ICT - Computers

check out the registration details of any site on the WWW

The BBC's flagship technology programme

Becta provides all those who work in the schools sector with a wide range of advice and support services for learning and teaching, and managing with ICT.

Becta is the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning strategy for the schools and the learning and skills sectors.

a site all about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles.

a non-profit organisation working with others to “help make the Internet a great and safe place for children”.

a computer magazine

DfEE guidelines regarding safe use of the Internet by pupils and schools.

software tools for the professional programmer

Provides useful products for web developers around the world.

build your own website

Further Education Resources for Learning - The Ferl web site is one-stop shop for teaching and learning staff, managers and support staff in further education, sixth form colleges, and school sixth forms. It is a web-based information service for practitioners that aims to promote and support the effective use of ILT in teaching and learning. It is a project funded by the Learning and Skills Council and managed by Becta.

good peer-reviewed journal with many interesting articles about the Internet

A Home Office recommended site. Information about keeping children safe online; stopping unwanted e-mail and spam; protecting your computer from hackers and viruses; and keeping your personal information private.

check out the 'image gallery' to download gif images including animated gifs

The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for non-profit educational users who make their pages available on the web.

Educational Websites written by Kids - plenty of good ideas from the Franklin Institute Online

An excellent site providing an insight into the workings of nearly anything, from ice cream to car engines and beyond. Providing clear and reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works.

advice for ICT co-ordinators and teachers

an excellent site including ideas for ICT projects

Articles on e-learning, computers in education and information & communication technology -- practical information for teachers, advisors and school leaders

Filtering and blocking access to 'undesirable' content or contact on the Internet is obviously something many parents wish to be able to do. The objective of these evaluations is to help parents with an interest in managing their children's Internet usage to decide which, if any, of the currently available Internet safety software will best suit their needs.

Hotline for reporting sites containing child abuse images, and those with criminally obsence and race hate content.

support for many of the Microsoft problems

Advancing education through ICT

HTML and CSS Guide - Visibility guide of HTML and Style Sheet which support IE3-IE6, NN4-NN6, W3C HTML4.01 and CSS2.

Expert advice you can trust! Contains a very useful forum for computer problems.

a computer magazine