I’m not quite finished with BECTA’s matrices yet. There is another aspect of their philosopy that worries me even more than their apparent obsession with corporate VLEs. Consider this from the Learning Platforms Matrix… Level 4: Tools provided facilitate the development of interactive schemes and units of work for pupils to work through at their…

In separate conversations with Steve Margetts and James Farmer last night, the question of wikis came up again, with very differing views expressed. Steve, brimming with enthusiasm* Again your blog compels me to put fingers to keyboard… my favourite idea for it to date is a Wiki type site. I had a lengthy discussion with…

The ever-informative Ian Usher from Bucks LEA points me to BECTA‘s view of learning platforms (aka VLEs, MLEs or LMSs), and in particular their Learning Platform Matrix. I’d not come across these matrices before. They are designed to help you understand where your school is at on a scale of readiness for various initiatives. I…

A quick roundup of Yacapaca events in May: The freebie for June is a suite of World Cup quizzes, of course! To celebrate, I have changed the default avatar to George, the footballer (so called because George Best, the footballing hero of my generation of schoolboys, died on the day we launched that particular avatar.…