Well, these are certainly interesting, but after doing an assignment on their use at our school, am not sure the one we have chosen is right for us... made it very hard to try to "sell" it to the BOT! There are some issues with editing and privacy and some great options are available on the website (like profiles) which can't then be transferred to individual caves. The layout and presentation of the site is also a little limiting - because of its name "caves" the only available set up is a black screen with white writing - a little difficult to see and not able to be changed.
It has also highlighted to me the truth in how if the senior management doesn't support good ICT use then it doesn't happen! In reality, I can't see the learning caves being utilised by staff as its not seen as an important part of learning which is disappointing.
I am still determined to continue setting up and using my learning cave and getting the best out of it. While privacy/editing issues have been a problem, I have been given some ideas to help solve these which I will try out. My plan is for the children in the ICT club to take their own photos and create mini profiles of themselves to share.
I think my next step will be to look at some other options I could use such as wikispaces, and I've heard of a VLE called Blackboard, which although it might not be suitable for me, sounds very exciting!
Onward and upward!
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