! - Chrome Web Store
• Lyrics Plugin • Switch / Touch Screen Videos
• Map of The World - Shaded Relief • Symbol Resources
• Marker.to • Tar Heel Reader
• Mathematics in Movies • TES: Teaching Resources
• Primary School History • Test Your Vocab
Encyclopedia • The Why Files
• Print Edit • Twig Science
• Qibla Locator • VizLingo
• QuickScreenShare • YiipApp
• Science Podcast • YouTube by Click
• Socrative
Back...

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Practitioners, that are supported by the
RSC here in the Northwest.
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Index

6. General Contact Details
• Support Desk... Address & Telephone/Fax
Duty Adviser Numbers...
Tel: 01524 510067 • Joint Information Systems
Email via QR Code or URL below... Committee (JISC) Advance
Regional Support Centre -
Northwest
Lancaster University
Bailrigg House
Lancaster University Campus
Lancaster LA1 4YE
Tel: 01524 510067
Fax: 01524 593 798
Web Address (URL)...
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk
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7. RSC-Northwest Contact Details
• Manager: Andrew Quarmby
Tel: 01524 510071
aq@rsc-northwest.ac.uk Colin Gallacher (Work Based Learning)
Tel: 01524 510058
• Events Co-ordinator & cg@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Administration... Hilary Thomas (Higher Education)
Tel: 01524 510059
Sandra Harris ht@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Tel: 01524 510067 John Dalziel (Adult & Community Learning /
Fax:0152 459 3798 Personal & Community Development
sh@rsc-northwest.ac.uk Learning/OLASS & Sustainability/Green)
Tel: 01524 510057
• Administration jd@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Christine Hulme Judy Bloxham (Further Education/6th
Tel: 01524 510066 Form Colleges)
Fax:0152 459 3798 Tel: 01524 510061
admin@rsc-northwest.ac.uk jb@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Keith Wilson (Technical)
• eLearning Advisers... Tel: 01524 510065
kwil@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Anita Holt (Further Education/6th Form
Kevin Hickey (Specialist Colleges &
Colleges) Accessibility)
Tel: 01524 510062 Tel: 01524 510064
ah@rsc-northwest.ac.uk kh@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
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9. News & Events
• Access Event
information on the RSC
Website (use the QR
Code or URL below )
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/news
• Access Latest News on
the RSC Website (use
the QR Code or URL
above )
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/events/simplelist
Index

10. Keith Wilson
Technical Adviser
kwil@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
• Migrate your virtualisation solution from VMware • Manage your IT Infrastructure from the Cloud with
to Hyper-V and save money - Tuesday November Windows Intune - Tuesday December 13th, 11am-
8th, 11am-12pm 12pm
• With Microsoft now being considered a • Windows Intune is a comprehensive cloud based PC
virtualisation leader (Gartner 2011) isn't it time management and security solution that enables you
you considered switching to Hyper-V and saving to manage your schools remotely with no on-
your organisation money? Carmel College have premise servers. In addition to remote
done just that, and will discuss the rationale behind control, policy management, malware protection
their migration from VSphere and the benefits they and software updates the latest release now
have realised. We will explore the Microsoft Hyper- includes application deployment. Join this webcast
V Private Cloud Solution and you will be able to get to get an overview of the latest release and see a
answers to all your burning questions. demo of the solution.
• https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/microsoft1/Regist • https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/microsoft1/Regist
ration.aspx?pageName=w2c6chkf2rqpf1gg ration.aspx?pageName=sxn5n916nkhht961
• Microsoft Lync - Transforming Communications
and Collaboration in Education and reducing cost -
Tuesday November 29th, 11am-12pm
• Microsoft Lync can transform the communications
within your education institution and remove huge
cost. Attend this Microsoft webcast presented with
Stratford College as they discuss their Lync project.
We will hear how Stratford went through from
initial business case through planning and
implementation to benefits realisation.
• https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/microsoft1/Regist
ration.aspx?pageName=96mr1134brklnppf
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11. 7 Things You Should Know About...
• 7 Things You Should Know • Find out more by using the
About... pieces provide QR code or the URL below...
quick, no-jargon overviews http://alturl.com/49prf
of emerging technologies
and related practices that
have demonstrated or may
demonstrate positive
learning impacts.
• Any time you need to
explain a new learning
technology or practice
quickly and clearly, look for
a 7 Things You Should Know
About... brief from ELI.
Index

