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Google loves blogs - like this!

GCSE ICT Revision podcast: How blog technology makes the most of Google

Google loves blogs because they tick all it’s ‘relevance’ criteria boxes: fresh, regularly-updated, keyword rich content and lots of interaction and in-bound links.

That means that any school running a revision podcast on a blog like this not only gets to provide its students with a fun, vibrant interactive learning resource, the school gets a high placement in Google too.

What’s that good for?  You tell us.  You’re the people who know best how you could benefit from being found by students world-wide looking for easy-to-digest revision help.

We’re about to go out to all the specialist community colleges in Devon and Cornwall with this revision podcast package, so if you’re a staff member at one of them, why not give us a call on 01822 610841 and jump the gun?

You could be the trailblazer

Mind mapping made easy

GCSE Revision Podcast: How to make the most of your revision with mind mapping

This revision podcast talks about the technique of mind mapping and how you can use it to make your revision more effective.

Listen to Mrs. Whatsit as she covers the main steps to creating a visual map of your chosen subject.

The knee bone connects to…

GCSE PE revision podcast: The human skeleton and the function of the major bone groups

Andy Wilkinson (pictured left) explains the major bones of the human body and the role they play in protecting, supporting and enabling the human body to work.

This revision guide features a ‘phoned-in’ podcast (done at a teacher’s leisure). We did the following:

• ‘Word edited’ the audio (fixing gaps, stutters, mistakes)

• ‘Levelised’ it (to make it a uniform level throughout)

• Saved as mp3 and uploaded to our audio streaming host

• Posted the audio / text / image on the blog

Another way of recording this content would be for the teacher to take home a portable mp3 recorder and either email the mp3s or send the data card to us for production.

Listen here:

Is a picture really a thousand words worth?

GCSE English Literature revision podcast: Wordsworth and the English poets

My head hurts with all this poetry stuff. But it’s all going to be worth it, one day, I just know it!

This revision guide covers English poetry from 1793 to 1866 and the poets who made the British Empire what it was.

Listen to Mrs. Widdle reading from the most well-know poems from Wordsworth, Gray and um.. I can’t think of another.

I’d better listen here, then, hadn’t I?:

When cells divide…

GCSE Biology revision podcast: cell division in plants and animals

Just what does go on in the process of cell-division? What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction? And how does cell division determine what our offspring will be like?

All this and more is covered by this Biology revision guide - featuring Mr. Newman aka Dr.Jekyll from the Science Block. Remember, meiosis isn’t the same as yourosis.

Listen here:

Pre-historic art

GCSE Art revision podcast: Art history and culture

The cave paintings of Lascaux are some of the earliest known examples of representation by human beings. But are they the first?

This Art revision guide summarises the key examples of pre-historic art, where they were found and the societies that made them.

Recorded by the headmaster, this podcast is 5minutes 37 seconds in length.

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Shopping habits in Britain

GCSE Economics revision podcast: changing trends in British shopping pattern

Are supermarkets a good thing? What about the EEC? This revision guide looks at how shopping has changed over the last 25 years of the British economy.

Miss Potter summarises the topics you need to cover when revising this subject.

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Photosynthesis made easy

GCSE Biology revision podcast: the role of photosynthesis in plant growth

This revision subject is pretty darned complex, but Mr. Mills makes it all sound straightforward in this guide. Find out why leaves are green and how on earth big trees suck up thousands of litres of water per day. Key areas covered include:

• transpiration

• photosynthesis

• structure of woody trees

Listen here:

How blogs and podcasts work

GCSE Design and Technology revision podcast: blogging, podcasting and web 2.0

This D&T revision guide covers the way that podcasts and blogs work and their role in marketing for business. This revision guide covers the key areas you need to revise for the upcoming exam - including the following:

• How RSS feeds work

• Why Google likes blogs

• The benefits of digital marketing versus hardcopy marketing methods

And so on. Please listen here:

A Tale of Two Cities

GCSE English Literature revision podcast: Major european cities in literature

This guide to revising Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ features Mr. Smith outlining what you need to look for when comparing his portrayal of London and Paris. In particular, pay attention to the way the character of Mr. Jones etc etc etc.