Local Authority Projects

British Pathe
A number of projects to show the uses of British Pathe newsreel clips in the classroom, including lesson plans, downloadable resources and examples of work.

 

Visual Literacy
Harrow LEA KS1&2 teachers used Digital Blue video cameras to explore a range of Literacy themes. Look especially at the Y2 'Fire' work from Norbury School

E-Stories
Y4 pupils from Haringey wrote collaborative stories in groups between schools via e-mail. They designed e-book covers and performed stories via VC
 

E-Debates
Y5 pupils debated issues using online communities, and differentiated threaded discussion. In role, they made speeches and debated using VC.

 Lambeth Landmark
Resources for KS2 Literacy and History using images from the Lambeth Archives collection
 

History of Transport
250 years of transport in Hillingdon including canals, railways, trams, underground, roads, motorways and Heathrow. Lots of resources.

 

Barnet Migration
Online activities with videos, images and transcripts from migrants to the area, including KinderTransportees

 

Operation Montserrat
10 Newham schools used video conferencing to link directly to the National Space centre, and solve an environmental crisis.

 

O-Music
Classroom resources for and an evaluation of this CD-based compositional software by teachers from Ealing LA.

 

Gigajam
LGfL's online resource for teaching yourself to play drums , bass, guitar and keyboards. An evaluation project from Wandsworth

 In Between the Lines
KS3&4 English teachers from Merton worked with London Gifted & Talented to show how this multimedia resource could be used in a whole class
 Deaf awareness
Year 3/4 students in Blanche Nevile School (Haringey) and Frank Barnes School (Camden) worked together via LGfL video conferencing
 

NRICH
KS1 & 2 teachers from Hammersmith and Fulham have generated a range of whiteboard resources based on activities found on the Nrich site

 

Bergen-Westminster
This video conferencing project was carried out by 2 secondary schools in Westminster, St. Marylebone and Quintin Kynaston, and two schools in Bergen, Hop and Minde

 

Maths toolkit
KS3 Maths Teachers from 7 secondary schools worked alongside the Maths Association and took part in a project to research the effectiveness of the Maths Toolkit in the classroom

 
 Visual Literacy
10 Bexley Primary schools used digital media in their classrooms to help KS2 pupils improve their literacy skills. Lesson plans, videos and the learning outcomes can all be downloaded.
 

Audio Network
Online examples of how the audio network music database has been used to support a range of subjects across the whole curriculum.

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Lego Dacta NXT
Teachers are investigating the potential of the NXT unit to cover KS1 to 4 control technology curriculum

 Lambeth Sight and Sound
Lessons plans and examples of the children’s films and animations using Logotron Sight and Sound
 

RADwaste
What unique challenges does nuclear waste management pose for the UK? RADWaste offers arrange of online and offline activities and resources to support Geography, Literacy and Science.

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