I've just used these for the first time and they really do motivate the students. They've also helped to disrupt up one particular group of boys who were habitually following the lead of the most vocal, who was unfortunately also the thickest.
(6 of 6 people found the following review helpful)
Web-based course with photocopiable support material. Several studies have shown that mixing e-learning with traditional classroom learning can lead to significantly improved results. This complete 2-year GCSE course does just that.
DiDA (Diploma in Digital Applications), CiDA and AiDA from Edexcel share a unique requirement for work to be submitted in an e-portfolio. This is a key attraction of the course, but it is also the key headache. ...
read more ...
Written by
Michael Gattens at Woodlands School
Rating:
Date:
03/6/2008
An exclellent method of getting kids to focus on Unit 1 Level 1 products and not getting obsessed with website creation software.
Makes it really easy for me to comment upon their developing eportfoilio a dn even keeps a record of my comments.
Brilliant resource which has saved me many hours of stressing over eportfolio crreation and broken links!!
(12 of 18 people found the following review helpful)
These tests cover NC Levels 3, 4, 5 and 5 with extension. They are taken online, and marks are reported to you in real time. You can analyse the marks by student, by question or by question category. Students receive ...
read more ...
Written by
pi fun at posting in TES Staffroom
Rating:
Date:
09/26/2007
...that blasted mask, the kids love it though. I kinda feel at home since I'm 1/4 American Indian. I've used the site alot, all my classes have their own account and homework can be set in seconds. <BR><I>Full quote in <a href="http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2436539&path=/Marketplace/&messagePage=1&messageID=4780836#message4780836" target="blank">TES Staffroom</a></I>
(16 of 43 people found the following review helpful)
At last an accurate, computerised KS3 level assessment that is easy to set up and simple to administrate.
This assessment suite was developed at Blatchington Mill school in Brighton and calibrated against a full range of NC levels in trials ...
read more ...
Written by
TheBinMan - at TES Staffroom
Rating:
Date:
06/25/2007
Use yacapaca instead [of that RM thing] - it works without bunging up the entire school network !
(full post at http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2397704 )
(34 of 64 people found the following review helpful)
