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AccessApps
is an initiative supported by the JISC
Regional Support Centres (RSC) and JISC
TechDis and consists of over 60 open source
and freeware Windows applications, running
from a USB stick. AccessApps provides a
range of solutions to support writing,
reading and planning as well as sensory,
cognitive and physical difficulties. |
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Audacity®
is free, open source software for recording
and editing sounds. |
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CamStudio
is able to record all screen and audio
activity on your computer and create
industry-standard AVI video files and using
its built-in SWF Producer can turn those
AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly
Streaming Flash videos (SWFs) |
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eBeam Interactive
Whiteboards - dual purpose;
use as an electronic flipchart or to add
interactivity to PowerPoint presentations.
PC/laptop and digital projector needed.
Contact Us for completive prices
to provide and install. |
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The eXe project
is developing a freely available Open Source
authoring application to assist teachers and
academics in the publishing of web content
without the need to become proficient in
HTML or XML mark-up. Resources authored in
eXe can be exported in IMS Content Package,
SCORM 1.2, or IMS Common Cartridge formats
or as simple self-contained web pages. |
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The
Institute For Learning (IfL) promotes a CPD
model based on reflective practice and is
committed to working with colleges and other
providers to ensure teachers are able to
engage in professional development. Our
CPD portal
provides a suite of tools to support
teachers in this. |
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Moodle
is a course management system (CMS) - a
free, Open Source software package designed
using sound pedagogical principles, to help
educators create effective online learning
communities. You can download and use it on
any computer you have handy (including
webhosts), yet it can scale from a
single-teacher site to a University with
200,000 students. |
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Microsoft®
Photo Story 3 for Windows -
turn pictures into a story and add
background music, can be used in
presentations or put on your website.
FREE DOWNLOAD |
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The
Hot Potatoes™
suite includes six applications, enabling
you to create interactive multiple-choice,
short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword,
matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for
the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not
freeware, but it is free of charge
for those working for publicly-funded
non-profit-making educational institutions,
who make their pages available on the web. |
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SimDis
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This site contains a collection of
computer based artefacts that
simulate aspects of disability. It
is intended that the simulations
will be used for training and
awareness raising activities with
staff and for teaching students in
areas where an understanding of
disability is required.
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SMOG
(simplified measure of gobbledygook) is a
formula that gives a readability level for
written material. Readability is an attempt
to match the reading level of written
material to the "reading with understanding"
level of the reader.
Use can also
download
a FREE guide from NIACE. |
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Snippy
- How often have you carefully selected some
text from a Web page and copied it to an
email message? Snippy makes this a snap!
Simply click on the little Snippy icon in
the taskbar, and mark out the region of the
screen that you want to copy - that's it,
you're done! The cut-out image will now be
in your clipboard, and you can paste it in
another application. FREE DOWNLOAD |
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TeacherTube
- is an online community for sharing
instructional videos, filling a need for a
more educationally focused, safe venue for
teachers, schools, and home learners. It
provides anytime, anywhere professional
development with teachers teaching teachers.
In addition, teachers can post videos
designed for students to view in order to
learn a concept or skill. |
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Teachit Timer
- Everyone needs a timer sometimes in class
– use it on screen or projected for
starters, timed activities, group work or
games. You can even choose your final alert
sound - a whistle, a gong, a dog barking ...
and more ... See
Teachit.co.uk
for other handy tools. |
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Turning Point Student
Voting System - add
interactivity to your learning delivery and
involve all your learners, collect
information for 'happy sheets', save data
for your CPD.
Contact Us for completive prices
to provide and install. |
