The co-founder of Wikipedia has launched a Web site designed to offer free access to thousands of education-related videos for students ages 3-18.
Larry Sanger, who helped create Wikipedia and has since left the organization, says the new site, www.watchknow.org, will allow students and teachers to sort through a library of online videos by content, and pick out what they need. Topics range from math and science to history. The site is meant to house and organize videos that are free and available online, yet which most people don’t know how to find.
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November 20th, 2009
Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting: Toolkit for primary schools
March 30th, 2009
“Oh, Nothing Much” REPORT
March 27th, 2009
82% of parents admit they don’t know as much about their child’s day at school as they want to.
Just 16% of children proactively share information with their parents about the school day.
24% of the children asked said they felt like their parents “were hassling†them for information about what they got up to at school
31% of parents admit to feeling ‘excluded’ when their child won’t tell them what they’ve done at school
Ofsted: Virtual learning environments: an evaluation of their development…
January 19th, 2009Ofsted: Virtual learning environments: an evaluation of their development in a sample of educational settingsVirtual learning environments (VLEs) use computers to allow remote access to learning materials. As the routine use of computers becomes all pervasive, there is an expectation that VLEs will form a significant part of the next generation’s experience of learning. This survey evaluates how VLEs are developing within a selection of providers.
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What is a Learning Platform?
September 25th, 2008Short animation demonstrating the main features of a typical learning platform.
The Flash animation is by Aaron Bowler and the whole sorry project was written by Chris Thomson at Sheffield East City Learning Centre.
The basis for the script of this video is the standard specification for Learning Platforms from BECTA’s website.
Learning Platforms – Virtually There
January 9th, 2008The Virtually There book/dvd sets are being sent to all our schools via the Local Authorities. This publication contains both a written and a visual account of the learning journeys of 7 schools across 6 local authorities in the Y&H region in their quest to implement a learning platform.
For more information please visit www.yhgfl.net/learning_platforms/
