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This listing was produced for, and by, MirandaNet Fellows & Scholars and was originally collated by John Potter.
Note: Nowadays, most people just type a word or two into Google and see what comes up, so we were wondering about keeping this section. However, we do get several visitors, and even the occasional contact thanking us for these items, so they are still here, but mostly have not been updated for ages.
Please do not contact us to tell us that a particular link is broken, or to suggest new or alternative links!
Select from the following categories:
- Child-friendly Sites
- Citizenship
- Community and Sharing Resources
- Early Years
- Educating Sick Children
- Games, PE & Sporting Resources
- Government sites for Education
- History
- Internet related - Web design etc.
- Jobs
- Key Skills
- List sites
- Literacy
- Local Authority Sites
- Mathematics
- Media - TV, Newspapers online
- Miranda Rose winners
- Multicultural Education
- Museums and Galleries
- Music
- Numeracy
- Revision
- Schools and School Projects
- Science
- Search Engines
- Sick Children - Educating
- Special Educational Needs
- Teacher Education
- Texts and Grammar
- Thinking Skills
- Travel
- Universities
- Women's Sites
- World-wide Education Projects
- Writing and teaching writing
Child-friendly Sites
These sites and the links which follow from them are written mainly for children to use at home - either interacting on their own with them or with parents and carers. Many have features which could be adapted to a classroom setting.
- Kidscom
- Cyberkids
- Funschool - targeted at 4 - 6 year olds
- Berit's Best Sites for Children
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- The Magic Schoolbus and related activities
Citizenship
Still a relatively new area of the National Curriculum.
- The P & G Citizenship Resource
- Institute for Citizenship
- Citizenship Foundation
- Citizenship in the National Curriculum (DfES)
- National Curriculum online
- Association for Citizenship Teaching
Early Years
- Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood - Online Journal
- Educate the Children
- EduPuppy.com
- Kids on the net - This site features writing by children at home and at school all over the world. Age range is 6 to about 16. It is a good place for children to go to share stories they may have developed in think.com.
- Kaboose - ('Where families get going') useful seasonal ideas for teachers; full of animation
Educating Sick Children
- Getting Better Together conference: http://www.gettingbettertogether.com/node/12
- HOPE is an association of European hospital teachers who work in Hospital and at home with sick children. Through school and education activities we try to provide sick children with a positive environment and with the chance to carry on their education, no matter what the illness is. www.hospitalteachers.eu/index.htm
- The Children with Medical Needs Network - a forum to share questions and answers on issues and concerns relating to the education of learners with medical conditions. http://forum.ngfl.gov.uk/WebX?14@@.ee71250
- DfES Sick Children: www.dfes.gov.uk/sickchildren
- DfES - Absence on Medical Grounds: www.teachernet.gov.uk/management/atoz/a/absenceonmedicalgrounds
- National Association of Hospital and Home Teachers is a professional association for teachers in the UK who work with children and young people whose medical needs prevent them from attending school. www.nahht.org.uk
- Children First for Health the online guide to health and hospital life for young people: www.childrenfirst.nhs.uk
- Getting Better Together (GBT). A website created by teachers from London Hospital Schools as a resource for everyone involved in the education of children in hospital: www.gettingbettertogether.com
Games, PE & Sporting Resources
- Sports Media is an interactive site dedicated to providing lesson plans, tips, drills, activities and other teaching aids for the physical education and health teacher (all levels).
Government Sites for Education
See separate page
History
- School History a site run by a teacher, with useful annotated links, resources and worksheets, as well as on line games and quizzes. Includes a section for primary schools, though the author's main interest is secondary.
- The Public Record Office has some excellent resources in their snapshots section that can be used in the classroom. Recently they have launched a huge resource for schools called The National Archives Learning Curve. Sections cover The Cold War, The Home Front, The First World War, Victorians, 20th Century heroes and villains, and Power, Politics and Protest. An excellent resource with source materials, timelines, interactive diary, worksheets and lots more.
- Burntcakes.com is a site dedicated to better history teaching and learning. The Resources area contains an ever-growing selection of teaching and learning resources. Some are freely downloadable, others can be bought. wwww.burntcakes.com
- A huge site for useful for GCSE and A level students of Nazi Germany can be found at www.remember.org
Internet Related - Web Design, etc.
