Through the research project the BBC education site has been a valuable piece of source for my research. The BBC learning site has been around for many years (since I was at school). Since I have returned to the site it has improved dramatically. Originally the learning was dedicated to schools, looking at the site now the site now aims to provide support to not only pupils but to teachers, parents, adult learners etc creating a central hub for people to help when learning.
The BBC site provides KS1 games, the level at which I am testing at. When viewing the KS1 revision support the main focus is on english and maths. When viewing the english revision games it appears that a number of options are provided that all support the english subject. This artefact is only testing spelling however the BBC Bitesize site not only offers spelling games but provides support in all aspects of english. Punctuation, rhyming words and the alphabet are all of the things that help support the childs learning ability.
Each game has clearly labelled the instructions with the added speech explaining each game (incase the child cannot read) When playing on the games simple animations have been included which I believe keeps the children interested as they the learning source as a game and not a learning task.
What the BBC website and my research has in common is that both sources have both computer and non-computing activities. This shows that this my research is going in the right direction. I need to find a good balance between activities on and off the computer, but the main aim is to seek out the best computer games that could help support learning.
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