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 With a budget of £150 million and educational content spread across 136 different subject areas BBC Jam was scheduled to bridge the gap between learning in schools and interactive home learning. The plan was due for mainstream roll-out by 2008 in multiple languages but many experts estimate that the service was already being used by around 750 000 school aged children across the UK.
Though reasons for Jam’s demise reach as far as the EU commission, this will come as little compensation to the thousands of disappointed parents whose children were reaping the rich rewards of interactive learning. As parents look for alternatives here’s are a pick of the net’s online educational resources:
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Learning through playing games makes this school site a tidy little resource for primary age children. Woodlands Junior School in Kent has taken its revision and provision for parents seriously with a selection of exercises in several subjects areas with curriculum based exercises and SATs revision exercises.
www.whizz.com
Whizz Education has really wowed schools and parents with the Maths-Whizz home tutoring resource. Maths-Whizz has already won several awards and is possibly the most effective maths tutoring service available. It has a number of uses at home and in-school and additional features which keep children engaged and enjoying themselves.
Its creator Ron Van Der Meer is a well known children’s writer and educator; the lessons are structured to build a child’s confidence which ups the child’s ability, and willingness, to learn. Parents also get their own separate login to monitor their child’s progress.
www.chalkface.com
For children of secondary age the Chalkface Project gives excellent cross–curricular lessons, ranging from Geography, ICT, History to Citizenship and Drama. The breadth of content really sets it apart from other resources and content is written by practicing classroom teachers which gives it a sense of authenticity. The focus is on practical lessons here and as such the lessons are structured to engage students from start to finish. The team at Chalkface is amongst the best in the business and has been creating educational resources for this age-group since 1991.
www.literary-resources.co.uk
For teachers and parents Literary Resources offer specialized learning in literacy through its literacy pack. Over 30 exercises are accessed via a simple interface and is suitable for homes learning and schools one to one or in groups on an interactive white board.
Creativematch CEO Mark Lesbirel blogs about the BBC axing the service, click here to read it and add your comments.
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