Early in January 2005 the members decided to work on a project related to the Asian Tsunami disaster which was of special interest to many of their number. The members also discussed a name for the Club and chose BiNct - a play on the word Brize Norton and "ict". BiNct members sum up their aims as follows:
Ryan - Trying to show how severe the Tsunami was
Liam - Show how we are responding
Maddie - Show how the communities have responded
We are looking forwards to BiNct Club members being able to create their own web pages and uploading these directly to a school site. In the interim members have prepared materials offline (word files, images from colour magic, and web pages using Hotdog Junior) and these have been uploaded on their behalf. Final editing has been done using MS Frontpage and a number of graphics packages (Coreldraw, Paintshop Pro and Animator7). Common Style Sheets (CSS files), tables, javascript and other devices have been used to aid layout and consistency, though it should be stressed that decisions on use of fonts, colours, backgrounds, etc., have been made by BiNct members.
We followed the School's policy regarding Internet and Website safety which conforms with the DfES guidelines. You can click on most images to make them larger - this helps those with eyesight problems. We have also used text boxes associated with the pictures to say which BiNct Club member worked on the picture and how it was produced. This complements the annotations in the text so that the reader can see how each of the 13 members contributed.
BiNct are keen to find ways to link a webcam to enable communication with other schools such as "Stepping Stones" - the school they are corresponding with in Sri Lanka. They would also like to explore ways to use sound and video.
Members of the BiNct acknowledge that they have a lot to learn but have enjoyed researching and building up the information, doing simple animations, maintaining the school diary, etc., etc.
