There is a bug in Classdroid that stops uploads working if you type the username/password in wrong then try to upload. You will receive a message Upload failed.

To fix you have hard turn off/on your android device. Once you do this future uploads will work.

This is due to the way Classdroid was written, it will be fixed in future versions!

Scirra Construct is an game construction tool that looks like it may be a bit too complex for Primary but if someone could create a wizard interface and some primary school templates and maybe a few LA’s start doing some CPD around it the results could be excellent.

I have 2 gripes and they are obvious: It is a download + install application and the games can not be played in a web browser.

If anyone is currently using game maker you should check this post out on why Construct is better.

It certainly has the wow factor but with alternatives like 2simple’s 2DIY and scratch it may feel like overkill to some!

I’m using embed code to embed a livescribe object onto a web page and I’m getting an error but only in Safari. Embed code works fine in IE/FF/Chrome
Code is:

<object height="316" width="224" align="middle" id="myFlashContent3" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000">
<param value="http://www.livescribe.com/media/swf/pencastPlayer.swf?path=http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/flashXML?xml=0000C0A8011600003A99724B00000129451710B5B2790EAA" name="movie" />
<param value="high" name="quality" />
<param value="true" name="allowfullscreen" /> <object height="316" width="224" align="middle" data="http://www.livescribe.com/media/swf/pencastPlayer.swfpath=http://www.livescribe.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/LDApp.woa/wa/flashXML?xml=0000C0A8011600003A99724B00000129451710B5B2790EAA" type="application/x-sh$
<param value="high" name="quality" />
<param value="true" name="allowfullscreen" /> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"><img alt="Get Adobe Flash player" src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" /></a></object></object>

Tried updating adobe Flash. Update went fine but still Livescribe still returning:

Flash could not connect to the Livescribe server, or your upload may have failed. Please delete this file from your Livescribe Online account and re-upload it with Livescribe Desktop.

(Code 3)

Any ideas?

If you are using the javascript swfobject method for the hosted My Avatar Editor object you can use this code to give your avatar a transparent background:

<script type="text/javascript">
        //<![CDATA[
        var avatarvalue = "<?= $avatarid ?>";
        var avatarURL = "myavatarcharacter.swf?avatar=" + avatarvalue;
        swfobject.embedSWF(avatarURL, "avatarSWFContainer", "160", "200", "10.0.0", null, {hosted:"true"},{wmode:"transparent"});
        function setFacialFeature(){
                var avatarSWF = document.getElementById('avatarSWFContainer');
                avatarSWF.draw();
        }
        //]]>
</script>

The only bit you need to change from the default code is the parameter which is the {wmode:”transparent”} bit

Searchy Pants is a new exciting way for schools and parents to create their own safe search home page.

We focused on three main benefits:

1. Include your family/schools branding/logo
2. Include a message to your kids/pupils/teachers
3. Include useful links

We kept the admin interface as simple as possible (Just 3 pages and a wizard style setup)

Please do sign up and test it, we are happy with it so far but we know that feedback over the next few months will get us to a point where we can do a formal launch to all schools.

We kept Searchy Pants as safe as possible with various bits I will talk about in the future, most of you will be aware of the Safe Search engine we have maintained for the last 4 years with great success.

SearchyPants is pronounced – Ser Chee Pants  - Like SmartyPants but that domain was gone

Thanks to Matt Lovegrove for the testing so far.  If you think Searchy Pants is a good idea then please share it!