12. 10 Online HTML5 Tools For Web
Designers | Tools
• HTML5, the new language for • Find out more by using the
presenting content on the QR code or the URL below...
Internet, http://alturl.com/j2wz6
• ...brings new features making
it easy to incorporate video,
audio, fonts, drag & drop, web
graphics & animations into
web pages.
• ...is backwards compatible as
well so don’t worry about your
old designs in HTML 4 or
XHML1 they will all work just
the same!
• ...has the potential to replace
flash.
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13. Action Tracker
• All over the world there are workplaces • Find out more by using the
& learning environments with all kinds of QR code or the URL below...
behaviour charts on display. Some for http://bit.ly/niUyNX
academic behaviours, others are for
personal conduct.
• We Are What We Do's Action Tracker...
– offers a behaviour tracker of a slightly
different nature;
– is a list of simple actions that anyone can
do to make the world a better place;
– offers suggestions for improving the
environment, making someone else's day
better, or improving personal health.
• Users can check in on the Action Tracker
to mark their behaviours.
• We Are What We Do also offers a
"classroom section" that includes many
resources for implementing the Action
Tracker in learning environments; it
includes videos, downloadable charts, and
worksheets for learning environment use.
Index

14. Astronomy
• McGraw-Hill have • Find out more by using the
QR code or the URL below...
produced some
excellent animations http://alturl.com/rwc99
and interactives on
the subject of Space
and Earth/Moon;
• Ideal for use on an
interactive white
board;
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15. BioDigital Human
Explore the Body in 3D! • Find out more by using the
• BioDigital Human allows users QR code or the URL below...
to... http://www.biodigitalhuman.com
– choose between a male and a
female body;
– decide which organ systems they
wish to make visible and
– pan and zoom around the entire
body.
• For teaching about the human
body it’s fantastic, especially as
Google is apparently going to
retire their Google Body Browser.
• Works best in Google Chrome
but, I followed the instructions in
Mozilla Firefox and It also worked
well!
Note: Takes a little time to load.
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16. Bloomin’ Android
• I personally don't have an Android • Find out more by using the
but these links to Android QR code or the URL below...
applications, that target the various
levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, http://alturl.com/53x4y
is well worth a closer look by those of
you who do.
• Only free apps, that are "content-
neutral" are included; this makes
them usable across the curriculum.
• Each app image is clickable, and users
are taken to the Android Market to
learn more about each one.
• While trying it out, why not
recommend apps you use that meet
the same criteria; the results will be
public so Android users can all
benefit from each other's expertise.

17. BPES: BP Educational Service
• Bring real-world science into • Find out more by using the
your classroom! QR code or the URL below...
• The BP Educational Service http://alturl.com/iymvp
(BPES) provides free
curriculum-linked teaching
resources for primary and
secondary schools and
colleges.
• A useful resource, that’s well
worth a look if you are looking
for resources to teach
chemistry or How Science
Works.
• Registration with the BP site is
needed to access the
resources, but registration is
free.
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18. Brain Tour
Looking for an interactive tour of • Find out more by using the
the human brain, our most complex QR code or the URL below...
organ? http://alturl.com/h22dn
• Take a look at this Alzheimer’s
Research UK resource; from
movement to memory, find out
what different parts of the brain
do, and how they can be affected
by dementia.
• Alzheimer’s Research UK
scientists learn more about the
brain and dementia every day
and the Brain Tour showcases
their progress.
• Raise Learner awareness by
looking at causes, diagnosis and
treatment, that are helping us
defeat dementia.
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19. Cardcloud - Your online business card
• CardCloud an online • Find out more by using the
business card application QR code or the URL below...
designed for sharing your http://alturl.com/5fc86
card and collecting contact
details for your contacts.
• Allows users to list social
networking sites as well as
websites and other contact
details. Also available as an
app for mobile phones, so
users can share and collect
contact information while at
conferences etc., and
otherwise on the go.
Index

