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OBS Studio - Everything you need to live stream and record video using multiple sources

Web Address: https://obsproject.com/

About: "Using OBS Studio you can not only record directly from your webcam and microphone, you can also... add in existing videos and still images, capture a window or portion of your screen, and much more."

Padlet - Create a collaboration wall for your learners to share ideas and research.

Web Address: https://padlet.com/

About: Padlet bills itself as "the easiest way to create and collaborate in the world." and is very popular with Key Stage 2 teachers in the UK.

It allows teachers to create a digital "wall" onto which learners can stick 'post it' style notes that contain words, pictures, links, videos etc etc.

I've used it on a number of occasions at all levels of the UK education sector, it's a handy and versatile tool.

Digital Compass - A Suite of on and offline learning resources for teaching internet safety

Web Address: https://www.digitalcompass.org/game/index.html

About: A collection of free online and printable resources and classroom activities that can be used to teach and re-enforce internet safety.

Google Spaces - A great collaborative tool for teachers and pupils


Web Address: https://get.google.com/spaces/

About: Spaces is a new service from Google that lets people share things, like photos, videos and websites, based on a particular theme or topic.

In education it is a great tool for encouraging children to work together - especially if they are doing a joint or group research project.

The Learnia - Create Awesome Video Lessons In Minutes

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Web Address: https://thelearnia.com/

About: This free service lets teachers creat video lessons quuickly and easily in three steps:

"1) Plan: Add background, images, text, lines and shapes. Split the content of your story between pages or simply import your power point presentation into the whiteboard

2) Record: When your slides are ready, press the RECORD button. Whatever you sketch add and talk will be recorded as an animation. Press pause at any time. Once you've done, press the save button.

3) Share: Watch your video lesson on the preview. Like the results? Save it and add the lesson name. Share your video with your colleagues and students using social networks or via email"

Mozilla's Web Literacy guide: A framework for entry-level web literacy & 21st Century skills.

Web Address: https://teach.mozilla.org/web-literacy

About: This is a free on line guide for pupils which outlines the skills they need to have surrounding Web Literacy and general 21st century working skills.

Start.Me: A customisable internet home page that contains links to everything you need.

Web Address: https://start.me/en/education

About: This is a free service that lets you create your own start page that contains links to everything you or your class might need.  It can be used in lots of different ways, from creating a resource dashboard for your class to making a one-stop-shop with links to all of the online tools you need to use as a teacher.

Blogger: Start your own free class blog for pupils and parents to read.

Web Address: www.blogger.com

About: Blogger is a free service offered by Google that lets anyone create their own class blog which learners and parents can then read any time they want to.

Class blogs are a great way of keeping parents up to date with what is going n in class.  For KS2 and Secondary pupils they can also be used BY pupils to write up their own thoughts and ideas about the topics you are teaching them.  Thy are a great way of combining several subjects into one coherent lesson, such as Computing, English and whatever subject the pupil is writing about.



Printable Twitter classroom display & activity

Web Address: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twitter-displa-self-assessment-6319271

About: This resource is shared on the TES website so you will need a free TES login to download it.  It contains printable resources that allow you to teach pupils about using twitter effectively, without actually having to sign up for/be on Twitter itself.

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