Online Resources

This section hosts a list of websites that offer teachers options to create exercises online and others with content that might suit a class project.

If you need Quick Time, Flash or Shockwave to view some sites first check if your own council network offers this feature.

 

Some of the sites listed in Teacher Topics are so extensive that if you wish your pupils to use a particular part of the site it is best to save the specific web link separately.

It is also worth browsing through the BBC's Learning Zone Clips which is the source of short video clips on a wide range of subjects. As with a weblink, direct your pupils to the approriate clip rather than have them being sidetracked.

Featured Website

Logo for the ICTopus website full of primary school resources

Ictopus (ICT online primary user support) is a support service for primary education. Anyone can sign up for the service (free of charge) and will then receive each week a six page printable magazine and a set of activity suggestions. There will also be a regular newsletter or e-bulletin. These resources (and more) will be archived on the website where there will also be access to classroom activities and a variety of other resources and projects. Ictopus builds on the Becta Direct2U service and also the legacy of MAPE (Micros and Primary Education).

Once registered go to the Activities pages which your pupils can use with a separate login (set up by you), Try the activities and print the instructions from the article - Sharing Good Practice number 38.