Nearly a full 2 MONTHS! has gone by since I last had the chance to write a post which is frankly pretty rubbish really. The workload has been staggering heavy lately with a lot of emphasis on our Frog LP. Rolling it out to years 7,8 & 9 as well as staff training, presentations and continual development. The widgets have been a big hit with students and I’ve already had 3 of the 10 I’ve developed (Tide Tables, Guitar tuner & Simon memory game) accepted in  the official Frog widget store which means we can spread the widget love with other frog schools.
The full list of home-made widgets goes something like this:

1). Local Tide Tables. (RSS powered)
2). Frog Tube Video Tutorials.
3). Sam Learning Widget.
4). Guitar Tuner. (Flash based)
5). FrogTunes Player. (Flash & xml based)
6). Simon Memory Game (Flash)
7). Christmas Countdown. (Flash)
8). Movember ’Tachetotaliser’
9). Flash based drum machine.
10). FrogPad Admin  Msg

The main plan has been to develop one or two a week to keep students & staff  interested. However, the big present for students will be the re-enabling of the Frog-Chat function during the Christmas holidays.

Overall enthusiasm for Frog from all parties has been very favourable and I reckon the trick to maintain this initial level of engagement will be to develop new and crucially ‘useful’ apps & widgets over the coming year until it becomes a natural part of day-to-day school life.