20. Cloud Computing - 284 Resources
• From 101 overviews to the • Find out more by using the
latest advice on QR code or the URL below...
contracting, this resource http://alturl.com/km22n
page, from
Educause, makes it easy to
find what you need to
know about Cloud
Computing at your college
or university etc.
• Where Learning Providers
are in the cycle of decision-
making and implementation
varies widely.
• Use this overview as an
entry into a wide range of
resources and information
on what others are doing. Index

21. delivr
• Create QR Codes with delivr a QR • Find out more by using the QR
Code Generator that provides code or the URL below...
tracking with the free http://delivr.com/
registration.
• QR Codes are a version of 2D
barcode that can be scanned
using Smartphones and a QR
Code Reader.
• QR Codes once scanned can...
– launch URLs,
– launch mobile pages,
– initiate phone calls,
– intitiate downloads, and more.
Note: If you need a QR Code Reader
for your Smartphone visit your
device's app store and search for "QR
Code". Thanks to Craig Taylor for the
Heads-up on this.

22. Dimensions: How big really?
• “How big really?” is all about getting a • Find out more by using the QR code or
better understanding for the scale of the URL below...
different historical events and locations http://howbigreally.com/
compared to a users own experience • Take a look at the second tool on the
e.g. size of street, village/town, county, next page...
country etc.
"How far would the Titanic
stretch down your street?"
• How big really? provides a range of
categories to explore including: The
War on Terror - Space - Depths -
Ancient Worlds - Environmental
Disasters - Festivals and Spectacles -
WW2 – Battle of Britain - The
Industrial Age - Cities in History;
• These two Dimensions tools, part of
an experimental project from the
BBC, provide excellent tools for both
history courses and maths to help
learners get a better appreciation of
different sizes.
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23. Dimensions: How many really?
• How Many Really? compares the • The events fall into the
number of people involved in key following categories:
historical events or situations to the • Battles – Civilisations - Current
people you know through Facebook Affairs – Disasters – Diseases –
or Twitter or other size groups. Entertainment - Modern Society –
• It is part of Dimensions, an Religion – Slavery - War
experimental project from the • Find out more by using the QR code
BBC, that allows users to compare
the scale of different types of events
with something that we can all
recognise.
• “How many really?”...
– - is all about the numbers of people that
were involved in a whole range of
different events throughout history.
– - allows users to add in their own
numbers and they are then shown a
visual comparison with the number of
people involved in the event that they
have chosen. or the URL below...
http://howmanyreally.com/
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24. DisaPainted
• A fun way to create animations • Find out more by using the QR
on a computer. code or the URL below...
• DisaPainted is a free to use web http://disapainted.com
service that lets users create
HTML5 animations and share
them online.
• Signing up for an account involves
drawing your own avatar which
helps familiarize yourself with
DisaPainted’s basic drawing tools.
• A large collection of colours are
offered.
• Animations are published when
you choose to do so and a link is
provided which can be shared
with others.
Note: to use the DisaPainted site
your browser should be Chrome,
Firefox, or any other modern
browser that supports HTML5.

25. Documentary.Net
• Video documentaries are a • Find out more by using the
wonderfully informative QR code or the URL below...
way for learners to find out http://documentary.net/
about topics they are
unfamiliar with.
• Documentary.Net offers
free, legal documentaries
that are relevant to current
global topics.
• "Watch. Discuss.
Learn.Explore the world on
documentary.net - Free
streaming of curated
documentaries..."

