This document provides a summary of various educational tools and resources. It includes brief descriptions of tools such as artPad for drawing, CamScanner for document scanning, the David Rumsey Map Collection of historical maps, and ItsAlmo.st for countdown timers. Contact details are also provided for the Regional Support Centre-Northwest and its eLearning advisors. A disclaimer notes that the pictures and news shown are the property of their respective owners.

3. Index
• About & Comment • Duelity
• General Contact Details • EdComs Teachers
• RSC-Northwest Contact Details • Flyabit
• Disclaimer • Free Clipboard Manager
• News & Events • HiperURL
• Other Curated Items • Hydro to Home
• Microsoft Webcasts Dec/Jan • ItsAlmo.st
• Microsoft Webcasts Jan continued • IXL
• Resources & Archives • Just-the-Word
• Find, Try, Evaluate & Share (FiTES) • Keeping Healthy
FINDS... • Little Guide to...
• artPad • Math Chimp
• BE.Macmillan Work and Cancer Toolkit • Math Open Reference
• Black-Text • Math Quiz
• CamScanner • Museum of obsolete Objects
• David Rumsey Map Collection Continued...

4. Index continued...
FINDS... • TESiboard
• ParentPort • The Scale of the Universe
• Periodic Table of QR codes • The Travel Film Archive
• Phonetic Alphabet • Twtebook
• Phonetizer • Type.it
• QRHacker
• Virtual Training Suite
• Quipol
• Readcube
• Reading Bear
• Royal Society Publishing
• SeeMath
• Sesame Street
• Siteopsys
• Sketchpad
• StatPlanet
• Story Wheel
• TagMyDoc Back...

5. About & Comment
If you have any comments and/or • The Regional Support Centre
contributions to make, please send eMagazine provides news of
them...
funding, current projects, initiatives and
• ...using the
Online examples of good practice in eLearning,
and offers ideas and support for the HE,
Comment/Feedback Form FE, ACL, WBL, 6th Form, OLASS and
using the QR code or link below Specialist College Managers &
Practitioners, that are supported by the
RSC here in the Northwest.
Note: - Although every care has been taken in
the preparation of this eMagazine, no
warranty is given by the author or the
Regional Support Centre-Northwest as to
the accuracy or completeness of the
information contained within it and
neither the authors nor the RSC-
Northwest shall be responsible or
liable for any errors or omissions.
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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
support@rsc-northwest.ac.uk Continued on next page...
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7. RSC-NW: Contact Details
• Manager: Andrew Quarmby
Tel: 01524 510071 Colin Gallacher (Work Based Learning)
aq@rsc-northwest.ac.uk Tel: 01524 510058
• Events Co-ordinator & cg@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Hilary Thomas (Higher Education)
Administration... 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
Learning/OLASS & Sustainability/Green)
sh@rsc-northwest.ac.uk Tel: 01524 510057
• Administration jd@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Christine Hulme
Judy Bloxham (Further Education/6th
Form Colleges)
Tel: 01524 510066 Tel: 01524 510061
Fax:0152 459 3798 jb@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
admin@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
Mark Ayton
Anthony Beal Tel: 01524 510060
Tel: 01524 510071 ma@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
ah@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
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8. Disclaimer
• All the pictures and news
shown on this eMagazine
are the property of their
respective owners.
• We don't hold any • If any one has any
copyright about these objection to displaying of
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• These pictures have been may be brought to our
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public domain. immediately, after
verification of
support@rsc-northwest.ac.uk the claim.
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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
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10. Other Curated Items
• The content of this page is • Find out more by using the
currently curated by... QR code or the URL below...
– Anita Holt; http://alturl.com/d5dyf
– Colin Gallacher &
– John Dalziel
• Many curated items have
already been posted in
Facebook and as Twitter
Tweets during the Month
• Articles, images, video clips
have been added daily to...
– Raise awareness
– Provide food for thought
– Bring a smile to your face etc.
Index

