Naimish

Hi Grumble Dook, apologies for not getting back sooner. Could you Skype me, I'm not sure how to add a private message on here. Skype ID is: showmyhomework Look forward to speaking, Thanks Naimish

That's what I would have thought but in all fairness I'm very disappointed with the LGFL. As an advisor, how can so many schools in London still be using IE 6? Just look at their own website, I can't find much innovation or excitement or ease of use. Teachers are not commercial people or naturally IT/Tech orientated. Of course this does not apply to all teachers but there is a good amount that are like this. I'm not saying Intel are the only people out there that can provide advise but I was surprised that they offer this here in the UK. It's always good to look at alternative sources of information. I'm still not sure if the folks at LGFL always provide the best advise. For example, why would a school opt for Share Point when they could use a lighter, cheaper, easier to use solution like Box.net? Why is the LGFL not pushing technologies like Google Apps and leveraging the email services and collaboration tools that provides instead of going for something very commercial and expensive like Outlook?. The future is light, agile applications that are ready and already developed for multiple devices. Thank you for your message. Best Naimish

I will have to check this out..Many thanks for the replies everyone :-)

The Dilemma. How do you block games in school that mostly run on flash, without blocking flash? We need flash as we have various interactive resources that are run on them which are very educational and fun, including some forms of games - so removing it wouldn't make sense. We have tried to use classroom base tools such as NetSupport etc but don't find it works well enough. In addition, we have blacklisted the work 'game' along with other popular online flash game websites, so they are blocked. However this is still not the right solution because the students always manage to find a way around. Some of the smarter ones are finding games in different languages so the above solution is a tad redundant. Your help would be much appreciated. I've been looking to get some advise from Intel Education at the moment, which has been helpful. Any thoughts?

I believe the cuts to funding as meant schools will have to buy back services / consultancy from LFGL. If I'm honest, I don't think I have ever contacted the LGFL and will be using their services. This year, even the broadband has been moved to Virgin. I find the whole experience, particularly their website, a poor one. I came across an interesting link to Intel who are doing some work in the education space, they are not selling any solutions but providing advise and guidance. If I had to choose between Intel and LFGL for advise, I know who I'd choose. Google 'Intel Transforming Education' if you want to know more (Sorry I can't share links here).