[Yr7-10it] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects

[Pamela Wright]

Thanks Con,
 
There were a few things that Opeus couldn't do a couple of years ago and were working on so we didn't go ahead.  I'll take a look at the ones you suggest, especially if they are free!  However, they have to be simple to use as I'm using them with the Primary Dip Eds who aren't necessarily wanting to become website designers (although we do create webquests and a lot of students find this very challenging!).
 
Roland,
 
I too share your concerns. I find that often others lack the knowledge of 'what is possible' and so use technology to demonstrate what they 'can do' and then give themselves a pat on the back. I find that its often left to the IT teachers themselves to promote what could and should be done. Oh dear, I'm getting very cynical!
 
Pam Wright
Lecturer
La Trobe University

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Sent: Sun 10/07/2005 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] RE: [Year 12 IPM] Website projects



On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 06:20:28PM +1000, Pamela Wright wrote:
> Hi Geraldine and Keith,
> 
> I do digital portfolios with my students and was considering using
> digital portfolio software. I got in contact with a company from England
> who had created this special software called Opeus. It looked impressive
> but at the time we couldn't purchase it! Here is the website
> http://www.opeus.com/

Pam,

I've looked over Opeus. It appears to be a straightforward Content
Management System with some the terminology remapped into education-ese.
Have you considered something like Plone and EduPlone?

 http://plone.org/
 http://eduplone.net/index_html?cl=en

They too have MS-Word-like content creators, plus a very flexible content
publishing and reviewing workflow.

These are based on Zope, which is a single-EXE install for Windows (or an
RPM install for Linux.) Also, it's all zero cost.

Cheers,

Con Zymaris, Convenor
Open Source Victoria
http://www.osv.org.au/

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