Gadget Show FLOSS
It would seem that FLOSS is flavour of the month. When I started in my current post FLOSS obivously well distributed, however in the last 5-6 months its seems to have a helpng hand, more government support and reconition. Today …
Year: 2009
An Introduction to Skoogle: Personal profile: Kristian still
I am in the process of writing our VLE introduction course based on the very good Moodle Course. I am attempting to make the course more relistic and relevent and most importantly practical. I have added outcomes and a staff …
Tiny Buddha Delivers
People who cease to grow can’t inspire others. Leadership begins with challenging oneself. (Daisaku Ikeda) I have always loved powerful words, quotes and parables. For many years I have collected quotes that are easily applied to students, to learning, to …
E-Learning
I will keep this brief but its been bothering me since I accepted my post as Director of E-Learning. The more I read about E-Learning the less I see the need to to define the difference between learning with and …
14 Months and I was Back Where I Started (updated)
Since emailing Helen Foster at Moodle, I decided to write this post about why and how we selected Moodle. As this may be shared with other schools and staff considering Moodle as a potential VLE, I updated the content. “Go …
The Netbooks are Coming…
Its not my title, but Mike Herrity’s, but I wanted to continue the theme of his posts. There are three key factors that are driving our decision on which Netbook. 1) Cost 2) Cost only joking, battery life 3) Operating …
Open Minded Part 2
Is FLOSS / open source a viable option for your School? Well we a blended approach has had some significant benefits for us here at Hamble Community Sports College. As for open source is FREE? I don’t intend to swim …
Open Minded Part 1
Since stumbling upon the FLOSS / FOSS Open Source community we now actively seek open source opportunities when looking to innovate. For example, with the exception of our Schools Licensing Agreement (Operating system / OFFICE suite) our main ICT products …