Fantastic chat with Andrew Field (he of SchoolHistory fame) last night. We’ve been corresponding for ages, but only just now got to speak. I am a huge admirer of SchoolHistory, and it was that more than anything that persuaded me that Yacapaca tests should be delivered in Flash. Andrew has not used Yacapaca before, so…

Three cheers to James for setting up Edublogs, completely free blogging for all those involved in education. Connoisseurs should note that it’s built with WordPress, one of the sweetest blogging semantic personal publishing (their words!) platforms around. James says http://edublogs.org is an totally unique project aimed at teachers, researchers, writers and educators the world over.…

How much did the DfES just spend on a Microsoft Office clone to use in the KS3 ICT SATs? Here’s an open-source spreadsheet that works in the browser. Major kudos to Steve Yen and the TrimPath community, and thanks Nat for the link.

The authoring module of Yacapaca is now in ‘Beta’. If you fancy playing around with a really leading-edge elearning system over the Summer, let me know. To the best of my knowledge, Yacapaca is the only system that lets you create, set, mark and monitor your own tests and assessments, all online, completely without charge.…