Light a Candle January 20, 2009
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In many faiths, the lighting candles is a symbolic representaton of ideas such as joy, remembrance. As part of supporting the theme to Stand Up to Hatred for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, you are invited to light a candle. “By lighting a candle you are showing your support at embracing diversity and dispelling the darkness that racism, oppression and ignorance can lead to.” Click on the candle and add your light.
Well done True Tube!
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Yet another award for True Tube – winner of the Secondary Digital Content category at the 11th annual BETT Awards. 11th annual BETT Awards, held at the London Hilton, Park Lane on the 15th January. Run by Emap, Becta and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), the BETT Awards is considered by many to be the most prestigious awards in the education sector. Each year, ICT educational suppliers of all types and sizes enter the BETT Awards, which celebrates excellence in ICT in education. Richard Joslin, exhibition director, Emap commented: “TrueTube’s awareness of the educational and social needs of teenagers and young adults has resulted in a truly exceptional resource that helps to improve the learning standards across the UK.”
True Tube uses insightful short films to encourage young people to voice their opinions and share their experiences on a variety of sensitive issues, such as knife crime, teenage pregnancy and religion. TrueTube has enhanced thousands of RE, citizenship, English and science lessons around the globe, providing teachers with real life case studies and expert opinions to get their classes talking.
Glogster
Posted by smartley in Uncategorized. add a commentGlogster is a tool to create online interactive posters. Click on the Glogster link to view the site, or on the poster to view this example.