11. Keith Wilson
Technical Adviser
kwil@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
• Manage your IT Infrastructure from • The Microsoft Education Desktop -
the Cloud with Windows Intune - Tuesday January 17th, 11am-12pm
Tuesday December 13th, 11am- • Join this webcast to understand what
12pm makes a modern education desktop
• Windows Intune is a comprehensive from Microsoft We will look at how
cloud based PC management and technologies such as Windows 7,
security solution that enables you to Office 2010 and the Microsoft
manage your schools remotely with Learning Suite can really enhance the
no on-premise servers. In addition to teaching and learning experience.
remote control, policy management, We also explain how you can remove
malware protection and software cost from the management of your IT
updates the latest release now infrastructure and improve security
includes application deployment. through technologies including
Join this webcast to get an overview MDOP 2011 (Microsoft Desktop
of the latest release and see a demo Optimisation Pack) and the CAL
of the solution. Suites.
• https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/mi • https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/mi
crosoft1/Registration.aspx?pageNam crosoft1/Registration.aspx?pageNam
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Continued...
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12. Keith Wilson
Technical Adviser
kwil@rsc-northwest.ac.uk
Continued from previous page...
• Free Software for Schools -
Introducing the Microsoft Learning
Suite Tuesday January 24th, 11am-
12:30pm
• Did you know that Microsoft have a
wide range of software and resources
that support teaching and learning?
Join this webcast for some fast paced
demos which should be both fun and
informative. The solution, December 13th January 17th
collectively known as the Microsoft
Learning Suite is also able to be
installed and deployed with ease. January 24th
Join this webcast to find out more.
• https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/mi
crosoft1/Registration.aspx?pageNam
e=wscdtf7z9wv17mnc
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13. artPad
• artPad is a blank slate
drawing utility. • Find out more by using the
QR code or the URL below...
• artPad... http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
– allows users to select
from a variety of
drawing tools and
painting tools.
– has a neat playback
feature that shows users
the steps taken in
creating their image(s).
– allows users to share
their drawings via email
or in a public gallery.
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14. BE.Macmillan
• BE.Macmillan has brought out a • Find out more by using the
new toolkit for employers to QR code or the URL below...
help them better support people http://alturl.com/uaovy
with cancer.
• The Work and Cancer Toolkit...
– features an employer's guide
produced in collaboration with the
Chartered Institute of Personnel
and Development.
– is designed to give employers...
• a better understanding of the
physical, emotional and financial
impact of a cancer diagnosis,
• practical guidance on how to manage
employees with cancer and -
information on how people with
cancer are protected by the Equality
Act.
– is free,
– can be ordered from
be.macmillan's website.
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15. BC Hydro - Energy in British Columbia
• Hydro to Home, an interactive • Find out more by using the
narrated story of hydro-electric QR code or the URL below...
power from raindrops to homes, http://wwe5.bchydro.com/grid/
with interactive images that
users can click on to learn even
more information about hydro-
electric power.
• Produced by British Columbia
(BC) Hydro Hydro to Home is a
good way for users to learn about
the process of getting electricity
from reservoirs to homes.
Note: Users will be asked for an
address in British Columbia. If you
don't have such an address type in a
number and select an address from
the an auto-generated list that will
appear.
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16. Black-Text
• There are many Fancy • Find out more by using the
image editors and QR code or the URL below...
converters on the Internet, http://alturl.com/dejpr
but that does not stop
people from making great
use of these tools.
• Black-Text is one such
application.
• The Black-Text tool takes
an image and allows users
to convert it into a
readable text-laden
photographs within
seconds.
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17. CamScanner
• CamScanner is an application, • Find out more by using the
available on Android, iPhone, QR code or the URL below...
Windows Mobile and Blackberry, http://alturl.com/h68gq
designed to make high quality
document scanning easy for
users using their smartphone.
• CamScanner is quite
sophisticated, it is easy to scan
multiple pages into one
document and/or to auto-crop an
image to exactly what a user
wants to keep/share/save.
• I've added the free version to my
work iPhone to test the ad-
supported, limited version; give it
a go and see what you think!
• I would think it is an ideal
application for WBL Assessors.
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18. David Rumsey Map Collection
Looking for historical maps • Find out more by using the
documenting places throughout QR code or the URL below...
the world? http://www.davidrumsey.com
• Well here is an excellent start,
the David Rumsey Map
Collection is a collection of
more than 28,000 maps that
can be searched by...
– - area,
– - time period, and/or
– - cartographer.
• As a bonus, the David Rumsey
Map Collection is also
available as a Google Earth
layer.
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19. Duelity
• Duelity is a split-screen • Find out more by using the
animation that tells both QR code or the URL below...
sides of the story of Earth’ s http://duelity.net/
origins in a “dizzying and
provocative journey”
through the history and
language that marks human
thought.
• Ideal resource for
“Thoughts & Beliefs”
Practitioners and Learners.
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20. EdComs Teachers' Website
• A new resource site for • Find out more by using the
practitioners. Launched initially QR code or the URL below...
with 40 free, high-quality http://www.edcomsteachers.com/
teaching resources, aimed at
primary & secondary learners
with the offer of more each
month.
• The aim?
– to bring together all the free
educational materials that EdComs
has created for various clients all
together in one place.
– to include online activities, resources
for interactive whiteboards plus
worksheets and games.
– to add new resources monthly,
• Free to register and any
practitioners registering before
December 15 will get the chance
to win a free place at the
Learning Without Frontiers 12
conference in London in January.
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21. Flyabit
• Want to give learners, who are • Find out more by using the
waiting for a class to start, QR code or the URL below...
something interesting to look at? http://www.flyabit.es/
Then this may be one for you.
• Flyabit is a content curation
platform that lets users have a
whole screen filled with images
and text related to any concept.
• Just...
– type in the word or words that
describe what is required on the
display;
– Flyabit.es locates the relevant
media, and produces the display
along with the freshest/newest
stories-images-video clips etc.
• The Flyabit website also provides
a list of the most searched words.
• Users can share any results that
they get and that look particularly
good with colleagues. Index

