out of school working

The school was using We-Learn as their VLE but also had access to ThinkQuest. Rebecca was working with a group of Year 7 pupils who were setting up their accounts in the ThinkQuest learning environment. This has pages that resemble social networking sites, with which many students and teachers are familiar, with a log-in and privacy settings controlled by the school. The school limits use to the school community and an administrator moderates images before they are uploaded. In setting up their personal space Rebecca was also able to discuss the dangers of other networking sites. ThinkQuest is accessible off site by students. Rebecca decided to use other features such as the calendar to record deadlines, message facility to answer questions or to give work for a missed lesson, and the voting system to provide feedback from the pupils.