I hate it! It is sheer pennance to be eating this. So you may ask why I have Allbran Apricot Bites in the cupboard and why I am eating them now! Careless shopping is the answer - I thought they were like the Raisin Wheats (which are quite sweet and make for a reasonable breakfast) but no - these are ghastly. If I were a more organised shoppoer I would have ens
The blog articles are stored in the reverse order to that which they were submitted. To start at the beginning, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on next article. The first blog is entitled A Learning Journey. The more recent articles were added today after I had nearly lost all the work completed to date. Storing it online keeps it safe.<!-- Ju-Anchor-Fo
Another issue that has proved to be quite time consuming is creating a consistent navigation. The scaffolding within PLUS should handle this seamlessly but there appeared to be a few quirks. Although from the Proprty view (cut down) of each property there is a link to the FULL PAGE – thus displayed the entire content of each property, there is no reciprocal link back
I was struck by some of the items in the Web esign Guide put together by Robert Buckmaster and Gill Ahrens. Use white space to provide visual ‘breathing room’. Don’t be afraid to leave some space around a GIF. Fat margins around body copy work nicely as well. White space helps the reader’s eyes rest on what’ important – whether that’s an image or words. It he
Handling web links • Cached web addresses: In searching for appropraite addresses I have visited each one and saved them in my favourite list. On one occasion when adding the hyperlink to the resources it was the cached address that was insered automatically complete with a cookie to open it on my machine. This url would not work for remote users. I now have to g
Submission It is important that the children can submit their work online. Although BGFL provides a range of opportunities to do this (and this resource will deliberatley try to exploit each one) other routes are needed – for example for competition entries- and for this I will create cut-down eLearning Folios. To this this I will create simple eFLs from the templ
I'm so glad that I deceided to log the development of the resource and just sorry that I didn't keep it quite up to date. Today my laptop has crashed - at least it just won't switch on at all. I've just got a completely blank screen and no interaction at all to try to find out what the problem is. This is fairly disasterous as today and tomorrow are the main opportu
Modus Operandae The decision to create a class page and to populate that largely with properties, but properties that have embedded eLF submission functionality leads to a reasonably complex set of dependencies which thus dictate the order of the work. 1. The activity itself needs to be chosen and a property created in which to house this activity. 2. T
Interactivity & Creativity I’m particularly keen that the resource provides opportunity for the children to use the power of the environment to create content and to be able to submit this onlien to BGFL. As a summer holiday assignment there isn’t the strict need to follow the National Curriculum although there are many opportunities to enhance skills, knowledge a
How much content? This is an issue especially in terms of the assessment requirements to produce a resource of 1000 words and to equate to 2 hours learning. These are contradictory requirements if the resource itself links to and makes use of other resources. The Resource is the whole class page and there needs to be sufficient content to provide a choice of activ
Decision time I have decided that the e-Resource will be a class page consisting of both properties and eLFs. I will have to build this within the Transition environment to minimise any potential problems with permission levels and reusability (which can occur when accessing resources from an alternative account.) I will reconstruct a copy of the class within Pres
Re-using Resources The purpose of this eresource is largely to select and package pre-existing content information and learning objects and then to represent these in an attractive and engaging format the will motivate the children to undertake a number of Challenges for the children to complete. Finding the Resources Searching the Internet and siftin
What resource? Within our VLE I could build a Class, an eLearning Folio or a Property. There are sharing, access and re-use issues associated with each of these. • eLF? The original plan was to an eLF (in effect, a single online lesson) as this is one of the latest components of PLUS and therefoe one which I am keen to experiment with. However, describing a n
e-Lympics – a learning resource for Yr6 – Yr 8 pupils Project Proposal : e-lympics: An online learning activity based on the 2004 Olympic Games suitable for Year 6 – Year 8 pupils Context Birmingham City Council, in partnership with Netmedia Education and MyInternet, has developed a VLE known as BGfL PLUS. This
Hello classmates! This is my first blog and I am creating this specifically to record my own learning journey associated with our Project to create an electronic learning resource. Much of our module has been concerned with Learning Objects but a theme developing almost offline (i.e. not supported through our set text, assignments or discussion threads) has
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