Posted in Science on Feb 5th, 2007 7 Comments »
Having now been using the authoroties “Click and Go” for writing reports for the last few years, I was amazed to hear recently that some schools are only now beginning to use this feature of the system.
Personally speaking, I think it is brilliant. It makes writing the reports much easier as well as quicker. I [...]
Posted in Science on Jan 16th, 2007 10 Comments »
I was recently fortunate enough to be allowed to purchase a piece of software which allows you to make up good quality online test resources. I have placed an example here for you to have a look at. It was made using software from www.articulate.com which is very user friendly. I also have other samples available [...]
Posted in Science on Jan 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Is it just me, or is everyone else being inundated with colourful brochures from companies selling “interactive” software? This would seem to be the bandwagon to be on at the moment. £100 here, £250 there, etc. and some of them a lot more expensive than that. I would like to know who is actually buying [...]
Posted in Science on Nov 6th, 2006 No Comments »
The latest upgrade to the Smartboard software (9.5) is now available as a download from http://www.smarttech.com/support/software/index.asp
The actual notebook software is slightly improved, but the biggest improvement has to be in the gallery. The gallery now contains excellent resources for everyone and they are now including many interactive Flash resources which are very simple to use [...]
Posted in Science on Oct 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
I was recently doing some graph work with my new S1 Science class (S1 Graphs.doc), and it sparked some thoughts on the use of ICT to do this.
They can use Microsoft Excel to produce the graphs using the data that I supplied, and indeed, most of the pupils are very, very good at this.
On the [...]
Posted in Science on Sep 9th, 2006 2 Comments »
Today S1 Science were introduced to the light microscope and using it to look at plant cells – in particular, onion cells. In order to demonstrate this we set up a microscope attached to a “Visiview” video camera which in turn was attached to the Smart board. This allowed the whole class to become involved [...]
Posted in Science on Aug 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Today the new S1 Science class were being introduced to some of the basic science apparatus. This involved using a bunsen burner to heat some water in a beaker. They were to measure the temperature of the water every 30 seconds for 10 minutes and record their results. Once the water reached 100 oC they [...]