22. Free Clipboard Manager
• Free Clipboard Manager...
– is a simple clipboard managing utility
• Find out more by using the
for Windows. QR code or the URL below...
– automatically saves to the hard disk
every piece of text and image users http://alturl.com/s3ry6
copy to the clipboard.
– displays all copied data on a floating
window that remains visible on the
lower right hand corner of the screen.
• To paste an item that was copied
earlier...
– select it from this window and
– copy it back to the clipboard using the
right-click menu.
– the item is now ready to paste.
Note: Free Clipboard Manager...
– is configured not to save text smaller
than 20 characters in length, preventing
usernames and passwords, that may be
copied to the clipboard, from being
saved to the hard disk as TXT files.
– There is an option to override that
security measure if users wish to.
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23. HiperURL
• Open up to 5 tabs as a • Find out more by using the
single link. QR code or the URL below...
• HiperURL... http://hiperurl.com/
– is a useful tool for Social
Media 4 Education;
– allows users to share multiple
links (5max) on social media,
such as Twitter, where text is
limited.
• Practitioners can embed the
links within courses on
VLEs, grouping websites,
videos etc that are required
for particular elements
and/or for comparisons etc.
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24. ItsAlmo.st
• ItsAlmo.st – If learning • Find out more by using the
providers are looking for a QR code or the URL below...
neat countdown tool that http://itsalmo.st/
doesn’t lead them through
annoying options just to set
up a simple countdown
then ItsAlmo.st is the one
I'd go for.
• ItsAlmo.st is a simple and
elegant web based
countdown timer that lets
users create multiple
countdowns and also share
it with stakeholders.
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25. IXL
• IXL is a comprehensive maths • Practitioners can subscribe with a
practice site. single classroom license or they
• IXL provides unlimited questions can subscribe as part of a site
in more than 2,000 topics. An license, which includes multiple
adaptive learning system, practitioner accounts.
featuring games and awards, – Learners use their accounts to
inspiring learners to achieve. practice maths.
– Practitioners use their accounts to
• Anyone who visits IXL can monitor their learners.
complete up to 20 questions each
day and view local academic
objectives.
• But if users want the ability to
complete unlimited math
problems every day, and if
practitioners want IXL to save
student work so they can view
progress reports, they need to
join.
• Find out more by using the
• Educator subscriptions are QR code or the URL below...
designed for practitioners to use http://uk.ixl.com/
with their learners.
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26. Just The Word
• A collocation thesaurus concordancer that • As a Physics and Maths Practitioner,
produces word clouds! this is all a bit beyond me but I'm
• On the surface of it Just-the-Word looks just assured it is an excellent tool.
like any other online dictionary or thesaurus, • Find out more by using the
but start using it and you will soon find that it's QR code or the URL below...
much more. http://www.just-the-word.com/
– By the way Collocation is an arrangement
or juxtaposition of words or other
elements, especially those that commonly
co-occur, i.e. rancid butter, bosom buddy,
or dead serious and a concordancer is a
computer program that automatically
constructs a concordance.
– Of course a concordance is an alphabetical
list of the principal words used in a book
or body of work, with their immediate
contexts.
• Ideal for Language, ESOL, EFL,ESL, etc.
practitioners.
• And there is more - click on a small button that
says 'View in Wordle' and Just-the-Word will link
through automatically to Wordle and create a
word cloud of the most frequent collocations.
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27. Keeping Healthy
• Find educational ideas, • Find out more by using the
resources, videos and links, QR code or the URL below...
linked to the topics of the http://alturl.com/tnfj3
body, health and staying
healthy.
• The Keeping Healthy theme
has over 100 teaching
ideas, activities, display
resources, videos and
photos… all of which can be
used to support teaching
about healthy eating, the
human body and exercise.
• Ideal For Family Learning
Practitioners.
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28. Little Guide to...
• Little Guide to... • Find out more by using the
• Podcasting QR code or the URL below...
• Screencasting http://alturl.com/qzvhv
• Finding Digital Media
Resources
• Copyright
• Cloud Computing
• If you would like to suggest
a 'Little Guide' subject area,
or have a query, contact
Digital Media via their
Helpdesk Service or call
0117 331 4447
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29. Math Chimp
• A portal to maths games ideal for • Find out more by using the
Family Learning Practitioners. QR code or the URL below...
• Encourage parents, carers, guardians http://www.mathchimp.com
etc. to play any of the games which are
featured on Math Chimp, and have
their children start understanding
numbers and all the basic operations.
• Math Chimp...
– features many colourful titles to
encourage children to return a
second, a third, a fourth time, and
hone their maths skills without
them even knowing.
– brings together more than 100
different games.
• Want to know more about how games
and children connect? Yes, then give
the provided blog a look.
It has posts that will be interesting to
parents, teachers, family learning
practitioners etc., who want to learn
the best ways in which to bring
technology into the learning
environment. Index

