NewsVivid Mobile Development Webinar
Vivid hosted their first webinar on 13 July to share the research they have done into developing educational content for mobiles.
We are currently extending our services to embrace this emerging market following a strategic look at business models and development pathways.
If you couldn’t make it to the webinar or would like to take another look you can view a recording.
You can visit our mobile-friendly web pages at www.vividinteractive.co.uk/mobile for latest news and contact details.
All that I am
We’ve recently started work on an exciting new web project called ‘All that I am’. ATIA will be an online social network for creative people to share & rate their current projects.
We’ve chosen the excellent Drupal CMS for the job as it’s well known for it’s power and flexibility, especially for this kind of project. So far we’ve been very impressed with Drupal and will be looking forward to the next opportunity to use it.
Free Vivid resources on learning platform
Vivid have started publishing their teaching and learning resources on Its Learning platform www.itslearning.co.uk
This includes fourteen of our Maths teaching tools, as well as an integrated practice and assessment pack.
These resources can all be used on-line, independently or integrated into an Its Learning course.
Maths tools include clocks, geoboards, partitioning cards, number line, fraction machine and tessellations.
There is also a Practice and Assessment module on Rounding developed to target a specific year 7 curriculum objective. It incorporates the Vivid Number line for teaching, sets of practice questions and assessment questions with marking, feedback and self-assessment. Read on »
Vivid Moodle with Arabic
Vivid are now working with World Class Arena to produce digital resources for schools in Saudi Arabia. Read on »
Scientific Enquiry Down Under!
Working with Rising Stars, Vivid has localised the Excellence in Scientific Enquiry series to make it appropriate for the Australian education market. With all content now mapped to the Australian curriculum and a few changes to reflect cultural differences, the disks are on sale through MacMillan Education Australia.
As with all our productions, the update of a program to the requirements of another country is simplified by the way we build our programs – all four disks were completed in a matter of weeks!
Vivid MD stranded abroad (updated)
Is this Vivid MD Mick Landmann stranded in Lanzarote as a result of the Iceland Volcano, hard at work or is it a banker who has just received details of his latest bonus!
Vivid MD Mick Landmann has been the victim of the Icelandic volcano having been stranded in Lanzarote following a week’s holiday there. He has been in contact with the office back home via email and text and is due to fly home soon after an additional week on the island.
Here’s what he had to say:
“It may seem idyllic to be stuck in somewhere like this but actually it has its stresses.
My 15 year old daughter has important exams she really doesn’t want to miss having worked hard all year for them. We did actually get her mock GCSE PE exam emailed to us and she sat the exam in as near to exam conditions as we could manage here. The results were emailed back to the school for marking. She also misses her friends, Mum, Dad and younger brother being a poor substitute.
My 12 year old son by contrast thinks it’s Christmas secretly hoping for more volcanic ash to be spewed into the atmosphere.
All in all, though, we are looking forward to being back home and life getting back to normal.”
UPDATE: Rather annoyingly, Mick has now found his way back to the UK and is once again lurking in the office.
Geoboard resources
Two interactive geoboard resources, which can be used for creating and working with shapes, featuring a built-in protractor and ruler for measurements. Read on »
Clocks & calendar resources
A set of four resources including an analogue clock, a digital clock and a calendar. Read on »