26. dotEPUB
• dotEPUB is software in the • Find out more by using the
cloud that allows users to QR code or the URL below...
convert any webpage into http://dotepub.com/
an eBook.
• For content consumers
(readers), dotEPUB has
developed a bookmarklet
for Google Chrome, Mozilla
Firefox, Safari or Opera.
• I've tried it in conjunction
with the Firefox ePub add-
on and I am impressed.
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27. Google Across the Curriculum
• Here Richard Byrne shares • Find out more by using the
links to how-to's and QR code or the URL below...
activities for introducing http://alturl.com/2vemi
yourself and others to a
variety of Google's great
products.
• Visitors are free to use the
activities and slides with
their colleagues and
students.
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28. Google Green
• Google claim that they have • Find out more by using the
worked hard to minimize the QR code or the URL below...
environmental impact of their http://www.google.com/green/
services...
– ..."to provide you with Google
products for a month, our servers
use less energy per user than
leaving a light on for 3 hours."
• Learn more about this through
colourful statistics and Google's
offsetting schemes.
• Includes...
– data centres;
– renewable energy; etc.
• An ideal resource for
ICT, Environmental
Science, Ecology and many other
areas of Teaching & Learning.
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29. Google Maps Colorizr
• Google Maps is very useful • Find out more by using the
as it can be embedded on a QR code or the URL below...
website easily. http://alturl.com/49j65
• But while these maps offer
different types of views,
they do not offer any colour
customizations.
• For Practitioners who
would like to replace the
default colours on the map,
check out this web service
called Google Maps
Colorizr.
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30. HelpKidzLearn
• HelpKidzLearn is a web site full • Find out more by using the
of FREE games for young children QR code or the URL below...
and those with learning www.helpkidzlearn.com
difficulties.
• Speaking and listening is very
important for young children's
educational development,
particularly reading and writing.
• The software is split into five
sections:
– Early Years
– Games and Quizzes
– Stories and Songs
– Creative Play
– Find Out About
• Family Learning practitioners can
encourage parents/guardians etc.
to use them as a focus for
chatting.
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31. Jottify
• An online community • Find out more by using the
allowing users to QR code or the URL below...
share, discuss and sell http://www.jottify.com/
anything they have written.
• The Jottify website comprises
of innovative tools for
creating, organising and
sharing literary works with the
web-engaged world.
• Jottify allows writers, and/or
learners on Writing courses, to
categorise their works into
chapters/scenes/sections
and, incorporating open-
source projects, it is a word
processor tailored for
writers, accessible from
anywhere in the world.
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32. Just Beamit
• Send files that are too big for • Find out more by using the
email using JustBeamIt; QR code or the URL below...
• drag and drop the file - send http://justbeamit.com/
them, by email or IM, the
download link - it’s that easy.
• The file is automatically
transfered from your
computer to theirs.
• There's no limit to the file size
as JustBeamIt simply
negotiates the connection
between you and the recipient
and doesn’t host the file.
• JustBeamIt is a free service
and requires no registration.
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33. Know IT All for Trainee Teachers
• Student teachers need to start • Note: Qualified teachers (and
taking a teachers approach to parents too) should also take a
social networking from the look at some of the resources on
moment they set foot in a this site. There’s some useful stuff
learning environment. there.
• That means... • Find out more by using the
– locking down their Facebook QR code or the URL below...
account, especially all those http://alturl.com/zhodd
student photographs;
– being aware of who they can and
can’t add as friends;
– being aware of what they’re saying
on sites such as Twitter and how
those comments can be construed.
• Comments can be found by
learners, employers, teaching
colleagues and, in schools
parents.
• This provides a good guide to
social networking for trainee
teachers and NQT’s.
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34. Learning Score
• Download Learning Score with a free • Find out more by using the
lifetime licence for a limited time QR code or the URL below...
only. http://www.learningscore.com/
• Learning Score is a delivery and CPD
tool for teachers, trainers and
assessors.
• By downloading this trial users have
to agree to receive emails from Tribal
relating to the Learning Score.
• After submitting personal details, a
validation number will be sent to the
email address provided. The
validation number is required to
complete the download.
Note: this is a full licence for Learning
Score, valid for 12 months. If users wish
to continue using Learning Score after Thanks to Asset Training for
this date, they have to contact Tribal to bringing this to my
renew the licence for free!
attention – Thanks Derek
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35. LiveMinutes
• LiveMinutes is a free web • Find out more by using the
conferencing service that lets QR code or the URL below...
users share and annotate http://liveminutes.com
documents with team
members, learners, stakeholders,
etc.
• What's special about LiveMinutes
is that it's user-oriented in a way
previous web conferencing tools
never have been.
• Also, after every meeting (when
users sign up), an HTML5 report is
automatically generated with the
meeting minutes so you can keep
trace of what was said and
done, hence the name.
• LiveMinutes - Share Documents
Live. Get Minutes Worth Keeping
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36. Lyrics Plugin
• Lyrics Plugin is a piece of • Find out more by using the
software tailored for music QR code or the URL below...
fans. To put it simply - it is an http://www.lyricsplugin.com/
add-on to view lyrics in...
– Windows Media Player,
– Winamp or
– iTunes.
• No more searching for lyrics.
Just start listening to your
favourite songs and lyrics will
be displayed automatically.
Note: if lyrics is not found, users
can add them.
Index

