paulamaygrant Posted October 14, 2012 Posted October 14, 2012 Hi I've been looking at using Baby Days and just wondered the general opinion of it? Any advice would be great thanks :1b
Upsy Daisy Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 After reading some illuminating online conversations with the guy who owns the site in which he behaved very unprofessionally and dodged questions about the legality and security of his site I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. He also has a habit of setting profiles up on internet forums to ask about his product in order that he can advertise it by 'answering' the questions.
paulamaygrant Posted October 15, 2012 Author Posted October 15, 2012 hmmm :unsure: thanks for that i'm just trying to sort something out that would hopefully: 1- reduce paperwork & printing costs and 2- enable all my parents to have constant access to their childs records that they can add to as well. i think for me & my parents it would be much easier to put things straight onto something like baby days so it is easily accessible anytime and anywhere?
Upsy Daisy Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 I would think carefully about how safe the information is if it is easily accessible. Where is it stored? Who else could hack into it? Who ensures that only appropriate people have open access to it? You need to show that you have thought carefully about how data like this is kept secure. What sort of setting do you have? Maybe if you give a bit more detail others can make recommendations for you.
paulamaygrant Posted October 15, 2012 Author Posted October 15, 2012 is PRAMS the same kind of principle? Are parents able to access this? i'm a childminder and currently have 6 children on record.
Steve Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 Hi Paula - No PRAMS isn't ideal for parent access - I think Susan was probably thinking of your need to reduce paperwork. PRAMS is more dedicated towards analysing observations and assessing EYFS progress. You might want to take a look at Tapestry though, if you're looking around? It's explicitly designed to provide learning journal style records that parents have access to and can contribute to. You can find an introduction to it here. 1
hali Posted October 15, 2012 Posted October 15, 2012 I love Prams but on the up side have also heard great feedback from Ofsted and parents about Babysdays
Guest Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 I tried babysdays however had huge problems after spending hours loading in info setting up profiles and linking planning it failed to auto save as promised! Got full refund and back to my usual way xx
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