Software+for+boys

‘ICT stuff’ boys get engaged with… toc This is just a collection of ideas and software (free) that I put together in a year when I taught a group of mostly disengaged intermediate age boys.

Maths
[] Maths arcade style games [|http://www.poptropica.com/base.php][| -]Fun maths game

ICT Games Math Forum

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Science
**OE Cake! -**Great physics game - I LOVE this software, check it out on You Tube but be careful to check that all the clips are appropriate to show, some are not quite suitable for kids to watch.... BUT it is great physics modelling software and kids LOVE it! media type="youtube" key="VFBlaoqRr-w" height="240" width="406" 3D Physics software - free

Animation/ Programming
SAManimation Animation software – free [|Scratch] - Free control tech software Robocup- expensive lego equipment, but well worth it. Gamemaker

Thinking Tools
[|http://www.webspiration.com] Online mind mapping tool – free [|Explor-a-tree -]–thinking guides need to register as a user first (free) [|www.weebly.com] website builder

Games
Lego Games Online games Cargames Castle Defence Kaboose Games [] [] [] [] []

Other
Teacher tube [|www.teachertube.com] [] Great resource fore interesting factual information [] Firefox - add on’s eg Cooliris, downloadhelper **$100 interactive whiteboard** [] "Interactive whiteboard" is an oxymoron, a bit like "colour radio". There is very little that is interactive about one, all you can really do is sit there and watch while someone (the teacher, the teacher's pet) fiddles with stuff on it, or writes on it, or shows you something. What else does it do? I'd suggest that they are really passive whiteboards rather than interactive. At least with colour radio you have to use your imagination. Also look at []