Scootle is a great resource for all those mainstream subjects delivered at mainstream schools. At SCCVC our General Maths teacher has used Scootle resources successfully with her students. they find the activities fun and more interesting than textbook questions. This is the extent of our use of Scootle at SCCVC, as there is little in the way of vocational resources.
Second Life is an exciting resource which has proven success with students of all learning abilities. At yesterday's iLe@rn Conference, there was a great application of Second Life with RE students. Issues around CEO access, bandwidth and proper student use would still preclude most schools from utilising this software.
Despite students being advanced users of Facebook, it should stay outside the realms of school. There needs to be clear boundaries on the use of the social medium from an educational perspective.
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