37. Map of The World - Shaded Relief
• Interactive shaded relief map of • Find out more by using the
the world. QR code or the URL below...
• Relief are interactive maps built http://www.shaded-relief.com/
on top of Google Maps.
• Shaded Relief...
– features shaded relief maps;
– offers the ability to quickly
measure elevation, distance, and
area in a variety of units.
• Shaded Relief is a big step up
from standard Google Maps but
not as feature laden as Google
Earth; if practitioners/learners
cannot use Google Earth in their
learning environments, Shaded
Relief could be a great
alternative.
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38. Marker.to
• A simple annotation tool. • Find out more by using the
• Use a marker pen for webpages! QR code or the URL below...
After installation of the browser http://marker.to/
extension or bookmarklet users
can run Marker simply by clicking
on the icon and highlight text on
a website with their mouse.
• Annotating helps point out
important information in long
articles.
• Marker.to creates a special link
for the highlighted version of the
page which can be shared via
Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, IM etc.
• Anyone can view highlighted page
with any browser! No
bookmarklet or browser
extension is necessary for
viewing.
Index

39. Mathematics in Movies
• Harvard mathematics • Find out more by using the
professor, Oliver Knill, has developed QR code or the URL below...
this website called Mathematics in
Movies that shows movie-clips that http://alturl.com/ujma7
include math discussions.
• Next to each of the movie-clips, is a
description and the choice to either
stream the clip in Flash format or
download it as a Quicktime file with
the M4V format.
• The M4V format will help any iOS
device owners browsing the site with
their device looking for these math-
involving movie clips.
NOTE:
1:If users find a clip interesting, they can
click on the movie title to be taken to its
Internet Movie Database page (IMDb) for
more information.
2: There are no restrictions on the movie
or scene type or the type of mathematics
being discussed.

40. Primary School History Encyclopedia
• Simon Haughton's Primary • Find out more by using the
School History Encyclopedia is QR code or the URL below...
perfect for family Learning http://alturl.com/faxok
Practitioners, Initial Teacher
Training (ITT), etc., giving
them a place to research
different historical periods.
• Users of this resource can be
confident that the information
here is appropriate for young
learners to use independently.
• Each period includes...
– easy-to-read text;
– photos/illustrations;about
– a number of related topics.
Index

41. Print Edit
• One of the most annoying • Find out more by using
things about website the QR code or the URL
printing is the stuff that below...
comes with it – the http://alturl.com/oxt9m
adverts, sidebars,
banners, and even blank
pages.
• Print Edit, a Firefox add-
in, allows users to cut all
of that stuff out to
conserve printer ink.
• After all, all most of us
really need is the text.

