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The Schoolsout Glasgow Web SiteThe homepage for all users when they start Internet Explorer is the "Our Group" section of the SchoolsOut website, which lists all current users of the program and the teachers :  Each user can modify their own environment and have their own personal Homepage exampled below or post a sticky note with a message for other users to read :  Using the "Update Mine" link, the user can modify the style or positioning of the details, the background, add/remove pictures and a whole lot more. Here are the configurable options from this menu:  the "words" link takes the user here where they can change fonts or texts and write about themselves:  Here in the Pictures menu they can add / remove or even create their own pictures to add to their homepage:  And here in the "Styles" page they can change the overall way the page is seen by others. As we know, style is all important to young teens!!!  Other options available to the children from the menus at the top of the site enable access to their own individual learning plans as shown below. This allows them to keep up to date with work the teachers give them and keeps them on track to complete projects or work by a given target date  In the "Gallery", the teachers post pictures photos, digital images etc of outings or of interest to the kids and the kids can browse or download them at their leisure.  The Shoolsout Library hosts a selection of information and links to interesting sites which are linked to the study plans of the kids.  The "Forum" hosts an interactive realtime chat room facility where any online kida can chat away about any subject. The forum is moderated so each entry can be edited before insertion.  The NoticeBoard informs the kids of any upcoming news events or outings so they are able to arrange themselves days or weeks beforehand to be able to attend or used to inform the kids of other work or additions to the site or gallery updates.  The links page has links to other relevant sites of an educational nature. 
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