http://www.theopendisc.com/education/
The OpenEducationDisc is a compendium of software produced with students from KS1-5 in mind. Now published on a DVD, there is something here for everyone. 600 were produced for the BETT show and went like hot-cakes.
C&T is an eclectic company of drama professionals, technologists, teachers, web designers, animators and writers working with partner schools all over England to bring new, creative learning practice to students and teachers through a blend of drama, applied learning and digital technology.
Mary Cooch, (@moodlefairy), author of Moodle for Teaching 7-14 Year Olds, writes about Our Lady's High School Preston's innovative use of Moodle to support SEAL (Social Emotional Aspects of Learning).
The Open Source Specialist Group (OSSG) will be holding a one day workshop on Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) for Social Networking from 1030 on Thursday 30th April 2009 at the BCS Central London Offices, First Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA.
Papers and posters for presentation are being sought along with a call for those just wishing to attend and participate. It is envisaged that the workshop will compare some of the leading Open Source CMS such as Drupal, Joomla, and Plone for social networking purposes.
Creative Commons offer a range of licenses for the publication of works (anything – not just software, so particularly relevant to learning resources, for example). Similar to the idea of copyright, Creative Commons offers creative control away from the extremes. At one pole is total control, such as “all rights reserved”. At the other pole it is permissible to do anything with content.
This readable report describes the history and current phenomenon of open source (focusing on
Alton Convent School have used the Elgg social networking platform to provide their Year 6 pupils with blogs, social networks, tagging, e-portfolios and personal profiles, all within a safe, monitiored 'walled garden'.
