A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Wilsden Primary School have won awards for their excellence in delivering ICT using different technology however we haven't really ever properly focused on involvement outside of the school gates.

My goal is to try to provide Wilsden with a web presence that will fulfill the requirements of everyone who has contact with the school.

I haven't yet defined my target audience, that is job #1.

I'm not getting paid to do this work so donations and/or sponsorship in the form of beer/curry for free consulation is available.

I don't have a name for this site yet. I don't know processes I will go through. All that I do know is that nearly all schools who have had a VLE have not had a good experience. This is not entirely a technical problem, in most it is a fundamental problem with the naming of a VLE. Let's break that down..

Virtual = Very 1990's - no one cares for virtual any more.

Learning = Dictates the site is a place for learning, not true in most cases although Learning may be the outcome.

Environment = Why? Why?!

From the above I can summarize that whoever invented a VLE decided that the learners focus was purely off-site learning IE. learning from home and having very little teacher interaction. In Primary Schools this is not the case.

Information on what parents, teachers, pupils and other people who have relationships with the schools want available online is still unknown.

To conclude: I have been given an okay to re-invent the way the school use the internet in general to function. Not a VLE