- EBoard
- Educators HTML crash Course
- NetLearn
- New to the Web
- Viewcams on the web
- Site Central web tools
- webTeacher
Jobs
- Educational Vacancies website
- Datalake (only the archive parts of the site working when we last checked: there's a link to the Monster Career Network which is worth exploring)
- eteach.com
- Dayjob Ltd (We are an IT jobs board, advertising the very latest IT jobs and SAP jobs for the UK and abroad. We also have a large database of CV's of IT professionals.)
Key Skills
Listings
- One World
- The Site
- Business Studies for GCSE
- Educational links from all over the world
- Topmarks for Education
- BUBL Bulletin board
- Harvey Mellar's Home Page
Literacy
See the Literacy Page
Local Authority Sites
Media - TV, Newspapers Online
- List of OnLine Newspapers and Magazines
- The Guardian Unlimited
- Internet CNN Newsroom
- The Times Educational Supplement
- Times Higher Education Supplement Internet Service
Press Agencies
TV Pages
Computer & Internet Magazines online - a small selection
Multicultural Education
- Barmby Moor C E Primary School
- (Click here for further documents from this school)
Museums and Galleries
- The 24 hour museum
- Learning About Leonardo
- British Museum Education Department
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
- Education at the Science Museum
- WebMuseum: Bienvenue! (Welcome from the curator)
- Museum of Modern Art in New York
- The South Bank Centre in London Online
- The British Library
Music
- Classical Search
- An Opera Project for Children
- Music Education Resource Guide
- Happy Note! Treble Clef
- Leeds University Music Dept
- Music at School
Numeracy / Mathematics
Mathematics is particularly rich in web-resources, being a global subject and one that is full of imagery and historical depth. The amount of quality information available will soon grow to the point beyond which it will be impossible to keep track of it.
- Maths Year 2000 - resource for Primary school children
- Oundle School links
- Mathematical Association of Victoria
- Chinese International School
- Mathematical JAVA applets
- NRICH - Online Maths Club
- MathsNet
- Ron Knott's Fibonacci site
- Autograph lists
- History of Mathematics
- The Data and Story Library
Revision
Schools and School Projects
- United Kingdom Schools
- Tele-School Online
- Ambleside Primary School
- Cheslyn Hay Primary School
- Formerly Brixton, now Lambeth, Connections
- Newham IT Advisory & Support Service
- Sutton on Sea County Primary School
Science
Search Engines
Natural Language Search Engines
General
Grouped search engine
UK Businesses
Special Educational Needs
- www.specialschool.org is a site designed by an ICT Coordinator & ICTS NOF trainer to help parents, new teachers and students understand the workings of a special school. The site is based in Northern Ireland but will be of interest to all concerned with this area of education.
- www.dyslexics.org.uk is a site aimed at parents interested in home schooling for dyslexic children.
- Really useful site for Symbol readers: www.symbolworld.org/eLive/2007/may07/index.htm
- Learn to Sign: www.learntosign.org.uk
- Online information, support and resources relating to the curriculum-related needs of pupils with sight problems: www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_cchome.hcsp
- Stories in MS Powerpoint – click to download and open in Powerpoint. Each story has accompanying notes and info: www.petewells.co.uk
- The SEN Teacher – links by condition: www.senteacher.org/Links
- Useful links for ICT related P-Scales: www.qca.org.uk/8798_7665.html
- Childline – All About Me. A ready-to-use classroom resource for teachers of children with SEN: www.childline.org.uk/extra/allaboutme.asp
Teacher Education
Thinking Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Developing Thinking Skills
- Helping Students delvelop critical thinking
- Learning with Mysteries
- Thinking Skills
- Ideas based on the
work of Edward de Bono
Travel/Maps
Maps
Travel Guides
Universities and Higher Education
General
A Small Selection
- University of East London
- Goldsmiths College - London University
- The University of London Institute of Education
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
- De Montfort University UK
- ULTRALAB at Anglia University
- Project Enlaces (Chile)
- Diversity University, Inc. A virtual university
Women's Sites
Worldwide Education Projects
Writing
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