PostsRecently we teamed up with Schoolzone to create some examples of what could be built with Magic Studio. Its been a great success with new resources now available for English, Maths, Geography, History and Science. The Schoolzone Channel is available for free use by all our subscribers – you’ll find it in the Library.
Huge thanks [...]
Learning Platforms
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New Schoolzone Channel Launches
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Magic Studio and Shibboleth 2.x
Shibboleth 2.x authentication is now available for all users of Magic Studio Pro. For those unfamiliar with it, the Shibboleth System is a standards based, open source software package for web single sign-on – find out more about it here.
Administration of Shibboleth for the education sector is provided by the UK Access Management Federation, supported by [...] -
New Magic release today
By the end of today Magic Studio will have a new look home page and personal dashboard that greatly improves the experience for users. Our team has also been working on a host of new features that make drag and drop interactives more flexible and improve the navigational flow of the whole service. Specific items [...]
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SSAT, Sir Ken Robinson and Creativity
We’ve been exhibiting Magic Studio again this week – at the 16th National SSAT Conference “Leading System Redesign”. Once again, SSAT put together a challenging and inspiring programme.
Probably most inspiring of all was Sir Ken Robinson’s Keynote on Wednesday – standing room only in the ICC’s Symphony Hall! His enthusiasm for education reminds us why [...] -
Conflating the value chain for digital learning content?
Five years ago, in the Summer of 2003, the Department for Education and Skills published a document entitled ‘The Value Chain for Digital Learning Content in England’.
The purpose of the document wasto provide a commonly understood model and language for the Digital Learning Content market in England. It represents the value that is added to [...]
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Setting out our (API) stall
There’s a buzz at the moment about API’s and the growing demand for openness to satisfy the demand for the creative re-use of digital assets.
Of course, we are big fans of open API’s. They are incredibly useful because they allow systems to interface with each other, and when used over the web they have he [...] -
Social Networks, Learning and the ghost of Ivan Illich
In Chapter 6 of Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich talks about Learning Webs and Peer-matching (page 93):
The operation of a peer-matching network would be simple. The user would identify himself by name and address and describe the activity for which he sought a peer. A computer would send him back the names and addresses of all [...] -
Nottinghamshire Local Authority signs up to Magic Studio™ Pro
Its a double celebration for Magic Studio™ this week. Not only have we launched a revamped product for teachers and families, but we can also announce that Nottinghamshire Local Authority have signed up to make Magic Studio™ Pro available as a dedicated service to all its primary and secondary schools.
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Seeking collections for creative re-use in schools
Following on from discussions at the MCG MW2008 conference, we would like to follow up with anyone who is interested in making their collection(s) (image, audio and video assets) available to schools free of charge for educational re-use.
The Magic Studio Pro network has been developed as a means of delivering digital assets from the cultural [...] -
Hi Ho SILVER! Away ….
Or something like that. Personally, I always thought Tonto more interesting than the Lone Ranger. But can you remember the name of Tonto’s horse? (answer at the bottom of this post)
Anyway, SILVER stands for Semantic Interactive Learning Visualisation Environment Research. At least it does what it says on the tin! It’s a Technology Strategy Board [...]