| Aside from being able to attach digital
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| | Increasingly, computers are being fitted
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| projectors and interactive whiteboards we
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| | with DVD Rewriters which can hold up to
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| have seen computers, in the last 2 years,
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| | 8GB of memory (8000MB). However these can
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| being kitted out with a wide range of
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| | only be used in DVD-ROM drives, whereas
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| hardware that, if used creatively and
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| | burnt CDs can be used in any computer
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| appropriately, can enhance both lessons
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| | fitted with a CD drive. CDs can still
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| and teacher management.
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| | hold a huge amount of information, but it
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| CD Rewriters/DVD Rewriters
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| | is worth planning your CD and creating
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| Most children can burn music on to CDs.
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| | themed CDs such as the ‘assessment’
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| ‘Burning’ is the term used when
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| | CD which has all of the school’s
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| recording on to a CD because a small
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| | assessment material and government
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| laser burns the information on to the
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| | guidelines, or the ‘planning and
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| disc. People have been burning music on
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| | curriculum’ CD which holds all the
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| to discs for sometime but only recently
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| | schools planning materials both current
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| have we, in schools, started using it as
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| | and historic. If the school does not have
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| a tool to transfer documents and for
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| | an intranet this is great way to share
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| storage.
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| | resources and, importantly, it can be
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| The easiest way to obtain Government
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| | taken home.
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| leaflets is often by downloading them
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| | DVD Players
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| from websites. They can then be burnt on
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| | Since 2000 DVD-ROM drives have become
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| to a CD to be stored and shared. Although
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| | almost standard pieces of hardware on
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| virtual booklets will never replace real
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| | computers. With a DVD-ROM drive (look for
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| ones it is useful to be able to download
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| | the DVD-ROM logo on the side of the drive
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| and save them. You could also add school
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| | – if it has it then the machine is able
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| paperwork such as brochures, time tables,
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| | to play region 2 DVD videos, the same as
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| policies, generic letters, curriculum
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| | you would have at home) the teacher is
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| framework, QCA documents, SATs papers,
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| | able to play a short clip of DVD video
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| websites, interactive resources, etc.
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| | directly from their machine and if
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| Many schools are now producing a CD-ROM
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| | projected can produce a cinema sized
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| of these documents as a virtual resource
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| | image. The obvious advantages are that
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| to share and update with colleagues each
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| | they do not need to be set up before use
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| year. As long as the documents are
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| | – no more fast forwarding or rewinding
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| clearly labelled it is relatively easy to
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| | to find the exact spot – and the image
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| find your way around a CD-ROM in the same
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| | and sound quality is vastly superior to
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| way you would any hard drive. If you have
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| | any video machine. The clip can be
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| Windows XP then you can customise the
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| | seamlessly included into a teaching
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| folders by right clicking on the folder,
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| | objective without the children having to
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| selecting ‘properties’ and then
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| | go to a special TV room or to move their
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| ‘customise’. You can then allocate a
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| | chairs so they can see the relatively
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| different icon or draw from any thumb
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| | small TV screen. I recently taught a
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| nails of your digital photographs.
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| | lesson where we were comparing a classic
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| There is a limit to how much you can burn
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| | novel with a film adaptation of it. The
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| on to a CD-ROM (usually around 650MB),
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| | DVD took no time to set up and no
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| but it is the equivalent of over 600
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| | cumbersome TV was involved! It had an
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| discs. Blank CDs can be bought for as
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| | immediate impact with the children and
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| little as 30p each, so they make for a
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| | they were then able to write their own
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| very economic resource. Photographs which
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| | screenplay versions of the film. For such
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| take up a lot of memory can be burnt on
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| | a useful piece of technology it is,
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| to CD to free up space on your hard
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| | ironically, rarely used and although
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| drive. All computers with a CD-ROM
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| | animations and TV clips are becoming
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| rewriter installed will have the relevant
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| | readily downloadable (the BBC have plans
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| software needed to burn the CDs (look for
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| | to make all their archive TV shows and
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| the CD Rewriter icon on the side of your
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| | films available on the net) this takes
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| CD drive). These programmes are fairly
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| | time and needs hard drive space. DVDs are
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| easy to use and are pretty much
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| | quick and easy to use with a large image
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| drag-and-drop from the hard drive.
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| | that never fails to grab the attention of
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| More space
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| | pupils.
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