42. Qibla Locator
• Muslims pray five times a • Find out more by using the
QR code or the URL below...
day, each time facing the http://www.qiblalocator.com/
holy place of worship in
Mecca. This direction is
called the Qibla and there
are various ways to
determine it.
• This web service called
“Qibla Locator” makes
finding the Qibla direction
easier.
Index

43. Quick Screen Share
...a Dead Simple Web-Based Screen • It can save lots of
Sharing Tool time, travel, money and much
• From the creators of Screencast- more...
O-Matic, who I have mentioned • Find out more by using the
before,... QR code or the URL below...
– No registration required and http://quickscreenshare.com/
completely free.
– Nothing to install for sharer or
sharee (assuming you have Java).
– Works on Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
– Even lets you remotely control
mouse and keyboard!
NOTE: The current version creates a
direct peer-to-peer connection, so if
you're on a super secure learning
provider or company network it
may, or may not, be able to Visit http://alturl.com/6mu4h to
connect, but in most cases users will see a video overview.
find it works quite well so give it a
shot! Index

44. Science Podcast
• Free Science Podcasts from • Find out more by using the
Scientific American QR code or the URL below...
• Scientific American is found http://alturl.com/7zb4g
in most learning provider
libraries. Scientific
American's 60 Second
podcasts could be an
educational, interesting, an
d engaging way to start
some classes.
• Offering learners quick
podcasts from a variety of
topics increases the chances
that they may hear
something that they want
to explore further.
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45. Socrative
• Socrative is a smart learner response • Find out more by using the
system that empowers practitioners to
engage their learners through a series
QR code or the URL below...
of educational exercises and games via http://www.socrative.com/
smartphones, laptops, tablets, etc.
• Practitioners are enabled to correct and
grade everything instantly and to
provide their learners with timely
feedback.
• Socrative apps can be set up in minutes,
and they load in seconds.
• The responses of learners to multiple
choice, true/false and short answer
questions are represented visually, and
as far as pre-planned activities go,
practitioners can view reports online as
a Google spreadsheet, or as an Excel file
that's sent via e-mail.
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46. SpeakIt! - Chrome Web Store
• Speak It, not a perfect text to • The voice is very digitized, but
speech app, but it is adequate it is clear.
for having webpages read to • Find out more by using the
learners and it's FREE. QR code or the URL below...
• For learners that need to hear http://alturl.com/kkn4p
a word pronounced or needs
a sentence read to him or her
for clarification, Speak It
could be a handy extension to
have installed in Google
Chrome.
• Speak It, a Google Chrome
extension, enables the text on
most webpages to be read to
users.
• Highlight the text - right-click
to activate Speak It - click the
play button.
Index

47. Switch / Touch Screen Videos
• Priory Woods School & Arts • Find out more by using the
College provide downloads QR code or the URL below...
of a wide variety of material http://alturl.com/oekxr
including...
• worksheets,
• curriculum documents,
• lesson plans and
• simple programs,
... which other learning
providers are free to adapt
and use in their
school, college or other
learning environments.
• This links to switch activated
videos that are available to
watch on line or download.
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48. Symbol Resources
• Symbol Resources is a website • Find out more by using the
dedicated to helping learning QR code or the URL below...
providers, practitioners, parents, http://alturl.com/pkofb
speech and language therapists
and anyone else interested in
using and creating symbol based
materials to support the
language and learning
development of children, young
people and adults with Special
Educational Needs.
• Visit Symbol Resources for:
– Free resources supporting monthly
themes, living and learning
– Information about symbols and
good symbol practice
– Free guides on how to make the
most of your symbol software
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49. Tar Heel Reader
• Tar Heel Reader is a collection of • Find out more by using the
free, easy-to-read, and QR code or the URL below...
accessible books on a wide range http://tarheelreader.org/
of topics.
• They can be...
– downloaded as slide shows in
PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash
format.
– speech enabled and accessed using
multiple interfaces, including touch
screens, the IntelliKeys with
custom overlays, and 1 to 3
switches.
• Note: Some books may be
inappropriate for your learners;
don’t use them; learn about the
Favourites page to present
learners with reading choices that
you approve.
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50. TES: Teaching Resources
• Over 97,323 free teaching • Find out more by using
resources to use in your the QR code or the URL
classroom and school below...
today http://alturl.com/4o26b
• Update: Thanks to Rowan
Chernin for pointing out
the change in logo and...
URL To the Asdan-
Employability resource
http://alturl.com/ug3sx

