BwD E Learning Service

A new free resource from BT – this DVD can be ordered via BT’s website. For more information visit: http://www.bteducation.org/resources/view.ikml?id=182&mailid=20060222-133

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This utility is one of the most popular downloads among London Grid for learning staff at the moment. It open .pdf files quickly – much faster than Adobe’s Acrobat Reader. 
As many documents on TeacherNet and the DfES Standards Site are in .pdf format, this could be very useful. It is quick and simple to install [...]

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Launched on 7th February 2006, this site (http://www.internetsafetyzone.co.uk/) aims to be the definitive one stop website offering best practice internet safety information and advice for both parents and children. Although the site is aimed at home users – there are many links, resources and information which will be of use to [...]

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Final details of the conference (23rd March at Ewood Park) have now been sent to all schools. 
We are fortunate to have 3 nationally known speakers: 

John Davitt, author of Accelerated Learning meets ICT. An extremely entertaining and informative speaker.
Dave Whiley, ICT Consultant for Wolverhampton, will demonstrate work on a mobile learning project, in which students had [...]

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The summary of funding document which was distributed at the Primary ICT co-ordinators meeting on 9th February 2006 is now available in the managing ICT – leader section of our website (or click here).
More in depth information is available from http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/schoolfunding/2006-07_funding_arrangements/DSG200608/.
The NAACE February podcast also contains an interview with Doug Brown about the new [...]

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This is now nearer completion – more of the documents are now available for download.
Go to http://www.elearningbwd.net/ and follow planning > Primary > 2006 Scheme.
We would welcome feedback – either by email to katie.john@blackburn.gov.uk – or by using the comments facilities on http://elearningbwd.edublogs.org/.

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ARKive is the Noah’s Ark for the Internet era – a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species. ARKive is leading the ‘virtual’ conservation effort – finding, sorting, cataloguing and copying the key audio-visual records of the world’s animals, plants and fungi, and [...]

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We first reported on this site in December 2005, when the site was launched as part of the National Poetry Archive.
Changes to the way in which BwD schools are connected to the Internet  mean that all schools should now be able to hear the recordings. The recordings of poets reading their own [...]

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Stellarium is a software project that allows people to use their home computer as a virtual planetarium. It will calculate the positions of the Sun and Moon, planets and stars, and draw how the sky would look to an observer depending on their location and the time. It can also draw the [...]

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This year’s Green Week will focus on biodiversity.  Part of the event is the annual Green Week School Competition, which encourages young people from all EU Member States, candidate and EFTA countries to learn about environmental issues and express themselves artistically. 
Younger children can enter the competition with drawings and paintings illustrating their opinions about biodiversity [...]

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