Sunderland Learning is a space for teachers to find and share advice, lessons and curriculum ideas.
The aim of the site is to act as a resource we can all use to help us to make our lessons more effective.
Like any site of this nature it's true value comes from the contributions the members make. So if you have a resource you have used to good effect in your teaching why not add it to the lesson resources section.
If you have a great website please add it to the links section.
Facebook for teachers
We also have a social networking feature called the Educator's Network so you can have an online space to share and collaborate with other members of the site. Here you can also set up interest groups these could be totally online or the online space for organising physical groups of you to meet like the IT Coordinators network that meets at the CLCs
Download teaching resources
The Lesson resources section allows you to search our bank of lesson resources.
Naturally if you take something we would love you to leave something too.
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Sign up to the site here to access advanced features and don't hesitate to give us your feedback on the site.
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Microsoft Lync in the Classroom – Thursday April 19th in Manchester!
This promises to be a great event, specifically looking at the power of Lync and how this can be used in Schools. If you haven’t done so already then please register here. If the registrations are full then send me an email and I will see what I can do. I’ll be there talking about School in a Box as well, so I hope to see you!
Move your School to the Cloud this Summer with Office 365 – LiveMeeting on May 10th In case you aren’t aware, your School will be deploy Office 365 (Exchange, SharePoint and Lync) to staff and students for FREE this summer! We’re setting up a webinar on the 10th May to help you understand your options…and we’ll be running a series of events later in May where you can meet the team directly. I will keep you posted on more information!
Nviron Event – The Public and Private Cloud, Friday 11th May in Blackburn You may have heard of terms such as Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service etc… well this event looks at the difference, what the opportunity is for schools, and what Nviron can do to help, as a Microsoft Gold Partner. If you would like to book your place then please email nburrell@nviron.co.uk to confirm your place. Dreamspark Week:
This week is Dreamspark week! You’ll see lots of activity on Twitter and our blog sites etc…but to kick this off, have a look at this video to hear about what Dreamspark is. Links to be aware of:
Copies of the keynote speech delivered by Mark Lloyd and a series of links mentioned in the workshops are available on his blog robotbutler.co.uk Links to our anti-bullying channel are here
The Dux Award is aimed at top performing Year 9 pupils. It is intended to encourage higher aspirations by inviting one high performing pupil (and a teacher) from every secondary school to visit a Russell Group University. The visit will take place during June and July of this year. All expenses associated with the visit (including travel, subsistance and teacher supply cover) will be reimbursed by the DfE. Registration for the award will run from 16-27th April. For more information see here
The conference is designed to be interactive and informative with keynote speakers and 6 interactive workshops which will raise awareness around bullying issues for children and young people in a variety of settings, offer the opportunity of improving practice in managing bullying issues and give an opportunity to network with other professionals who can support your setting in managing bullying issues. Our keynote speakers are Mark Lloyd (CEOP) who will give a presentation on cyber bullying and Sunderland Youth Parliament who will give a presentation on Bullying and Children’s rights. You will be able to attend 6 workshops throughout the day: Read more...
Big Dance Schools Pledge Save the date - 18 May 2012! The Big Dance Schools Pledge is back in 2012. We’re hoping it will be the best yet! In the last two years over 900 schools worldwide have signed up to the Big Dance Schools Pledge. For 2012, we want to boost that number to 1,500 schools. The World Record Our aim is to break the world record for 'The Largest Simultaneous Dance Routine – Multi Location'. It is currently held by the Netherlands, with 1,472 different locations. You can help us beat this record by signing your school up today. The World Record attempt will take place at 1pm on 18 May 2012 – the day the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK.
Absolutely anyone in the world can create artwork for them, creating a new exhibition space for the public, and Public Art. To get started creating have a look at the FAQ If you are a teacher or a student in the UK, Bus-Tops work closely with The Arts Award. Have a look at their Special Edition page to see how you can get started with a Bus-Tops Bronze award. It would be a great IT project too as you can add animated gifs to the exhibition. The Bus-Tops project is one of 12 commissions across the UK forming part of Artists Taking the Lead, a programme funded by Arts Council England for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.. Each month the project is proud to present new works from a selected artist, who will be using 10 of the 30 screens exclusively for that month, you can check them out below: Carla Arocha + Stéphane Schraenen, Jemima Brown,Jasmina Cibic, Michelle Deignan, Kate Davis, Ian Monroe, Mark Titchner, Conrad Ventur, and Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich
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