30. Math Open Reference
• Math Open Reference is a great • Find out more by using the
supplement to mathematics textbooks QR code or the URL below...
and in particular for learners who need http://www.mathopenref.com
visual references.
• Math Open Reference...
– is a free online reference for
geometry practitioners and
learners.
– features animated and interactive
drawings to demonstrate geometry
terms and concepts.
• By clicking on any subject in the first
three categories users will find
definitions, examples, and interactive
drawings.
• In the function explorer category users
can select linear functions, quadratic
functions, or cubic functions to explore
how changes in variables affect the
graphed output. Index

31. Math Quiz
• Maths practitioners should take • Find out more by using the
a look at Math Quiz, an online QR code or the URL below...
bank of maths tests for learners. http://bit.ly/vq6ng6
• There are 4 levels of test...
• GCSE mathematics,
• A-Level mathematics,
• Foundation for University
mathematics and
• University level mathematics.
• The questions are multiple
choice, usually 10 questions per
test. Once the test is complete
the system gives instant feedback
to the user.
• Users need to register with the
site to get the full functionality.
• If users want to just check the site
out they can access some cut-
down quizzes without registering.
• Best in Firefox browsers rather
than Internet Explorer. Index

32. Museum of obsolete Objects
• Sadly, as our daily lives • Find out more by using the
become more and more digital QR code or the URL below...
some things fall by the way http://www.youtube.com/mooojvm
side as they are replaced by
newer, you would like to
think, "better" devices.
• The Museum of obsolete
Objects makes sure we don't
forget those fallen appliances,
tools and gadgets and enables
those of us old enough to
remember, to relive those
bygone times.
• Step inside to step back in
time!
• You don’t have to be that old
either 
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33. ParentPort (UK)
• ParentPort (UK) is an • Find out more by using the
information portal for QR code or the URL below...
complaints, helping http://www.parentport.org.uk
parents/guardians/carers to
report unsuitable material
they have seen...
– on TV;
– in magazines;
– online and elsewhere.
• Directing them to the
appropriate media regulators
and providing one-click links to
post complaints...
– on websites;
– by email.
• There is also basic
safeguarding advice available.
Index

34. Periodic Table of QR codes
• I like this as an excellent example • Find out more by using the
of using QR Codes; QR code or the URL below...
• Based in the School of Chemistry http://bit.ly/sPOUzc
at the University of Nottingham,
Periodic Videos make films about
chemistry and their successful
website,
http://www.periodicvideos.com/,
has been visited many millions of
times.
• Periodic Videos have covered
every element on the periodic
table - that's 118 films; shot and
edited by Brady Haran.
PS Periodic Videos are updating
existing clips and making other
chemistry films -
http://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos
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35. Phonetic Alphabet
• Phonetic Alphabet is a free to • Find out more by using the
use online tool that helps QR code or the URL below...
convert sentences into phonetic http://alturl.com/mzt2y
alphabets.
• No registration is required.
• Users just visit the website and
type in a sentence.
• Each word in the sentence is
broken down into phonetic
alphabets with each line
dedicated for a single word.
• The Phonetic Alphabet website
also provides instructions on how
to incorporate this tool into a
blog, VLE, website etc.
