Super software

Margaret Edwards
Wednesday, February 5, 2003

KSI teacher Margaret Edwards makes her own recommendations Lollipop Software from Lollipop Learning is an interesting innovation that introduces children-and teachers! - to the concept of website design through an easy to use wizard. It also allows children to send and receive email in a secure environment. Typically, I first tried it without using the written manual, which I guess many busy people try to do, and came a cropper as I had not uploaded any images. Once I tried again with the user guide, it did what it should be doing, although it did seem out of sync to upload the images before doing anything else. I do have some reservations about this product. For instance, as I was completing the wizard to create the first page it wasn't clear to me which bits of text would be where on the page; it would be better if one could type straight on to the page. It also took ages to upload and move the pictures around, but we haven't got Broadband yet. We have a technician who is in the process of designing and building a website for us, but if this were not the case I would consider Lollipop, despite some quibbles. This is because it is easy for the children to use and also very reasonably priced, at 350 for a whole school website.