Right from the start, I conceived Yacapaca as an ‘assessment platform’, but what sort of assessment? In particular, does it qualify as a tool for Assessment for Learning (AfL)? I’ve spent a merry evening going through various writings on AfL and trying to match the attributes of AfL to Yacapaca features. Very instructive and reasonably…

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…

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…

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…