primarytech
Virtual Teacher Trials
A new out-of-school-hours service that allows pupils to receive homework tips from “virtual teachers” is being piloted in Clackmannanshire. Pupils at the school are trialling a new ‘vodcasting system’, vod standing for Video on Demand.
The system will allow students to get access to resources that provide homework help and lesson recaps. The trial will involve [...]
Steps towards achieving zero carbon in schools
It’s with some interest and perhaps a little bemusement to read about the governments ambition for new school buildings to be zero carbon from 2016 - 8 years away?
According to a section on the DCSF’s website,
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has set out its ambition for new school buildings to be zero carbon [...]
Shiny New Chrome Browser
We’ve been dedicated users and keen promoters of the Firefox web browser for many years now, and so it was with un-due scepticism to see a new browser being launched. Un-due because having used Google’s ‘Chrome’ browser for a few days we are converts!
To download visit http://www.google.com/chrome , although there is only a windows version [...]
