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  1. A useful search engine for Icons iconfinder.com particularly as you can easily search by licence type #vitalcpd
  2. RT @AlanTuringYear: Turing's Practical Firsts talk by Prof Brian Carpenter @ScienceMuseum May17. bit.ly/JZ6OEA via @driwatson #Turing
  3. I love a good infographic.This could be a great tool for students to find creative ways of visualising data easel.ly #vitalcpd
  4. Rather like the Crash Course channel on YouTube-Biology & World History in pacy 10 min chunks youtube.com/user/crashcour… #vitalcpd
  5. a free video analysis app. Analyse movement, swing, gait etc.v useful for PE teachers. As spotted by @mrrobbo itunes.apple.com/us/app/coachmy… #vitalcpd
  6. Have you been where the Queen's been? A fun tool, useful if you're doing some diamond jubilee work in class bbc.co.uk/news/uk-178261… #vitalcpd
  7. A huge collection of 360 degree images to be explored 3dtoad.com Particularly good for sci (other topics covered) #vitalcpd
  8. A great science initiative for primary schools in the Cambridge area Microscopes4Schools bit.ly/HYVXrD #vitalcpd
  9. fascinating-sound maps from the British Library mapping accents, dialects, music, wildlife from around the UK sounds.bl.uk/Sound-Maps #vitalcpd
  10. an interesting new site from @ddmeyer '101 questions' bit.ly/GZJk2r a nice way to stimulate mathematical thinking #vitalcpd
  11. A fascinating resource for 20th Century history - the Nelson Mandela archive is now online bit.ly/HaiXET #vitalcpd
  12. The population of the earth laid end to end measures ~10 million km! A nifty tool to explore scale 1.usa.gov/zFWLOj #vitalcpd
  13. RT @Vitalcpd: Free CPD event at the OU London: Skills for 21st Century Teaching 28/03, 4.30-7pm bit.ly/xcU3Cn for details #vitalcpd
  14. If you're interested in using mobile tech in Maths, PE etc. these measuring apps look really useful bit.ly/AhNbxG #vitalcpd
  15. New to teaching Computing/need some CPD? CAS are hold a free workshop for teachers @ Reading uni 21/03 bit.ly/y5Vh7B #vitalcpd #CAS
  16. Spotted via @mrbyrne that Geogebra (handy dynamic maths software) now has a web version (no download req'd) bit.ly/9mAYcS #vitalcpd
  17. A fun fruit machine to generate story-starters and inspire some young writers via @sites4primary bit.ly/wPO3w7 #vitalcpd