Anywork Anywhere
Anywork Anywhere is a website for jobs and resourcees for work and travel throughout the UK and Worldwide.
ARKive.org
ARKive is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of U.K. and the world's endangered habitats and species, freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003.
- The main ARKive website www.arkive.org is designed for a variety of users (11 years old and upwards). Its content consists of one of the largest collection of wildlife and environmental films and images that can be viewed for free, and is relevant to a wide range of science, environmental studies, ICT and geography subjects in primary or secondary schools and up to university standard (all can be downloaded free of charge).
- Planet ARKive http://www.planetarkive.org/ is for children aged 7-11, and designed to make life science learning and environmental education a widely enjoyable experience. It fits in especially well with learning about living things in their environment, the habitats and ecosystems of the world. Again it is free and fun to use.
- ARKive Education (www.arkiveeducation.org) is for teachers and other educators and offers downloadable briefings, lesson plans and project ideas to support curriculum learning targets. It too is free to use.
Behaviour Needs
Rob Plevin runs Behaviour Needs and has extensive experience of working with children with behaviour problems such as ADHD and EBD. On his website he shares the technqiues he uses in everyday teaching to manage children and teenagers who exhibit extremely challenging behaviour.
Primary Teaching Resources
High-quality teaching resources with a professional look, designed to promote inspirational teaching and to enhance classroom displays.
All resources have been tried and tested successfully by practising teachers.
A selection of FREE resources also available.
Instant download of resources upon payment.
Study Abroad - Hobsons Study UK
Hobsons Study UK website offers free information and advice to students wanting to study in the UK.
Superdot
Superdot.co.uk sells high quality, educational posters and wall charts that are designed to make learning fun. The range is suitable for a wide variety of learners - from young children through to adults. All of our posters are of the highest quality, laminated, bright, informative and many of them are linked with the curriculum. Subjects covered include literacy, numeracy, history, geography, science, languages and music. Our posters and wall charts are ideal for use both in the classroom by teachers as a reference resource or to provide a theme for a project or lesson, and at home by parents.
Teaching Resources for Teachers and Parents
A free resource site to help teachers who don't have enough time or funding, where all resources are free and high quality, and instantly downloadable to print and laminate.
The British Dyslexia Association
The British Dyslexia Association (B.D.A) is the umbrella body for organisations and individuals who work to support dyslexics.
The British Dyslexia Association campaigns:
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To encourage schools to work towards becoming dyslexia-friendly.
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To reduce the number of dyslexic young people in the criminal justice system.
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To enable dyslexic people to achieve their potential in the workplace.
B.D.A. New Technologies Committee (formerly the Computer Committee) members:
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Have a wealth of experience of I.C.T. applications that help dyslexic learners and users.
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Give talks with demonstrations, write literature and take part in events and exhibitions.
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Work to raise awareness of I.C.T. for dyslexia.
The Tutor Pages
Search and find local tutors, teachers, private tuition and home tutoring for free.
Topmarks
Topmarks is a free website which is designed to help others use the Internet effectively for learning. Topmarks is aimed specifically at pupils, teachers and parents. Its aim is to provide easy access to the best educational web sites, to help teachers use the web in the classroom and to help parents to support the education of their children.
Tutor Hunt
A completely free service where both tutors and students can locate each other.
www.TeacherHomeSwap.com
TeacherHomeSwap, the home exchange service exclusively for international school teachers, is a free service which matches teachers with available properties worldwide and saves them considerable sums of money on hotel accommodation. Since TeacherHomeSwap is a service only for international school teachers, members are likely to find potential swappers who’ll be on holiday at the same time as them, making the whole exchange much easier to organise. Not only that, but they also get the chance to experience their chosen destination as a local, and even scout out their next school. And perhaps most importantly of all, members can feel happy in the knowledge that they will be swapping homes with like-minded professionals.