Chalkface Blog
The best teaching materials in the most practical format.
Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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When any online service goes wrong, there are four possible loci for the problem The program The server Proxy server en route The browser Of these, 1 and 2 are under our control (‘us’ being the people who run the service). Problems can generally be found and fixed quickly. 4 is generally something that we…
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Miranda says Just been chatting with Barry Blake fom Mangotsfield School who rang because he’d used up all his [Yacapaca] tests and not realised. He needed more, urgently. The idea came up of having a facility which would enable teachers in a similar position to access an additional 100 emergency uses from their interface without…
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Today we celebrate an anniversary. It is precisely one month since telecoms company Easynet (via their UK Online brand) cut off my broadband connection. In the name of ‘upgrade’, I’d foolishly let myself be seduced by the promise of an 8meg connection for the same price as the half-meg connection I’d had from BT. Every…
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I’ll not repeat my previous rant about how appallingly disadvantaged young people who cannot touch-type really are. But I will point you to goodtyping.com and their Free online Typing course. Via Jane.
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From Friday’s Doonsbury: Education is the membrane between [social] classes, and it’s permeable.
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