Middlesbrough Whiteboard Network

Here you will find some of the best websites recommended on the MWN. Please contact darren_gamble@lea.mgrid.org.uk if you wish to add a site or use the Contributions tab on the Mgrid homepage.

Smart Education http://www.smart-education.org Large collection of resources and weblinks for FS, KS1, KS2 and KS3 Teacher Xpress www.teacherxpress.com An excellent wide variety of education website designed especially for teachers in the the Boro (Well nearly!) You may never need to search again - plus you can customize your own links. Now that's good ! Supporting ICT http://www.supporting-ict.co.uk/weblinks.htm More good quality and well resourced links and resources.

Most Recommended www.nwnet.org.uk The official page of the National Whiteboard Network including many NEW high quality resources for Literacy & Numeracy www.coxhoe.durham. sch.uk A hugely popular school website with one of the most comprehensive set of curriculum links on the web.

Smart Notebook Lesson Activities http://www.edcompass.com/en/learning/activities/index.aspx Notebook software activities are interactive lessons developed in SMART's Notebook software application part of SMART Board software. Notebook software helps with lesson planning and delivery by making it easy to create, manipulate and save all your electronic materials, notes and images together. We like that very much ! The Learning Curve http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/ Learning Curve is an excellent free online teaching and learning resource, following the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. Audio Networks http://audio.lgfl.org.uk Audio clips from Audio Networks are available as MP3 downloadable files which can be edited, sampled and used for all sorts of use supporting video, Powerpoint presentations or as a music resource. The excerpts on the site are all high quality by professional musicians and composers incuding famous names like Evelyn Glennie. All musical styles and forms are covered from ancient through classical to pop, blues and world. FANTASTIC ! British Pathe Film Archive http://www.britishpathe.com/ Middlesbrough LEA as a part of the Northern Grid for Learning and other RBCs have recently launched the British Pathe Archive. The three year special Schools Licence allows teachers and children to download, edit and re-present  materials from the 3,500 hours of historical newsreel film archive at no cost. WE LOVE IT ! Stockton Train IWB Resources http://www.train.stockton.gov.uk Many activities suitable for use with interactive whiteboards can be found here. Big thanks to Lord David Dixon and team. The BBC Education pages http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers Still the biggest and the best - The BBC's resources cater for so many areas of the curriculum. All the education areas are catalogued here at the teacher area. Almost worth the licence fee ! EduLinks UK http://www.edit.legend.yorks.com/ "The One Stop Service Station for the UK NGfL Education Super-Highway." So they say - we say "worth a look!"