ICT resources - NGFL - Bradford LEA

Information and Communications Technology

Curriculum

Key Stage 1 and 2 Information and Communications Technology schemes of work

The schemes of work for the National Curriculum programmes of study for Information Technology (Key Stages 1 and 2) are available on the DfEE website

Key Stage 3 and 4 Information and Communications Technology schemes of work

ACE

BECTA British Educational Communications and Technology agency

European Computer Driving Licence
This site explains about the European Computer Driving Licence. It is a scheme which requires candidates to demonstrate competence in a variety of applications.
Syllabus

IC Teachers
Explore education resources on the net

How Stuff Works

An excellent site which explains how technology works. Lots of illustrations and easy to understand explanations.

Valient Roamer

The manufacturer has now created a site which has some excellent resources to support the use of the Roamer in the classroom.

QCA Links

Information Systems for Key Stage 4

Index

General Information

Windows Help

This site provides invaluable help, tips and tricks for Win 95/98, IE 4/5 and Outlook Express

Drivers HQ
Search for lost drivers etc

Winfiles
Search for lost drivers etc

Index

Safe Educational Search Engines for Kids

AOL NetFind for Kids

Kid-safe searching, and resources for everything from homework help, to hands-on science and more

Ask Jeeves for Kids Results

The fastest and easiest way to find answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question in plain English. After confirming your question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one good web site for the answer to your question.

Kid Search: The Web Guide for Kids

Study Web

Search the collection of over 63,000 Research Quality URLs:

Yahooligans

Index

The Internet

Kids' Space Connection

A monitored environment for kids all round the world to communicate with each other.

Kids on the Web - Oxford Brookes University

A guide to the internet for children.

Kids Web

Arts, sciences, social sciences and miscellaneous categories are covered to make a painless introduction to the internet.

IT Teacher Resources

A collection of IT and general education software for teachers and co-ordinators of IT.

Miami Museum of Science Internet Island

Internet Island is home to some shipwrecked children and their teacher - and they only have a laptop and a mobile phone! This site takes you carefully through the skills needed to navigate the Net.

Tripod UK

For anyone who wants to set up their own webpage.

Cut and Paste Scripts

Javascript Source

HTML Goodies

Dreamweaver

Index

Internet Access on the cheap

Freeserve

The Dixon stores group is offering free Internet access along with unlimited E-mail addresses and 5mb of web space. The system is accessed through an 0845 number. This service is only available in the UK. The system uses IE4 which comes on the installation disk that you can pick up from Dixons, Currys or PC World. The setting up of your E-mail address is technically easy but getting the name you want is quite difficult; David-James@EDIT-Bradford became EDIT-Bradford@freeserve.co.uk. When I tried a second time and reversed the name I got what I wanted. You will understand what I mean if you try to join Freeserve.

If an account is not used for more than a month then the user area is deleted.

Compare the speed of your ISP with other ISPs

Free web space

Geocities "It's a community thing"

Geocities can provide you with 10 mb of free web space provided you are over 16 years of age. You will have to suffer some advertising but by careful writing of a web page you can have it inserted at the bottom of your page. Geocities is divided up into communities and each community has a particular theme. Athens is the educational area of Geocities. To find a web space you have to go house hunting. Go into a particular neighbourhood and look for an empty house. If you like its location then you register it for yourself.

The first web page you create must be called index.html - when Geocities launches your site it looks for a file called index.html. (It's like having autoexec.bat on a PC).

Geocities Utilities

Netword.com

Visit this site and change your long Geocities name to a such smaller one to make it easier to remember :

eg http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/4579 can become http://www.netword.com/EdulinksUK
It's easy to do and very worthwhile.

Geocities - File Manager

Geocities - Geoguide Manager

Geocities - Counters

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Free E-mail addresses

Altavista
Altavista provides free E-mail addresss. Very simple to register and so far I have always been given the name I wanted.

HTML Goodies

Animation Factory