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www.abilitynet.co.uk
AbilityNet is a national organisation providing information
and assessment services to ensure disabled people can make effective
use of computer technology. It is committed to helping people
find the best and most cost-effective way to get round difficulties
in using a computer.
Contact: AbilityNet, PO Box 94, Warwick CV34 5WS. Tel: 0800
269 545. Email: enquiries@abilitynet.co.uk.
British Educational Communications
and Technology Agency (BECTA)
www.mape.org.uk
MAPE is an organisation that aims to encourage the effective
use of ICT across the primary curriculum. Through publications,
software, reviews, events and a website MAPE offers support
with ideas and resources for effective teaching with ICT;
how to use email and the web in the classroom; what to look
for in new software and how to make the best of what you've
got; building ICT into development planning; reviews of new
software and books; how to optimise available resources and
plan for development; and pointers to other useful websites.
Contact: MAPE, Cilgeraint Farm, St Ann's, Bethesda, Gwynedd
LL57 4AX. Email: val@bethesda.demon.co.uk.
www.naace.org
National Association of Advisers
for Computers in Education is the professional association for those who are concerned
with inspection, advice, support, training and development
of the use of information technology in education. Members
are those who have an inspection, support or training role
in schools beyond a single institution.
Contact: NAACE, PO Box 60, Tipton, West Midlands DY4 0YS.
Tel: 0870 240 0480. Email: prof@naace.org.
www.nilta.org.uk
National Information and Learning
Technologies Association (NILTA) is a membership organisation that works for the development
and promotion of information and learning technologies in
colleges in the Further Education sector in the United Kingdom,
covering curriculum, resources and college information system
issues.
Contact: NILTA, c/o Leeds College of Building, North Street,
Leeds LS2 7QT. Tel: 0113 234 3598.
www.teem.org.uk
Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia
(TEEM) runs a free website providing information on educational
multimedia, written by and for teachers who follow the national
curriculum in England and Wales. It offers evaluation rather
than reviews, giving qualitative information about all aspects
of each program, from whether it installs easily to its curriculum
relevance. Each evaluation is written against a detailed framework
which means that different pieces of software may be compared
directly according to the same criteria.
Contact: TEEM Ltd, 3 Cabot House, Compass Point Business Park,
Stocks Bridge Way, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5J. Tel: 01480
354 300. Email: info@teem.org.uk.
www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/childrens_learning.shtml - BBC Children's learning website
www.channel4.com/learning - Channel 4's learning website
www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html - The Global Schoolhouse (US site) is a website for global project-based learning, problem-based learning, and online collaborative learning.
www.sebastianswan.org.uk/index.html - This website aims to help young children become confident and competent users of the internet. It contains interactive books, encourages the use of e-mail and provides opportunities for the children's work to be published on the site.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey - A BBC literacy for Year 1, based on characters from the Oxford Reading Tree series of books.
www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm - A story website with stories divided by ages 0-7, 7-11 and 11-14.
www.ltscotland.org.uk/storybook - The website from Learning and Teaching Scotland contains a captivating collection of activities for children aged 5-8 years. The site is based on popular children's stories by authors Scoular Anderson, Debi Gliori, Mairi Hedderwick and Frank Rodgers.
www.wellington-square.co.uk - Website with characters and storyboard facilities.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures - BBC's Words and Pictures supports the Literacy Hour and is aligned to the BBC Schools TV series. Lots of activities.
www.alri.org/esquare/esq2/family.html - This is a website where parents, children, and other family members can find resources for Parent and Children Together (PACT) activities, and links to information which will help parents.
www.channel4.com/learning/secondary.html - 4Learning is Channel Four's learning portal to resources based on UK national curriculum - primary and secondary
www.bl.uk/services/learning/teachers.html - British Library education website
www.notschool.net - Notschool.net is aimed at older children who are too ill or disruptive to attend school
www.samlearning.com - SAM Learning has interactive revision for SATs, GCSEs and A Levels
www.word-detective.com - The Word Detective site on etymology
www.ipl.org/div/aplus - A+ Research and Writing is a US site with guidelines and help on how to write reports
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise - BBC Skillswise site for adult learners
www.grammarbook.com - The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation (US site)
http://alri.org/harness.html - Harnessing Technology in adult literacy and ESOL/ESL education (US site)
www.cats-edu.co.uk
Children Achieving Through Software (CATS) designs educational software for teaching literacy, numeracy and science in primary schools.
www.learningalive.co.uk
EduWeb is an educational information service for teachers and pupils run by Research Machines. It is full of useful links to educational organisations and provides a discussion forum for teachers to share ideas and examples of projects already being succesfully developed in schools. EduWeb also provides NetPals for schoolchildren.
www.google.com/literacy
Google Literacy is aA resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading promotion and education, created in collaboration with the Frankfurt Book Fair literacy campaign (LitCam), and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.
www.teachit.org.uk
Teachit is a website for English teachers, with resources, advice and lesson plans.
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