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I know there is criticism of Apple’s iWeb. I know that it has limited template and no easy template editor. I know that it integrates best with .Mac, and that is a subscription service. But now I know some other things too!
I know that many have found Dreamweaver too complicated for schools, especially primary [...]

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I’m not sure how to describe this!
We have worked our way through the wives of Henry VIII. Much as he did! Time for some consolidation. (I nearly said ‘recapitulation’, but that would have been tasteless!)
The children, in pairs, were challenged to tell the story of their ‘wife’, through a quick-make sock puppet. Scraps of [...]

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Check out the photos!
What they can’t convey is the buzz of discussion and excitement as the collaborative story was received and finished. Despite a brief loss of internet connection on Colonsay, all went well. Congratulations to the three other schools for what they did.
Over the next few days, we hope to get some art work [...]

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National Poetry Day is on the 5 October and I would like to invite you to accept a challenge.
Can we create a poem between different schools, within two hours, on the day, using email to sent the poem onwards?
(UPDATE: I would appreciate doing this on the Wednesday- so the poem is ready for the Thursday)
We were [...]

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