Quick Primary School Link Creator

Posted on by John McLear

Worst post title ever.  I just did a mock up for Ian Addison and I figured I would share it.

Only took 1 minute, it is just an idea and may never be made, I quite like it, what do you think?

Something similar will already exist, I just don’t know about it?

Either way I could make something like this in 1 to 2 hours from start to finish so if you like it let me know and I will make/host it.

The reason I used shapes/colours instead of thumbnails was so a teacher can say “Click on the red love heart” or the “yellow circle” instead of click on the thing that looks like a granny racing a unicorn.

Double.

I added an admin screen design so Ian could see how to edit a URL.  It detects the title from the URL and I added a new site button to this view.

King’s Science Academy announced in Bradford

Posted on by John McLear
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I’m confused… A load of secondary’s in Bradford weren’t able to get their BSF money to get a new build yet a new free school has been announced.

Does anyone know what it’s intake will be or who is behind the proposal?

UPDATE: Intake will be Yr7+ and it is funded by Alan Lewis.

UPDATE: It will be built on Northside Road in Lidget Green and will be a 2.1 mile drive from the nearest secondary school (Grange City Technology College).

UPDATE:  The school now has a website up that answers most of my questions.

There are many likely problems with the location/model and with the council taking education back from Serco I expect to see several sparks flying 🙂

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Construct in the classroom – The free open-source game creator

Posted on by John McLear


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!