[senit] BBC jam website

Richard,

I was involved in the early stages and have used some of the activities in a 
beta release with my students who enjoyed them.  I haven't had a chance to 
look properly at the full version yet or use it in school.  No problem 
getting it to work using Internet Explorer.

Sally Paveley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
To: <senit at lists.becta.org.uk>
Cc: "sld-forum" <sld-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [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
>
> ****************
> 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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