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Megan Dee, HOS Consultant for Secondary ICT in History and Religious Education continues with her series on eLC-eligible software. Megan can be contacted at:
Software for Secondary Religious
Education
(All are eligible for purchase with e-Learning Credits)
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Aspects of Religion CD ROM Site Pack - £245.00
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Interactive Moral Issues Pack: Version 3
Birchfield Interactive –
http://www.birchfieldinteractive com/
Site licence - £129.95 exc VAT (It can be ordered on a 14 day approval)
This software offers presentations and activities for moral issues topics. Teachers can also use a library of digital content to create their own presentations. The software contains examination style questions and teachers can track their pupils’ progress as they complete the questions.
Topics covered include: Sanctity of Life, Work & Leisure, Crime and Punishment, Wealth and Poverty, Environmental Issues, Prejudice, Sexual Morality, War and Peace, Substance Misuse, Family Relationships. Topics are looked at from the viewpoint of six different religions.
Group Challenges - Quickfire Quizzer
for Religious Studies
Birchfield Interactive -
http://www.birchfieldinteractive.com/
Site licence for each - £99.95 exc. VAT (You can order it on a 14 day approval)
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This software offers team based interactive quizzes that
can be shown on interactive whiteboards. There is a bank of curriculum
based RE specific questions, though teachers can also make up their own
sets of questions. At the end of the quiz, the program collates the results
and the team with the highest number of points wins. Teachers can print out
a correction list for each team that includes all the correct answers. Topics covered include: Christianity: Social Issues, Christianity: Life and Faith, Judaism: Life and Faith and Islam: Life and Faith. |
Site licence for each CD ROM- £129.95 exc. VAT (You can order it on a 14 day approval)
Each CD ROM in this series offers presentations and activities about a religion’s place of worship. CD ROMs are available for Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. A library of digital content is also provided so teachers can create their own presentations. The software can be used on a single computer with a projector or in a network room.
RE Lessons
Online
http://www.damaris.org/relessonsonline/
£140 for a 12-month subscription
This resource is a website that provides culturally up-to-date, active-learning resource material for Key Stage 4 Religious Education. The Damaris Trust, an educational charity with a Christian foundation, runs the site. Here are some of the latest lesson plans on the site to give you an idea of what they offer:
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whole-class resources for RS Boardworks Ltd – http://www.theboardworks.co.uk KS3 Year 7-£149, KS3 Year 8-£149, KS3 Year 9-£149, Complete KS3 -£349 KS4- £349, KS3 + KS4 – save £100-£599 This CD ROM contains
presentations designed for interactive whiteboards and projectors. There
are animated diagrams and activities that can be used for whole class
discussion or for paired work in an ICT suite. Topics covered at KS3 are;
Where do we look for God? What does justice mean to Christians? Who was
Gotama Buddha? What are we doing to the environment? What does Jesus'
incarnation mean for Christians today? What does the resurrection of Jesus
mean for Christians today? Beliefs and practice: How do the beliefs of
Sikhs affect their actions? What makes a gurdwara special to Sikhs? Where
are we going? Rites of passage, Where did the universe come from? Why do we
suffer? Why are some places special to religious believers? |
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Ring 08703 50 55 60 to request a free sample disc. The free disc contains sample presentations and activities. 20% discount is available if Oxfordshire collates its orders. Fax an order to Christine Ruane at the ICT Advisory office - Fax 01865 428030 or Tel 01865 428034