51. Test Your Vocab
• How many words do you • Find out more by using the
QR code or the URL below...
know? http://www.testyourvocab.com/
• Apparently, most people use
less than 2,000 words in their
daily language.
• If you are not sure how many
words you use or know in
total, now you can estimate the
size of your own vocabulary
thanks to a service called Test
Your Vocab.
• Note: Test Your Vocab uses
statistical modelling to predict a
person’s vocabulary size.
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52. The Why Files
• The Why Files is a resource • Find out more by using the
designed for learners to find QR code or the URL below...
out about the science behind http://whyfiles.org/
the stories in the news.
• The Why Files only covers
stories that have clear
connections to science
concepts.
• Most of the material on The
Why Files is geared toward
younger learners.
• The teachers' section of The
Why Files offers pdf guides
and quizzes and could also
provide excellent resources for
learners to explore
independently or
collaboratively. Index

53. Twig Science | Free Films
• Outstanding science films for the • Find out more by using the
classroom and the curriculum- all QR code or the URL below...
for free. http://alturl.com/ar4ty
• Access a selection of free movies
here on the Twig website.
• The Twig website provides over
500 3-minute films for Science
but it’s a subscription service, so
learning providers will have to
pay annually for access to the
other resources.
• Take a look and see what you
think.
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54. VizLingo
Simply put... • Find out more by using the QR
• VizLingo is a messaging tool that code or the URL below...
translates your words into video. http://www.vizlingo.com/
• It’s easy! Just type, see and send.
• Type any message into VizLingo
to see each word of that message
illustrated by a 1-2 second video
clip.
• Send your messages anywhere -
directly to
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, mobi
le phones and email addresses.
For use across the web, copy a
link or download your message.
• As simple as sending a text or
tweet, VizLingo is transforming
the messaging experience.

55. YiipApp
• Yiip, bridges the gap between voiced • Find out more by using the
messages as we have always known QR code or the URL below...
them and micro-text-messages as in http://yiipapp.com/
Twitter.
• Twitters influence is felt in the way
Yiip limits the length of what's being
shared (an aduio clip, in this case);
the audio-clip can be also be
cosmetically-enhanced.
• Users of Yiip can...
– add sound effects to their messages.
– add photos to anything that they're
sharing via Yiip.
• Yiip has the potential to be true
community, with users creating
profiles and following each other.
Users can have their own personal
newsfeeds, and create private groups
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56. YouTube by Click
• Many practitioners may want to use • Find out more by using the
video clips, in their teaching, but may QR code or the URL below...
not be able to access them in their http://www.youtubebyclick.com/
learning environments - for many
reasons.
• YouTube by Click installs a toolbar, in
a browser, which can be used to
search and download videos hosted
on YouTube in mp3 and mp4 format.
• This allows practitioners to use the
clips where YouTube access is
unavailable.
• To search YouTube, users just select
YouTube search from the drop-down
menu positioned next to the search
bar and find the video they want to
download.
• YouTube by Click...
– is Free,
– allows users to search the web using
YouTube by Click toolbar and
– allows users to download YouTube
videos in mp3 and mp4 format.
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57. Resources and Archives
• aclJohns Website & • Scoop.It – Technologies
http://www.scoop.it/t/technologies/
Blog Portal
http://www.acljohn.com/ • ShoutOmatic
• Dipity Timeline http://shoutomatic.com/acljohn
http://www.dipity.com/acljohn/ • Spreaker Radio Station
• Only2clicks http://bit.ly/ppcIHX http://bit.ly/nSLYjE
• Pearltrees http://pear.ly/Hhwv • The ACLjohn Daily
http://paper.li/ACLjohn
• RSC-NW TV Channel
http://www.livestream.com/locus • YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/acljohn
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58. Find Try Evaluate and Share (FiTES)
• You are the experts in your
field of
work, management, administr
ation, practitioners etc., and
you know what works for you!
• By sharing not only will you
raise the awareness of your
colleagues but you should also
benefit from their Share your resources by
submissions. completing the form available
• By doing this, you will all be at http://bit.ly/o6yiwl or
supporting & stimulating • Use your
innovation in iPhone, Android, iPad, etc.
learning, teaching and with the QR code above...
administration.
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