Shakey1980

Thanks again for everyone's help I was up most of last night creating a Joomla website (2.5) and once you know how things work it's not so bad It has taken me about 5 hours so far, I got some hosting and a template and I even managed to put a slideshow on the home page I need to work on re sizing the images, creating a logo and some other stuff and then I will post the link to the site and you can all tell me what you think. I will stick to learning Joomla for now as it's all quite new but once I have mastered it I can then move on to Wordpress and Moodle VLE

Thank you and also to everyone else on here who have helped, I am from the West Midlands. The web development route sounds interesting and I think I am going to look into this. I have heard of Wordpress and a while ago I was watching Youtube videos about it but I will look into it more now as I didn't think the schools used it. I will certainly have a go at Joomla and Moodle also now I know I can set them up on my home PC. I have also seen links to VLE on some of the local school websites but they require a username and password, what is a VLE is it for storing information on about the school?

Thanks I last had a CRB check just over a year ago as I used to be a volunteer for a Child Contact Centre but understand that I would need to be checked again. As for the CV I do already have one but it may just need tweaking a little. I guess it's a case of whether the school will be willing to pay to have the CRB done or would I need to pay for it?

Hi great idea about volunteering, would it be a matter of phoning around the local schools and asking if they would like a volunteer to help with I.T?

I am currently 32 and would love an IT job in a school (there is nothing I want more) but firstly I need to know a few things. I was born with Myoclonus Dystonia and this makes my hands shake making practical jobs very difficult and almost impossible to, take computer apart for example because of the tiny screws or install/uninstall hardware. Saying this I am able to do most other stuff I.T related like install different o/s, install/uninstall most applications like MS Office and Adobe, I can use Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, make websites with Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Photoshop and I know some coding/HTML. So there are quite a few things I can do but some things that I can't and would like to know if I would have any chance of getting an I.T job in a school? I know it's difficult because employers are different, I am on benefits at the moment but I am sooo bored and I really want to work. I have NVQ Level 1 & 2 in I.T, so if I had a chance to work what other qualifications would I need or be best to have to get a job? Thanks in advance for anyone that helps with answering my questions.