Etherpad is a real time collaborative online word processor ideal for the primary classroom. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone’s screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more.
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Powerful, Drag & Drop Website Editor
Add pictures, videos, music and audio, maps, and photo galleries. Sell products, accept online bookings, create a contact form, or arrange your pages in multiple columns. Drag on slideshows, files, forums, games, RSS feeds, or any other HTML embed code — all by simply dragging and dropping.
This is a really easy to use website – safe for pupils to use, enabling them to make professional looking websites in minutes
This was originally posted by a variety of people in Twitter – it comprises of many photographs categorised by people, decade, places, events and culture – it has its own search facility making it very easy to track down images to support any project you are running in the classroom – as a teacher i would find this a really useful resource to support any work i was doing in the area of visual literacy -
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
I recently came across this really good site for animation – well worth taking a look at this as it makes the creation of animations a simple task for pupils.
“GoAnimate.com is an entertainment website that enables the simple creation of unique computer animated stories, satires and sentiments that can be shared with the entire online community. The site offers simple to more advanced innovative features that provide users with a multitude of possibilities for customizing their animations. We will constantly be enhancing and adding features, popular licenses and animations from well known comedians, animators and writers.
Historically, the creation of animation required specific skills, limiting those who can express their creativity. We designed the Go!Animate application to allow users to create animations without drawing talent or a technical understanding of advanced software such as Flash. The site provides users with a library of interesting characters, backgrounds, props, sound effects and music for use in creating their own unique animations. Creators can customize their animations with a number of tools and features that allow them to create truly unique works of expression. “
taken from their website – http://goanimate.com/go/
Lego Digital Designer is a great free download that enables you to build lego models virtually and then animate them. You can find the free program here – http://ldd.lego.com/
The program is very easy to install and you will be up and running in just a few minutes. You build models by dragging and dropping the bricks onto the base board pictured below.
A camera lets you view your construction from any angle and you can animate finished models. The latest version of the software enables;
