[senit] digital portfolios

Hi I agree with much of what Ian says. However I don't

Hi

I am jumping into the middle of this conversation so if anything doesn't
quite fit, please forgive.

I agree with _some _of what David says.

I teach ICT at Pebble Brook School, (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) which has
upwards of 50 MLD pupils.

It turns out Buckinghamshire Primary schools have been the more enthusiastic
and prodigious of creators within the marvellous local authority Moodle
implementation. You are probably aware that Moodle is a Free and Open Source
VLE. My son (age 9) loves the Moodle learning website at his school.

I am completing an M-level course in e-pedagogy and developing something for
our pupils as a test of principle. I am reporting progress this summer that
I envisage will be positive -- and that should include data from pupils and
senior management.

If anyone is interested I would be pleased to share Moodle course(s) and/or
snippets that would naturally be aimed at and focussed on our pupils'
needs. Pehaps the best way to do that would be a separate course area
without pupils on our school Moodle website -- alternativley I set something
else up on a separate site. Either way -- I will give it some thought and
probably put the most sensible option into place over the summer holidays.

I am serious about the _sharing_ -- no charge here -- I would hope to gain
from the feedback from anything people were able to take away and use.

Also, on the basis that I believe in giving credit to sources, I first heard
the idea of sharing courses from Ian Usher (Bucks CC e-learning coordinator)
who has set up sharing for all Bucks schools on the BucksGfL website (
http://www.bucksgfl.org.uk). Obviously, some or all of that will not be
available outside of BucksGfL connected schools.

Finally I know that Ian has been doing some work incorporating symbols
(forget which ?) into moodle for other special schools in the county. If
anyone is interested in that I would gladly pass their email onto Ian, but I
know he is very busy and working hard for us in Bucks :-)

Regards,

Joc

2008/4/24 david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>:

> Hi I agree with much of what Ian says. However I don't
> think powerpoint etc is a practical way of maintaining
> constantly updated ROAs accessible to all those
> concerned with the child , anytime, anywhere. Also the
> government's target for a personal learning space,
> which would surely include a digital portfolio? was
> march 2008, with much Becta work going back to maybe
> 2003, so really I think VLEs are the way forward. I
> agree that the VLEs have come from HE hence are not
> that suitable for primaries let alone special schools,
> but we don't want children with special needs to miss
> out on this entitlement, so I look forward to
> Inclusive Technology's LP products.
> cheers
> David
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2008/4/24 david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Hi I agree with much of what Ian says. However I don't
> think powerpoint etc is a practical way of maintaining
> constantly updated ROAs accessible to all those
> concerned with the child , anytime, anywhere. Also the
> government's target for a personal learning space,
> which would surely include a digital portfolio? was
> march 2008, with much Becta work going back to maybe
> 2003, so really I think VLEs are the way forward. I
> agree that the VLEs have come from HE hence are not
> that suitable for primaries let alone special schools,
> but we don't want children with special needs to miss
> out on this entitlement, so I look forward to
> Inclusive Technology's LP products.
> cheers
> David
>
>
>
>
>
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> Yahoo! For Good. Give and get cool things for free, reduce waste and help our planet. Plus find hidden Yahoo! treasure
>
> http://green.yahoo.com/uk/earth-day/
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