• An ideal resource for those
engaged with "Emergency Service
Training", Communications
courses, armed service(s) training
etc.
Index

36. Phonetizer
• Phonetizer is a really easy to • Find out more by using the
use tool users... QR code or the URL below...
– just cut and paste or type in the http://www.phonetizer.com/
text they want to use in the left
hand side,
– click on 'Transcribe' and...
...the text appears on the right
with the phonetic writing
underneath each line.
• Users can then cut and paste
to a document if they want to
save it.
• Phonetizer is a great tool to
add pronunciation support to
any reading text and help
learners to develop their
pronunciation as they read.
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37. QRHacker
• QRHacker allows users to... • Find out more by using the
– change the colours that are used, QR code or the URL below...
– add backgrounds, http://www.qrhacker.com
– include logos and
– pretty much any kind of image
users fancy.
• Something as simple as including
a logo as part of a code gives
everything a more professional
look.
• As with many QR Code
generators, there are 4 main
input options...
– Text
– URL
– Phone Number and
– VCard/Contact details
• Well worth a closer look
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38. Quipol
• Quipol is social polling. • Find out more by using the
• Quipol... QR code or the URL below...
– is a simple and elegant way to http://www.quipol.com/
unlock the opinions and
perspectives of an online
audience.
– makes it easy to create social
polls (called Quipols), share
them with your audience, and
monitor the results.
• Take a look at my first
Quipol at
http://www.quipol.com/PnSo0M38
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39. Readcube
• Readcube is a free, simple, • Find out more by using the
academic software and reference QR code or the URL below...
manager for researchers. http://www.readcube.com/
• Read Cube...
– helps researchers organize,
annotate and stay on top of new
research literature.
– is a application, for both Mac and
Windows, designed to help
learners organize their research.
– provides a place for learners to
save and annotate documents.
– facilitates Google Scholar and Pub
Med searches and learners can also
import PDFs that they find
elsewhere.
• Don't be put off by the the fact
that Read Cube is targeted at a
higher education audience; it has
potential to be used for research
at many levels.
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40. Reading Bear
• Reading Bear, a project of • Find out more by using the
WatchKnowLearn.org, is a free QR code or the URL below...
program online to teach http://www.readingbear.org
beginning readers vocabulary
and concepts while
systematically introducing all the
main phonetic patterns of
written English, all using
innovative rich media.
How does it work?
• In each presentation—playable
either as a video or as an
interactive slide show— one or a
few related phonics rules are
introduced.
• Reading Bear and
WatchKnowLearn are free, ad-
free, non-profit projects of the
Community Foundation of
Northwest Mississippi.
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41. Royal Society Publishing
• Royal Society Publishing have • Find out more by using the
made their journal archives QR code or the URL below...
available online for the world http://alturl.com/rngeg
to search and read.
• Published papers, more than
70 years old, can be viewed for
free and in their entirety. This
makes 60,000 historical
scientific papers available,
including papers written by
Benjamin Franklin, Isaac
Newton etc.
• A valuable resource for
practitioners and learners
alike especially those
researching the history of
scientific topics.
Index

