Chalkface Blog
The best teaching materials in the most practical format.
Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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There are now 15,000 individual questions in Yacapaca, compiled into just under 2,000 quizzes. That’s a huge resource teaching material! You probably would not know it is there, though, because much of it is hidden away in authoring groups which you have to join before you can use it. So, to give you an idea…
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My thanks to the software team for looking after me in Kharkov so well last week. I was there to lay the groundwork for some really exciting new features we have planned for Yacapaca; not stuff I can talk about yet. What I can talk about is the beautiful Pokrovsky Cathedral (photo); largely restored since…
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I alluded to this idea last December, and it seems Larry Page has been thinking along the same lines – unsurprisingly, as Google is his company. I’m sticking with my prediction of 2013, but he seems to be hinting he thinks it will be sooner than that. To paraphrase my previous post: So far, you’ve…
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If, like me, you keep thinking you’ve ‘got’ the web, only to then realise that its essence still eludes you, this little video essay is well worth four minutes of your time. It is a very witty introduction to the idea that the web is about conversation, not the static presentation of information. Everyone is…
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The feature of Yacapaca I am proudest of is the ability to easily borrow someone else’s work and adapt it for your teaching needs. Ever since Chalkface started, teacher have been using scissors and Pritt-stick to adapt worksheets, so it makes sense that they should be able to do this with online materials too. Perhaps…
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