Further Links
Video Links, Homeschool Links, The Back-up Classroom
More video links of Briteschool in action:
"One click and you're out" - no distractions (apart from Dom's neighbour's grandchildren) right-click > Save As ... 6MB / 2.5min@56kbps
Classroom interface video - choose your connection speed:
low (3min@56kbps) - high (3min@120kbps)
Sample lesson recording:
Thanks to four of our students for
volunteering to record a session
- to see
their actual
Science lesson,
< Click on the Clanger
(recorded Fri 29th Sept 2006)
If you are using Internet Explorer on a Windows PC, and are short of time, click on the dog:
to enter the
Back-up Classroom (password Briteschool1).
(This demo installs in < 2min. Sorry, Mac users and alternate browser users, this demo is not available to you)
The four main support sites with forums for Home Educators in the UK:
http://www.home-education.org.uk/ - site packed with listings and useful information, especially:
http://www.home-education.org.uk/support.htm (note the comments at the bottom of this page about the following two organisations)
Education Otherwise - lots of links, too, including legal advice for England, Wales, Scotland. The largest HE support group by membership.
Home Education Advisory Service
Also:
International Links (US-based
site, but Worldwide links and
applicability):
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
(constantly updated and refreshed, and a
HUGE number of links and ideas,
including Commonwealth links - very
targeted)
and
a larger list of many virtual high schools around the world appears here: http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/vschools/ - and seems to be updated regularly.
Independent schools (listings) UK
Links to sites from the
Guardian - site and links need
updating :(
Teachernet
(Government) site
Resources for teachers and parents:
Sample
lesson slides from Briteschool (Science
and Maths).
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/
http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/
(some freebies)
"The
Online School" (links to several UK
primary schools, lots of resources)
http://www.weshome.demon.co.uk/ World-wide Education Service - rivals to Primary Home Education, but website sparse.
Places to avoid:
Yell.co.uk (Yellow Pages) -
independent schools pages - see
Briteschool's £xp£nsiv£ and not
very productive banner ad - £5 per
click-through so far :( :( :(
No value-added there, we're afraid,
either for advertisers or for those
seeking information.
AngloInfo - in Briteschool's limited dealings with Cyprus AngloInfo, the forum moderators seem happy to propagate misinformation, and can be remiss in regard to replies to discussions correcting such misinformation. Avoid spending your advertising budget there, we suggest, and take discussions with a greater pinch of salt than you would ordinarily on internet fora. Oh, and if you do post there, your (required) email attracts shedloads of spam - use an unimportant email address :-(
1&1 ("One and One")- our previous hosts: poor service, poor responsiveness, poor interface for managing the site. For the last Quarter: UPTIME 98.22% - not 99.99% as advertised. Shall I rephrase that ? Supposed downtime 0.1%; actual downtime 1.78% - nearly two hundred times as bad. No refunds, no response to emails requesting satisfaction or an explanation. We have shifted - to eUKhost, who have a more complex, but far more customisable interface, and seem VERY responsive to requests for help and troubleshooting. We will report back on downtime ... Here's our referrer link :-)
Please contact us to increase this resource - add links you have found useful.