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Thanks to Tom Barrett for pointing out this fantastic video. Great resource for assemblies, Geography lessons, Science lessons etc.
Pale Blue Dot – beautiful
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Two Thought Provoking Discussion Starting Videos
The two following videos have been doing the rounds over the last week in the ‘blogosphere’ (I do hate that word!). But just because you’ve seen them a couple of times doesn’t mean everyone in your school has – share them with you network now. We used them both as discussion starters in Leadership Meetings this week. Stephen Fry had us discussing Language for quite some time!
Both of these take existing speeches from Stephen Fry and Ken Robinson and turn them into stimulating videos with typography / animation.
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography:
RSA Animate & Ken Robinson – Changing Education Paradigms:
So go start another conversation with them yourselves.
Google Love Stories
Google released their Parisian Love Story advert for the Superbowl earlier in the year – watch it, it’s ever so clever:
You can now make you own stories with 7 simple search terms. It couldn’t be easier, you just type in up to 7 search terms and then choose whether the video will show it as a normal search, image search, map search etc. Try it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
I knocked one up very quickly – took about 5 minutes, you’ll have to excuse the cheese factor of it!
Could be a great tool for pupils telling stories new or old, explaining topics, making revision tips, any other suggestions?
Enjoy 
e-Learning Newsletter Volume 2
I have just completed the second edition of the SHS E-Learning Newsletter. This issue’s focus was:
- Google Forms
- Youtube XL
- Flickr CC Search
- Internal Training
Check it out here, or sign up for the next edition over on the right in the sidebar
Lions & Tigers & Whales!
The BBC has started making available clips from their thousands of hours of wildlife documentaries. You can choose which clip you want to watch by filtering your search by Animal, Habitat, Adaptation or Location – Geographical heaven, but obviously could be really useful in a number of subjects. There are 5000 clips available on-line already.
This might be the final death of your school Internet connection – but here’s the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wildlifefinder/
BrainPOP Maths Videos
First up a disclaimer: The lovely people at BrainPop UK offered me & my school a free 3 month subscription to their site in return for a post on their new Maths videos, this is said post.
With that out of the way, what’s BrainPop? The website has videos for many subjects, all starring Tim and his beeping robot friend Moby. Subjects covered include: Science, English, Maths, Humanities, Arts, PSHE, Citizenship & Design & Technology.
Tim & Moby can probably explain it better than me, head over to there introductory video here.