Jack Sloan's Blog

One of the restricting things about the Chorlton Park blogs is the difficulty children have in interacting with themes aimed at adults. I am interested to gather ideas for developing a new theme. Having discussed this issue a little at Creative ICT with John Sutton, I have an idea of what I would like. What would you have?

Please comment. What would you have?

I have used Ocean Mist in the past as a theme. This blog uses it. I like it aesthetically, but found it a)too narrow in the central column and b)2 column only. I really like to keep links and other widgets seperate, and my kids have said they find it easier to understand. I tried Ocean Mist 2.0 but found it very unstable with lots of widgets. Here is a screengrab of Ocean Mist:

Really pleased with how my introduction to Voicethread went today. All children in my class registered and left comments: Look at the transformation!

They all know how to log into Voicethread now, and seemed excited about the idea. They especially enjoyed recording (surprise surprise…) and were keen to try webcam commenting. I have ordered a webcam for the classroom.

Our next project using Voicethread will be to develop a class assembly collaboratively online. Check it out here.

Contributions from outside the classroom are also welcome!