de Ferrers Specialist Technology College – Frog Blog

We have added a number of additional Frog features to the de Ferrers VLE, including:


D+T Peer mentoring:

Students can now select a DT option and ask for help, guidance and advice from some volunteer mentors. Most of the GCSE and A level options are now represented.

We’re already seeing some excellent responses to this – well done!

We hope to start using this approach soon in other curriculum areas.


Education News:

Staff and governors at de Ferrers now have their own one-stop shop for education news and webslinks, agggregating all of the news feeds into one convenient webpage.

We will soon be making a one-stop revision and study page for students.




Young Designers:

DT are celebrating the work of KS3 designers by dispalying some of the best work and inviting their peers to cast their votes.

Check below for the current winners…

Since the last blog post we have been busy working on some new sections of the VLE.

Recently we have been experimenting with the use of surveys within Frog to collate feedback from our VLE users. Using the built-in form components we have been able to create surveys that use a variety of radio buttons, tick boxes and text areas. After a successful trial with de Ferrers staff, the PE curriculum area have now launched a student survey which is open to years 7-11. The survey allows students to share their opinions of Physical Education at the college.

If you are a student in Years 7-11, you will find a button on your Frog Dashboard after you login which will take you directly to the survey.

I am sure you will see some more surveys appearing on Frog soon, we are also working on some new widgets, so watch this space!