The Learning Pod
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Conversation, chat, discussion and information provided by people in education for people in education together with teachers notes on GCSE ICT (Secondary School, KS3 and KS4, UK based). Ian Dickinson also reports on anything associated with educational ICT and technology.

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Some on-line application reviews
Posted: January 2007

On-line applications are coming along nicely and often have features as good as there desktop cousins. I review some of these applications that I have used myself or in the classromm with my students. Every application I review is FREE to use.

Go to www.conxxion.comfor help in the classroom (notes and lessons).

The online application I reviewed are:

Imagination Cubed
Gliffy
Snipshot
ThinkFree
gOFFICE
Thumbstacks
Google spreadsheet
Google docs
Ajax13
MediaMax

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Government Drops Keystage 3 ICT Tests
Posted: January 2007

Once again the government spend millions on an ICT project, thousands of people devote countless hours to running the project, staff in schools project manage the situation and.... the government decides to drop the project!

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Using and comparing software - Classroom notes
Posted: January 2007

You will need to use software to help design your ICT system. Software is an important part of any ICT system and you will need to describe the software you will use. It is also important to describe, compare and contrast other software that could have been used to do the job as well. The audio notes talk you through what you need to know. Templates that you can fill-in to help with the task can be found at www.conxxion.com.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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A look at this week's news from education and technology pages
Posted: January 2007

A look at this week's news from the education and technology pages and some great freeware and opensource software - 05 Feb 2006.

Mozbackup
Portable Apps Suite
Girls 'put off technology jobs'
Games to be tested in classrooms
Ofsted tells on school teachers

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Some great software for home and school
Posted: January 2006

A selection of some great software that has been useful at home and in the classrom. If you have used any software that has enhanced your teaching and learning please let me know and we can let all our listeners know.

Digital Movie Creator
Mozilla Firefox (web browser)
Mozilla Thunderbird (e-mail client)
IKEA office planner (American version)
IKEA office planner (UK version)
IKEA kitchen planner
VOIP (Internet telephone calls)
Picasa picture organizer and editor
Google Earth

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Testing the System - Classroom notes
Posted: January 2007

These notes give you guidance on how to write-up your project coursework as you go along. These particular notes relate to testing your system. The show links to the conxxion.com website where you can find more resources to help you with your GCSE ICT project.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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A look at this week's news from education pages - 28th November 2005
Posted: January 2007

A look at a few events that have caught my eye this week including a typing error from the department of education that cost the taxpayer £23,000, literature by txt messages, Tesco blasts out the email (is this spam?), Sony gets into more bother, schools dishing out the cash to students for passing exams.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Example output from the sub-system
Posted: January 2006

These notes give you guidance on how to provide evidence and examples of output from your system or sub-system. The show links to the conxxion.com website where you can find more resources to help you with your GCSE ICT project.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Provide examples of data input
Posted: January 2006

These notes give you guidance on how to provide evidence of output from your system. The show links to the conxxion.com website where you can find more resources to help you with your GCSE ICT project.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Write-up of the sub-system design
Posted: January 2006

These notes give you guidance on how to write-up about your system as you go along. The show links to the conxxion.com website where you can find more resources to help you with your GCSE ICT project.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Confirming the users needs
Posted: January 2006

Making sure that you design a system that the user needs is essential. The show provides notes, help and advice on how to ensure this happens.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE Project - Getting The introduction right
Posted: January 2006

Help and advice on how to start-off your ICT project and provide a convincing introduction.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.