Drupal
Posted by Lois on 10th July 2008
Drupal a dutch word to mean drop even though the original idea was to name it dorp as in small village or community (typo). Another powerful open source product that might help revamp our very static web page into a dynamic one where a number of people can contribute. Drupal is for web site design but promotes a collaborative ownership.
It is interesting how quickly State of the Art web pages become old hat. The only way really to manage to keep it up-to-date is share the input. The static nature of web pages was a result of the specialised knowledge in designing web pages, uploading material, and or using html. According to John Jones Drupal may offer a solution.
I like the idea of letting some students have leadership for their grades in knowing the “how to” put it up with the support of their class teacher and peers in choosing “what” should represent their class on the web. I think I will try something like this next year.
The idea of having a consultant building or supporting schools to build web sites (as John Jones does) would be fantastic if it was funded by the education department. Think of the promotion for government schools!
“Moving at the Speed of Creativity”
Podcast259: Drupal for Education by John Jones 1:05:10 18/06/08 This podcast is a recording of a presentation by John Jones on June 12, 2008, titled Drupal for Education.
The Drupal web site looks to me like it would take some serious work to learn Drupal but it assures me that if I wanted to invest some time it would be possible. Maybe next holidays…
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