The Bradford Robotic Telescope is the only freely available robotic telescope on the Internet, and operates with 30,000 registered users and about 300,000 regular visitors. The English Schools National Curriculum site and the Scottish site are rapidly growing subscription sites with about 14,000 learners and 500 teachers in January 2008.
John Baruch, the person behind the telescope, will be running a seminar: "Extending the Conversational Framework into new dimensions in STEM education" at London Knowledge Lab on 3 April 2008 between 3.00 and 4.30. For more information contact g . nicola AT ioe . ac . uk.
Seb - the Faulkes telescope has been available for around five years - this link is on Sheffield College weblinks
The Faulkes Telescopes - http://faulkes-telescope.com/ - two large astronomical telescopes (2.0 m, reflection) for the exclusive use of schools. Users can book real-time half-hour slots on one of the two telescopes, situated in Hawaii and Australia. The project also has supporting materials, linked to the National Curriculum and advanced courses. (Added: 7-Apr-2003 By: DP Hits: 244)
Posted by: Dave Pickersgill | 24/02/2008 at 13:08