General Links
Websites of interest
South West Grid for Learning
The SWGfL is the provider and administrator of our schools broadband service. Working with Research Machines Ltd they also administer the filtering system that acts as a protection to our students internet use.
They are also responsible for the Merlin Learning Platform.
See also:
South West Learning Grid for links to Curriculum information
Google Earth
This is a very exciting service from Google and is free to use the basic version (the full version is free to Educational users).
Go to:
You will need to register and then download an installer file. This will create an icon on your desktop that will load Google Earth. It will, in effect, give you an interactive globe on your computer. Click on a point on this globe and you will 'fly' around to that point and then zoom in to see aerial photo coverage.
It is also possible to 'flatten' out the view to look around as if standing on the ground. In some places you can also see 3D models of buildings superimposed on the view, as here in the view of Manhattan.
You will need to have Windows XP to use this service and also a reasonable graphics card - plus, of course, a broadband connection.
ICTOPUS
A useful website of resources by teachers. Includes lesson plans and other classroom material.