Latest discussions on the EffectiveICT.co.uk forum http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:22:08 +0000 1 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=3373
However, it shows how important it is to try to keep on top of such things - and to have measures in place to prevent s-p-a-mmers abusing a genuine community like this one.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:22:08 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=3373 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2429 TreasuresReadingTeachers.us) What I'd like to do is add a subdomain for files that I can use in different courses, instead of reuploading the files in each course. Also, moodle times out when I try to upload larger files. Of course, I'm talking about hot potato files & other games.... ones that use javascript or just html and of course, Content Generator games ;0) as well as others that I can embed.

What I'd like to know is what kind of cms can I use that will make it easy to upload files & make pages for them. I have no experience uploading games in a zip file, unpacking & linking to them on anything EXCEPT moodle. (That's why I choose moodle, because it makes things like that sooo EASY!)

Thank any & all of you for any help you give!
~~~ Sharnon ~~~]]> Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:45:40 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2429 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2428
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View the full article]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 20:40:16 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2422 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=1779 Sat, 14 May 2011 16:34:57 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=1779 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2421 http://www.treasuresreadingteachers.us/mod/resource/view.php?id=1782 that the headings & forums are present. This resources came from http://www.treasuresreadingteachers.us/course/view.php?id=78, Topic 3.
Can you tell me how to change the defaults for adding resources so that my swf's will be in fullscreen?

ThanKS!

SJR]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 22:26:18 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2421 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2420 I'm looking for drag & drop tutorials. I tried the Mr. Potato Head tutorial, but it's not available... any other suggestions?]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:28:46 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2420 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2408
I've been so impressed to see other ICT colleagues helping construct the fightback. We've already been pushing for more and more programming work at Neale-Wade and I've been very pleased with the work that we've done with Flash programming, exploration of 'proper' web design, coverage of computing history, begun with Steve Fone's (ICT colleague at Neale-Wade - @stevo39x) work on Internet history, with Andy Willetts' (another ICT colleague at Neale-Wade) work on Gamemaker, SCRATCH work (initially provided by one of our cover teachers) as well as the enthusiasm for the 'proper' computing elements of the IT Diploma via Trevor Hughes (IT & business teacher at Neale-Wade, responsible for the diploma). We will continue to share all the work that we develop as a faculty via the #ictcurric hashtag and related sites: http://ictcurric.org.uk/ and http://moodle.ictcurric.org.uk/

I strongly believe that ICT needs to be positioned at the centre of a successful school curriculum. It can be a subject that pressurises and enhances students' higher level Maths skills, puts the imagination, reasoned arguments and communication expertise from English, Media & PSHE into real-life practice, enhances and develops their inquisitive, problem-solving, investigative Science and Humanities skills, builds on their design & creativity from DT, Art, Music & Drama, even providing them with opportunities to put kinaesthetic and reaction from PE / Sports studies into games-programming & playing action. ICT should equip students with the confidence, the creative enthusiasm, and ferocious expertise to succeed in the later 2050s and beyond.

To me, as a history graduate, I see IT (drop the C) as a subject as being very closely connected to history - the true historical skill of being an effective 'crap detector' (as posed by Neil Postman and see this discussion)- is such an important factor for us as IT teachers, helping students handle information intelligently as the potential for it to become manipulated increases in an ever more sophisticated way.

We need our students not to be consumers of cloud technology or 'App-eaters', we need them to be the confident and enthusiastic creators of next, higher-level game changing technology. They need to equipped with the ability to react to unexpected events, deal with creative hurdles and possess the strength of inner confidence backed by intellectual rigour - they don't need to be taught how to make a presentation look nice.

Yet this is more about a discussion about where IT should be as a subject - the current curriculum review is now receiving some excellent and wide-ranging attention from a whole host of interested parties. Do see the following blog posts and related sites:

NAACE curriculum review thinktank comments - Anna Debenham @anna_debenham
Nuclear bomb dropped on our digital future? - Aral Balkan @aral
Gove stresses 'facts' in curriculum revamp - BBC News
ICT - an uncertain future? - Doug Woods @deerwood

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Whatever you do, do leave your thoughts at current DFE call for evidence.]]> Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:05:29 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2408 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2418 After saving it, it incorporated everything on the right side of my page, as well as everything that was below it.
Initially, it was topic 5. I was able to move it down to topic 22- however- all my right hand column is on it.

Can you take a look & help me figure out how to fix this?
I don't even have the option to edit the 'table'.
http://www.treasuresreadingteachers.us/course/view.php?id=76]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:55:13 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2418 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2416
I was thinking of making a Moodle site and was just wondering how and where do you download/install it?]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:27:04 +0000 http://www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=2416