42. SeeMath
• Clear explanations in professional- • Find out more by using the
quality animations perfect for the QR code or the URL below...
interactive whiteboard or data http://www.seemath.com/
projector. Number topics include...
– decimals,
– fractions,
– base ten blocks,
– ratios.
• Algebra topics include:
– equations,
– simplification.
• Functional/Key Skills Practitioners
might like to take a look at
SeeMath.com, a free website with
simple Flash animations of various
maths concepts, designed by maths
teacher Tal Greengard.
• SeeMath has a range of different
animations, with new animations
being added regularly. These
animations are useful as an
alternative way of demonstrating
some maths concepts. Index

43. Sesame Street
• Play games and watch videos
to engage children with fun • Find out more by using the
educational activities... QR code or the URL below...
– play together, http://www.sesamestreet.org/
– grow together.
home
• Iconic videos, educational tips,
fun activities and behind-the-
scenes moments just for
family learning practitioners
and the parents, guardians,
carers and youngsters they
engage with;
...bring Sesame Street into your
stakeholders' everyday life.
Index

44. Siteopsys
• If you're looking for a speedy Search • Find out more by using the
Engine Optimization tools to QR code or the URL below...
optimize a website's performance, http://www.siteopsys.com/
take a look at the diverse evaluative
tools on the Siteopsys website.
• Siteopsys...
– currently offers more than 20
research and analytical tools
classified into 7 different
categories, based on their usage
areas.
– plans to develop more analysis
driven Search Engine
Optimization tools (SEO Tools) in
the future.
• Most of these tools are FREE and are
available for usage at absolutely no
charge, "for now".
• Siteopsys' SEO tools are really fast as
they use advanced Grid Computing
and Cloud Computing technologies.
Index

45. Sketchpad: Free online drawing tool
• Sketchpad doesn't require • Find out more by using the
users to create an account QR code or the URL below...
in order to create and save http://mugtug.com/sketchpad
their drawings.
• All of the drawing tools that
you would expect to find
like brushes, pencils, and a
large range of colours are
offered by Sketchpad.
• Additionally, Sketchpad
offers some unique tools for
creating patterns, swatches,
and blends of colours.
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46. StatPlanet
• StatPlanet can be can be used • Find out more by using the
online or downloaded as a QR code or the URL below...
desktop application and used http://alturl.com/acnzf
as free educational software.
• StatPlanet comes with up-to-
date world statistics in...
• Demography & Population
• Drugs and Crime
• Economy & Development
• Education
• Education Quality
• Environment & Energy
• Gender
• Health
• Language
• If users wish to add their own
data, they can do so using
StatPlanet Map Maker the
link available on the same
webpage. Index

