Chalkface Blog
The best teaching materials in the most practical format.
Author: Ian Grove-Stephensen
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It’s Yacapaca’s birthday, exactly two years since we started the project. And, according to Sergej, we shall today make our 1000th ‘commit’ (update) to the software itself. That’s not quite 1000 improvements because it includes all the original development effort, but it’s close. What’s both fascinating and cheering is not just how it’s grown, but…
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We are cracking champagne this afternoon having just signed up our 5,000th teacher on Yacapaca! I am delighted to welcome Alison Bayley of Thomas Peacocke Community College in Rye to our growing community. Alison, to celebrate we’ve just given you 1000 free credits on the system. Enjoy!
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Some things are just too good not to share, such as this comment from Jane Weller of Cheam High School‘s Maths dept. Absolutely brilliant! I’ve never known my class so engrossed in a lesson. They worked almost in silence on the survey I’d set up, then were challenging each other on the multiplication & division…
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A particular pleasure recently has been to observe the increasing trend of early Yacapaca adopters seeking to induct colleagues. It is an extra level of validation when somebody thinks that what you are doing is good enough to share with their friends. And I’m a sucker for flattery. These pioneering adopters tend to learn by…
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This evening we are uploading the next major improvement to Yacapaca. The ePortfolio is now integrated into Yacapaca for both teachers and students. Teacher module As teacher, you will see a ‘gateway button’ in the Yacapaca banner. This will take you into the ePortfolio module. You will find most of it self-explanatory, but please do…
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