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Row erupts over schools open-source project - ZDNet.co.uk - June 2008
Sleaze, or clumsy evaluation criteria?
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Becta said it had received "a strong set of responses from excellent organisations all of whom scored well in different areas". It added: "AlphaPlus came out on top overall but, as stated earlier, we anticipate that the nature of the work will mean that many parties in the education and open-source community will be involved in elements of the project delivery."
The OSC's open letter to Becta - Mark Taylor June 2008 - Communication Breakdown - David Meyer's Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community
Didn't BECTA see that coming?
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Funny how the UK Public Sector is the only one in the world who consistently 'trial' Open Source by giving projects to those least capable of delivering them, and then claim that it 'doesn't work' or is 'more expensive than proprietary (equals Microsoft) software'.
Schools get new route to cheaper software shopping - Public Sector - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
New deal for open source IT for schools
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Under the deal, schools will be able to choose from 12 software vendors - both proprietary and open source - for operating systems; office productivity software; network and security programs; as well as ERP and other software
10 Feb 09
BBC NEWS | Technology | Nine-year-old writes iPhone code
Encouragement to program.
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"Everybody can program - if Ding Wen can, so can you," he wrote.
08 Jan 09
"opened"
Interesting blog
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I'm currently working on a research essay on the topic of Open Source in Education, simply named "opened".
27 Oct 08
co-operative News - A lesson on the future of Co-op schools - 15 Oct 2008
I haven't finished reading this fascinating article, which lays aside a lot of my concerns.
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Foundation schools have been part of our education for centuries. The term derives from the wishes of the founders, often charitable institutions or church based bodies. A foundation school is part of the state education system and part of the local authority family of schools. It differs in that the land and assets are held by the trust and the governing body is the employer and responsible for student admissions. There are no significant changes in the way the school is funded,
05 Aug 08
Facebook | Message: UAE to get cooperative schools for low cost education soon
interesting
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"The UAE will diversify cooperative societies and plans to have cooperative schools for low cost education and other professional cooperative societies
18 Feb 08
YouTube - Phun - 2D physics sandbox
Not done in any kind of Smalltalk, but in C++ (and closed source) - but this beautiful video shows the kind of toy a computer should be.
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Phun is a playground for the creative mind where toys can be easily created.
Phun was created as a MSc project by Emil Ernerfeldt
Elastolab
Not Squeak but VisualWorks Smalltalk. Seems to need Win32 libraries.
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a fun program for kids that lets them play with sound, images and motion in a simulated physics environment.
ODECo
Beautiful 2D and 3D microworlds - I have to download this
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ODECo is an easy tool kit for making 2-D & 3-D dynamics simulation based on
ODE http://www.ode.org. It works under Squeak 3.6 or 3.7 image.
July 5, 2007: Ported to OLPC
10 Feb 08
Theory Y Algebra - demo-13
I am not sure if this is a good use of computers to aid learning.
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But now the school has acquired
Theory Y Algebra. The student
learns at once when they have
made a mistake.
21 Jan 08
Don't blame the immigrants - it's British children who are trouble in the classroom | the Daily Mail
Oh!
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"He's coming from Poland. We thought you'd like him in your class."
I catch my breath.
"Like it? I'd absolutely love it. Yes please,
One in five secondary schools face closure as they fail to meet government targets | the Daily Mail
League tables"shock"
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Meanwhile St Augustine's Catholic College in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, saw its results plunge
from 84 per cent under the general measure to 3 per cent when science is included.
Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom:: Language World 2007
Interesting - I will take a look at the presentation.
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Building on traditional methodology of flashcards and OHP to enhance learning
Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom: Joe Dale offers practical tips and advice on using ICT to enhance the teaching of modern foreign languages
This teacher is prolific and thoughtful blogger
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The PowerPoint Militant Society at TeachMeet BETT Final Roundup
BETT 2008: Blogs and Podcasts - ICT in your Pocket
Nodehill RSG Practical Podcasting
80,000, eh?
BBC Primary French Trampoline
Cool stuff you can do with your iPod
The Wight way to blog - Education Guardian
Newsday 2008 announced
Integrating podcasting into your classroom
Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculm, The Whole Community
Book review
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It is hard to argue with the instructional approaches suggested throughout the book: literacy-rich environment, meaning-based activities, natural emergence of literacy, lowered anxiety level, motivating activities, and the integration of literacy with content. On the other hand, the book could also create the impression that teaching can be a "one size fits all" approach (Reyes, 1992, p. 427), equally suitable for all children.
Acquiring English as a Second Language - What's "Normal," What's Not
Mentioning bilingualism research studies without citing them! I think they are citing Thomas and Collier (1998), which might be a meta-study, but odd not to cite the studies themselves.
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Gradually, as they learned more English, they would be taught in the primary language 50% of the time and in English 50% of the time by sixth grade. Studies have shown that children who are taught in this manner outperform ELLs who are taught mostly in English from very early in their schooling. ...When these standardized tests are administered, the ELLs often score very low and are labeled as having language-learning disabilities. They are then inappropriately placed into special education.
Lack of English skills puts pressure on schools | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk
The same story as the Telegraph one, but with a different slant on the background information. This one has anecdotes about how quickly children from non-English-speaking homes learn English.
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"The diversity of our community here in Newham is probably one of our greatest strengths. Bilingual children have a good grasp of their mother tongue and learn English very quickly with great support from parents" " Lots of schools in London with 70% or 80% of children with English as a second language are beating the national average."
John Bald on what technology can offer language lessons | E-learning | EducationGuardian.co.uk
use computers to teach modern languages (via LTS blogs)
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He's based the blog on his work at Nodehill middle school, where he has developed a wide range of applications of generic, usually free, software, which consists largely of practical tips, examples of children's work and several complete online tutorials in key skills.
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