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Breaktime

A collection of stuff that's humourous, weird or just interesting. Some of it may be useful for working in schools and the rest is just for fun.

The Surrealist

This is a great site…it’s the ultimate collection of websites solely for generating your own personalised movie quotes or advertising slogans or reality tv shows or even shakespeare style quote. If you have no idea what I’m talking about check out the site…if you have 5 minutes in the staffroom and you need entertaining while you sip that coffee, this is worth a visit.

Here’s a couple of personalised examples I pulled up very quickly…

the movie quote:
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the advertising slogan:
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the song lyrics generator:
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The Tyser

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Followed a link from ysmarko and found this very cool site!

Wordle

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ok so I might be a bit late to this party, but I finally discovered twitter today. while investigating the world of twitter I also happened upon this cool thing called Wordle which forms word clouds for you. You just enter words, or link to your site, and you end up with a block of text! Potentially useful tool…

Post-it note madness


Eepybird’s Sticky Note Experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.

I don’t know if you’re anything like me and have hundreds of half used post-it notes in your desk drawers from assemblies gone by, but here’s a creative way of putting them to use over a fun coffee break ;).

[er…10 minutes later I realise this is a little bit too time consuming to attempt at home (unless you really don’t have anything else to do in your day) fun to watch though. brings back great memories of slinkies from the bygone days. thanks to Ian from Youthblog]

Pencil Rebel

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A quirky site. Investigate, play, explore. see site here.

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The power of the church youthworker

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Love this youthworker cartoon from the always brilliant Dave Walker over at cartoonchurch.com.

Neave television

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Bizarre but fun collection of things to do on this site...from the fractal to bounce to Imagination and games, there’s plenty to help you procrastinate that little bit longer ;).

 

Musicovery

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This is a brilliant site, an interactive radio that allows you to choose a genre, your mood (energetic, calm, dark or positive) and it then selects a collection of artists and songs for you! It’s very user friendly, if you’re not sure what to listen to while you work, allow this site to choose for you!

Picture yourself in Lego

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Got five minutes to play with? Ever wondered what you would look like in plastic and miniaturised?! well, ok maybe not, but give yourself and your team a laugh by making lego versions of yourselves. You can even have a cape and carry a lightsaber!

Find the site here

Virtual Barber Shop

This is amazing. Grab some earphones (doesn’t work without them) and get ready for a surreal experience. Make sure you shut your eyes!

Purely for fun, although would love to see how this kind of sound recording could be used as a sound effect in an assembly…

Awareness Test

Road safety awareness advert. Fun to use as is or built into a talk/lesson on seeing but not seeing...

World Beard Championships

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How I wish I could think of a good reason to include this in a lesson or assembly. I’m working on it. In the meantime, enjoy some of the best beards in the world. My favourite? These sideburns from Eduardo in Mexico are to die for.

The 10 most amazing sand sculptures in the world

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As a kid you probably enjoyed making sandcastles on the beach but did you ever think sandcastles could be so big, so elaborate or intricate? These sand sculptures are typically made using river sand, which is a finer material when compared with beach sand and therefore more suited to being sculpted. Unlike your puny childhood attempt at sand castle glory, some of these oversized sandcastles withstand weeks of erosion before disappearing. The results are impressive to say the least… and might give a different twist to an assembly or lesson on the parable of the house built on the sand!

Binocular Soccer

It’s hard not to love this crazy version of football, with each player only being able to see through a pair of binoculars strapped to their face. I have this down as a game for a summer camp this year, though I’d love to arrange a match one lunchtime at school. How about teachers playing in teams with each other: since the real fun is in watching. Looking online you can find binoculars for as little as £5 and even some strap-on ones as used in the match. Magic!

 

How NOT to use Powerpoint

Don McMillan gives a short comedy sketch around powerpoint presentations and the common mistakes that people make. Apart from being very funny, it’s a useful reminder for anyone taking a lesson or assembly.

The Cartoon Church

http://www.cartoonchurch.com
A wealth of Christian cartoons with a small licence fee if you want to reproduce them or use them in your work.

Jib Jab

http://www.jibjab.com/starring_you
This is fantastic! Upload a photo of yourself (or anyone else) and you can create movies in which you dance the can-can or do the hula. Would make a great item for a school assembly.

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Noisegames

http://www.noisegames.com
A collection on online games that all involve noise in some way.  There’s some great stuff here including games where you can play around with electric guitars and drums. there’s even a drumming dog? Some good ideas here for competitions you could run in a lunchtime group.

Prayerfeeder

http://www.prayerfeeder.com
A brilliant idea. You set up a prayer network and the things you’d like people to pray for, and then invite family, friends or anyone else to join your network. Their prayers will automatically be added to your prayerfeed.

Asbo Jesus

http://asbojesus.wordpress.com
Jon Birch’s brilliant cartoons that have a way of digging at our prejudices and assumptions about life and faith.

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