Hi Errol,
This response jumps about the issues a little and is also going out to
the general list.
SAFFRON.8MOON wrote:
Hi Don
We are, however
looking at using the school video conferencing facilities at school. Is
this any good for you?
This is an education department/schools issue.
If people from the department and the schools want to empower this then
I'm happy to take part.
When I looked at it last year it all seemed to hard for everyone else.
I am sorry but I don't have energy to push the barrow up the hill.
I expected that Oxford school would email me with a list of the internal
and external stake holders. This didn't happen.
If the schools/department could invert the hill, as to say, so that I
can push the barrow down hill, then we can do something.
At present I'm still working on getting very basic internet access into
the area we are working in, which as you know, did not have internet
access last year.
The problem is being address (I hope) by the CCC, who are going to fund
a Vodem connection for the project. I am still left with finding
funding to pay for the actual Vodem (which at present I will be paying
for personally, though that seems reasonable as I'm sure I will get a
little use out of it for other things as well).
How do you see the programme continuing as I
would like to suport it as much as I can?
This year I'm going to throw the program open to the public as well as
the schools.
I am waiting to hear back from RHS regarding their kids.
The GAT teacher from RHS was all keen last year to involve other
students from other schools as well. However I didn't hear back
anything more about this.
I also intend to widen the scope of what we're doing this year to
include community network building (a personal passion as many already
know) which includes issues like networking computers together and Open
Source Software in general,
Over the summer I have been able to collect together a lot more
equipment so there will also be a much more hands on approach to
hardware. However where I'm going to store all this equipment between
lessons is another issue.
I would have said the project needed a bit more of a focused plan,
however having reviewed my notes from last year I realised that I had
quite a focused plan.
What I didn't have is resources, Internet access being the primary one,
and an exercise plan for students to do in class. I'm working on both
at present. ie; I'm waiting to hear confirmation from CCC that they
will do their part and waiting on RHS to confirm details of when we kick
off for 2007.
Cheers Don
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