LSIS are pleased to announce that all the materials from the ReadWritePlus site, which has now been closed, have been moved to the Excellence Gateway.

LSIS have changed how the content is organised and presented so that it's easier for users to find what they are looking for.

The materials, if you have not looked at them in the past, will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners in all settings, including...

• Skills for Life;

• Functional Skills; and
  

• Key Skills.

For ...

MouseProgram, created by Lawrence Goetz 2008-2010, is very much a website for beginners to learn how to "Use The Mouse"

Visitors to the MouseProgram website practice using the Mouse, including:

• Moving the Mouse;

• Left Clicking;

• Right Clicking;

• Double Clicking;

• Dragging and Dropping;

There is also an introduction to the elements found on "Online Forms", including using the mouse with...

• Radio Buttons;

• Check Boxes; and
  

• Drop Down Lists.

The bonus for many may wel...

The Embedded Learning Portal contains online versions of the Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning. These embedded teaching and learning materials are designed for use by practitioners: vocational practitioners and trainers, Skills for Life (Functional Skills) practitioners, practitioners working in community, employability and health settings and employability programmes.

Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning aim to help learners to improve the...

• literacy,
• language or...

Harcourt School Publishers website, called Punctuation Campground, is an excellent interactive white board resource.

There are not many online Language sites, dealing with proper punctuation, that can be used effectively on an interactive whiteboard.

Punctuation Campground...

• does not require any keyboard input,
• is easy to navigate, and
• provides great feedback and reference material to help both the learner and the practitioner.

In the activity, a sentence is presented for the learn...

Learners often expect practitioners to correct their written errors!

However learners can learn a lot from looking for and correcting errors in written work.

Practitioners can provide learners with texts that may, or may not, have spelling errors. Learners can then be encouraged to look at the text carefully and try to find any errors. If they see any they should try to correct them. They can then copy and paste the text into SpellChecker and then 'Spell Check'.

Try it out at http://w...

Mr. Nussbaum has improved his interactive math application, Draggable Math.

In his words, Draggable Math now has...

“the ability to correct problems, drag numbers anywhere on the screen, change paper type from graphing, to lined, to blank, and to draw lines anywhere.”

Users now have the option of using it to practice...

• addition,
• multiplication,
• division and
• subtraction.

Users are given several options to customize each selection.

These activities work well with an In...