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I decided to call my interactive training package Galileo, as a tribute to the Italian physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He was mentioned throughout the documentary series Wonders of the Solar System. As Stephen Hawking once said: “Galileo, perhaps more than any other single person, was responsible for the birth of modern science.” (Source). When I was watching an episode of Wonder’s of The Solar System Prof Cox talks about Galileo creating telescopes so he could discover and learn more about Space. As Galileo (my application) teaches school students about Space, it would seem appropriate and as a good gesture to name the application after him.

Galileo – Interactive education package

Galileo is an interactive education package based on the theme of Space. Galileo follows the National Curriculum guidelines for teaching Key Stage level 1-4 students. I only developed the Key Stage 2 part of the application. Here’s an overview of it’s features:

Package includes:

• Setup tool which allows school staff to add their students to a database
• Analysis tool which allows the school staff to monitor the progress of the students
• Teaching application – the main application that teaches the students

User Interface:

• Clean modern interface – slightly larger for use with touchscreen and interactive whiteboards
• Help text which guides the user through the application
• Sound on/off toggle
• Accessibility – text enlargement

Teaching application (KS2) features:

• Interactive learning experiences on: Stars, Planets, Asteroids, Comets
• Games that are based on the information taught
• Activities that involve creativity on the subject
• Rewards that give the school students an objective whilst they learn
• Fun Links provides students with access to local activities, museums, educational websites and more games
• Social network integration allows students to discuss space related topics with other user’s of Galileo

Information taught by:

• Terminology school students can understand
• Interactive interfaces
• Games and activities

Usable with:

• Touch screen displays
• Interactive whiteboards
• Desktop/ Laptops

Runs on:

• Windows and OSX via Adobe AIR

You can see the final product by clicking here.

The theory behind BBC iPlayer Channels

Building a form of content management for iPlayer in theory would provide a more fun and productive experience for the user. The users can connect with other’s anytime, anywhere with the Sync feature. The user’s can earn iPlayer Xperience Points through watching, sharing and rating programmes and channels. Giving the user’s little activities to do whilst interacting with the site gives the user’s an objective. The whole experience has been designed for everyone to use.

I’m a big fan of CMS, I think it was important aspect for users to create their own personal experience through the site. I have created a form of CMS that integrates into the current iPlayer interface that offer’s and fun and intuitive way for user’s to interact with. CMS’s make life easier, and creating a form of CMS’s for the users of iPlayer would hopefully attract and keep the user’s sharing and watching iPlayer content.

Below are the components to my entry. You can view the interactive web pages by clicking here.