Aylesbury LIFE because Learning Is For Everyone

One of the aims of Aylesbury Life is to set up and support other internet communities. So this last March I set up a group called Buckinghamshire on the Flickr photo-sharing website. As you can see we are quite local.

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Did you ever notice when talk on the news has been one economic disaster after another for more months than I can remember how news about those worst affected tends to fade away. Well here at Aylesbury Life we aim to put that right and I came across a couple of ways tonight we can give something back to the people of Zimbabwe while some of the politicians at least talk about it. Read more »

... and you don't want to blow the family silver.

With the range of audio content available on the internet many people who normally describe themselves neither as geek nor teen, are being drawn to purchase an MP3 player. In this note I describe two options to play MP3 files away from your computer: recording to CD, and buying a cheap and cheerful MP3 player. Read more »

I am writing this as as the google page rank for Aylesbury Life plummits from 4 to 2. Do I care...?! Not one jot. The evidence of the traffic logs indicates that as I write what I am passionate about, so the popularity of what is read increases.

Ergo Google nil es.

Thought you might be interested in a practice assessment task for the AQA Entry Level Certificate in Using Word Processing Software. It is claimed this is equivalent to national curriculum levels 1, 2, and 3. Frankly I reckon it is all a bit closer to the NC 1 than the NC 3. Anyway, enjoy for what it is worth, which I guess may be to save you an hour on the word processor. If you spot any typos please let me know by way of adding a comment below, and I'll send you an update and write nice things about you too.

Those of you who have dipped into the contents of this website over the years may have noticed a small massive deterioration in response times on Aylesbury Life. The truth is response times are abysmal -- especially at weekends -- and the time has come to move Aylesbury Life onto a faster better connected server on the English side of the Atlantic. I am hoping that happens during the school half term holidays. It turns out to be an ideal time to brighten up the presentation on Aylesbury Life. Read more »

I thought you might be interested to know what websites I have been using with my Year 8 Maths development classes. Read more »

It is not everyday you come across a good school idea browsing gMaps. Read more »

OK, so I'm a bit puzzled actually. I've got lots of friends who are really sensible clued up people. They've got computers and browse the internet and all that sort of stuff. Of course they use word processors, spreadsheets and presentation programs, but amazingly they spend good money on these programs and they don't need to. Read more »

I never thought you would hear me say this, but what I miss in Moodle is piles of marking.

Don't get me wrong. I am dead keen on Moodle. It is really easy to use and for the first time this year I am using it across the board with all my ICT classes. The fact that the marvellous new (recently QCA accredited) INGOTS ICT qualification (International Grades in Open TechnologieS) has its curriculum content neatly embedded in Moodle just makes my job one whole lot easier. Read more »