47. Story Wheel
• Story Wheel is a cooperative • Find out more by using the
story creation application for QR code or the URL below...
the iPhone and iPad, that will http://www.storywheelapp.com
help users create stories,
improve learners' cognitive
abilities and most
importantly, have fun!
• Ideal for Family Learning,
Functional Skills, Modern
Language, ESOL/ESL/EfL and
I'm sure many other
practitioners.
• Get your learners...
– inventing stories together.
– thinking, creating and speaking.
• Story Wheel, for the iPhone
and iPad, is now available in
the app store
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48. TagMyDoc
• TagMyDoc is a web service that • Find out more by using the
enables practitioners to share QR code or the URL below...
documents with learners quickly http://tagmydoc.com/
and more conveniently.
• TagMyDoc...
– lets users upload and tag their
digital documents;
– generates download URLs for these
documents;
– encodes the URL into a QR code
that users can share with
smartphone owners.
• People who own a smartphone
can easily scan the code and
download the document that can
be password protected.
• Downloads of files are tracked
and displayed on the dashboard.
• TagMyDoc offers free as well as
premium packages.
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49. TESiboard
• The TESiboard collection is a • Find out more by using the
purpose built library of visual, QR code or the URL below...
dynamic, interactive http://alturl.com/kh35p
resources.
• TESiboard resources are
primarily open-ended tools
that enable practitioners to
enagage their students in a
learning dialogue around the
resources.
• The resources are designed for
use on interactive
whiteboards.
• The TESiboard materials are
all available for free.
• Current development is
focused on KS2 Literacy and
Numeracy materials. Index

50. The Scale of the Universe
• Zoom from the edge of the • Find out more by using the
universe to the quantum QR code or the URL below...
foam of spacetime and learn http://www.htwins.net/scale/
the scale of things along the
way!
• The Scale of the Universe is an
application, that works really
well on an interactive
whiteboard, to use with
learners when trying to
visualise a sense of scale.
• How much smaller are atoms
compared to things that we
can see like a grain of rice?
• How much bigger is our galaxy
compared to our solar system?
etc.
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51. The Travel Film Archive
• The Travel Film Archive is a • Find out more by using the
collection of hundreds of QR code or the URL below...
travel films recorded between http://alturl.com/gcdxq
1900 and 1970.
• These films were originally
recorded to promote various
places around the world as
tourist destinations.
• In the archives users will find...
– films about USA National Parks,
– cities across the globe, and
– cultural events from around the
world.
• The clips are a mix of colour
and black & white footage;
the earliest clips are silent
while later footage is narrated.
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52. Twtebook
• On Twtebook users can have • Find out more by using the
PDFs shared with all their friends QR code or the URL below...
on Twitter. Don't worry the URL http://twtebook.com/
can be shared with "non-
Twitter" users.
• This service is free, just log in
using twitter, select the files to
share with others and add a
message (Tweet).
• Anything shared via Twtebook
can be opened and viewed right
in the browser, for additional
speed and ease-of-use. (Users
may have to click the download -
in some browsers)
• I can see Twtebook being used in
education to share digital text
and other study materials online.
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53. Type.it
• I've mentioned Type.it in the • Find out more by using the
past. QR code or the URL below...
• Type.it providers users with a http://typeit.org/
text editor with 'buttons' that
provides special characters.
• Users can type text using
their...
– normal keyboard or
– IWB on-screen keyboard,
...and then click the buttons to
add the required accented
characters.
• Once completed, users can
copy and paste the text into
whiteboard software,
PowerPoint, Word etc.
• Type.it covers major European
languages, plus Maori  Index

54. Virtual Training Suite
• The Virtual Training Suite - a set • Find out more by using the
of free Internet tutorials to help QR code or the URL below...
users develop Internet research http://www.vtstutorials.co.uk/
skills; the website does say "for
your university course" but, that
has more to do with where the
funding comes from than
anything else.
• Research Skills are important and
relevant to all learners at all
levels.
• All of the tutorials are written and
reviewed by a national team of
lecturers and librarians from
universities across the UK.
• These interactive, teach-yourself
tutorials take, on average, around
an hour to complete. Users are
encouraged to work through the
material in their own time and at
their own pace. Index

55. 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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56. Find Try Evaluate and Share (FiTES)
• You are the experts in your
field of work, management,
administration, 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 iPhone, Android,
innovation in learning, iPad, etc. with the QR code
teaching and administration. above...
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