27th July 2010, 06:22 PM
No worries about the Past Horizons comment.. it is true.. and once again it comes to the question of dissemination... user interface etc...
The real issue is to get the schools to know about where to go... HEACS should lead the way... and getting onto the teachers network to promote resources. this is where an ability to aggregate as well as promote individual groups becomes an issue. If I want to know about what happened in my area, I don't want to have to go to every individual website and download from a variety of places... if everyone attached the following as basic data...
Name of site, Name of Company, Periods, nearest town, county, and georeferenced location plus link to pdf, then anyone could utilise the info to aggregate a search engine. same with Past Horizons articles... same with local group reports!
finding what you need, as quick and easy is one of my pet hobbies... I love it. :face-thinks:
pps... Kevin is not on a retrainer for Past Horizons... he is just a very lovely man (cheque is in the post as well!
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pppps Past Horizons is going to change soon though... from the flip page system to an image rich, news rich and article rich system, this will allow for scoops and latest news, rather than be stuck with 3 monthly. Easier to search and find... PLUS the articles will still be of teh same high standard. and free... I am looking at a print system to.
The real issue is to get the schools to know about where to go... HEACS should lead the way... and getting onto the teachers network to promote resources. this is where an ability to aggregate as well as promote individual groups becomes an issue. If I want to know about what happened in my area, I don't want to have to go to every individual website and download from a variety of places... if everyone attached the following as basic data...
Name of site, Name of Company, Periods, nearest town, county, and georeferenced location plus link to pdf, then anyone could utilise the info to aggregate a search engine. same with Past Horizons articles... same with local group reports!
finding what you need, as quick and easy is one of my pet hobbies... I love it. :face-thinks:
pps... Kevin is not on a retrainer for Past Horizons... he is just a very lovely man (cheque is in the post as well!
)pppps Past Horizons is going to change soon though... from the flip page system to an image rich, news rich and article rich system, this will allow for scoops and latest news, rather than be stuck with 3 monthly. Easier to search and find... PLUS the articles will still be of teh same high standard. and free... I am looking at a print system to.