[senit] BBC jam website

I was involved in the early stages and have used some of the

There's a problem with Safari, Apple's browser. Seems very similar to  
the Firefox one. The BBC need to look at this carefully, since  
Internet Explorer isn't being developed for the Mac and is now pretty  
archaic.
What did load prior to the games activities failing seemed to take  
far too long, and I'm concerned that despite some very suitable  
looking graphic elements for secondary age pupils, there are  
intrusive childish things like the dog driving a bus and wearing  
clothes. Might be better to develop interfaces for two age groups -  
how clearly have they identified their audience (and is it omitting  
any obvious learners with special needs?).

Richard - will you be able to pass all of our comments on to James Webb?

Regards,
Sean

Sean O'Sullivan
sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
Deputy Headteacher
Frank Wise School, Banbury
http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk

http://www.parkroadict.co.uk

On 10 Oct 2006, at 18:49, Sally Paveley wrote:

> 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.
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> Sally Paveley
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Chetwynd"  
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> 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
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>> Richard,
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>> It's not only the BBC who would welcome comments.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> On the positive side, there are a large number resources to try.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Jonathan Chetwynd
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>> On 8 Oct 2006, at 17:09, Richard Walter wrote:
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>> 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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