[senit] BBC jam website

Richard,

It's not only the BBC who would welcome comments.

Surely I'm not alone in wanting to know how others feel respond to  
this project.

Please could you elaborate on your experience and students responses.

Evidently you had problems getting the site to work, and found the  
plug over-long.

Regarding the interface, was it user tested
Anyone on this list involved? how about Becta?

Why does it seems poorly designed?
Why was location chosen as the key? why no alternative keys?
Why are all the resources are on a single very long page?
Is it helpful to have these separated from the main resources?
Accessibility studies might suggest that they should be related to  
mainstream activities.

On the positive side, there are a large number resources to try.

cheers

Jonathan Chetwynd

On 8 Oct 2006, at 17:09, Richard Walter wrote:

I got this the other day from James Webb at the BBC about the BBC jam  
project

I did manage to make it work eventually....
I use the Firefox web browser and, of course, I usually don't read  
emails passed the 2nd paragraph.
  -for those who also use Firefox or Opera as an alternative to  
Internet Explorer then there is some detail in the 4th paragraph  
which you should read.
By the way exactly the same information applies to running the site  
using the Opera web browser.

If you want to check it out I'm sure James would be glad of any  
feedback, especially on its use with your pupils.

Richard Walter
Meldreth Manor School

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I'm delighted to announce that the BBC jam SLD Field Studies project has
gone live. Please dive in and explore the range of games and sensory
environments on offer. For more of a sitemap style view click on the
browse button at the top right of the screen. This provides you with a
list of thumbnails of every learning object within the SLD jam
environment.

Activities are grouped by town, seaside and countryside. There are eight
games to choose from and 10 environments to explore including a DVD
store, which provides over 120 video clips designed to help learners
with SLD to learn about the world around them. Of particular interest is
the 'communication' section of the DVD store, which includes clips from
the BBC archive and features a range of learners with SEN.

Clicking on the spanner icon within the player window will provide
access to a range of user preferences including various multi-switch
settings and sound schemes designed to suit individual learners access
requirements.

Please note that it is currently performing best in Internet Explorer.
Firefox users will experience a problem on the intro screen, which will
only launch games with a right click > play. We're working on that one!

I do hope you find the time to try the service and would like to thank
you for you continued help and advice throughout the project. There's
also more detail about the learning aspects of the games in the attached
document.

Here is the shorter link:
http://tinyurl.com/fcmzs

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