This would be an invaluable tool for teachers or anyone else who are thinking about starting up a school chess club. The guide contains teachers' notes, pupil worksheets and answers and a Powerpoint based presentation. There is also another link on the schools section of the CS website with the same link as the Dino chess had It’s the link to request the "beginner's guide" instruction course prepared by Alex McFarlane to help school club organisers teach chess. Surely if Chess Scotland are serious about supporting chess in schools then this will be rectified as soon as possible? My initial thoughts are that this should fall under the remit of the Schools Development Director? ‘Dino Chess which is not just free and comes with software enabling use on school white boards but is also Scottish-designed and an absolutely first-class teaching and self-learning tool for kids of all ages’ I am sure I am not alone in thinking that it is extremely disappointing that Chess Scotland has had no-one in place for over a year now supporting the superb initiative of Dino Chess in schools, particularly as Craig has reported this apparently dead link more than once over the last year or so with no response from CS. in Borders Region, and by the pioneer in its use in so many useful ways (primary teacher and former CS junior Director), Donna Officer. I do hope that someone at CS now can spend some time tracking down Tom Hay and getting back all the information, including any remaining spare copies of software, assuming that he no longer wishes to act on this (and to thank him), so that the link and the facility can be meaningfully restored in a way that helps schools who may have tried to access it (and, horrible thought) may simply have given up on progressing the matter, when (like me, more than once) they got "nothing".ĭino Chess is still used in at least some schools, e.g. me!) - than to ensure that the link at the CS schools webpage actually works and provides appropriate information about obtaining the product. I have reported this apparently dead link more than once over the last year or so with no response from CS or more importantly change at the relevant CS schools webpage.īecause of the nature of these things, it is far less immediately important (indeed, it is far from easy to do this to useful effect at all in a voluntary organisation) for anyone in CS to attempt to track who may or may not have set up the Scottish school licensed DinoChess facility - which is not just free and comes with software enabling use on school white boards but is also Scottish-designed and an absolutely first-class teaching and self-learning tool for kids of all ages (including one ancient IM Dinosaur. com’ĭoes anyone in CS know the name of the person in Glasgow City Council that the Dinosaur chess software was given to? Also is the Dinosaur Chess software compliant with Windows 7 PC’s which are being used in Glasgow schools? This account has been disabled or discontinued. ‘Remote host said: 554 delivery error: dd Sorry your message to cannot be delivered. Unfortunately the e-mail was returned with the message : It’s a bit of a logistical nightmare so having Dinosaur Chess on our school computer network would be a great benefit.Īt present Dinosaur Chess is not avaialble on our school network so I have tried to contact the CS Dino Chess Information person listed on the CS website to ask who the software was given to for Glasgow City Council. At present our school chess club is bursting at the seams with 35 members which, of course, is fabulous However, there is a wide variety of playing abilities running from complete beginners to experienced players.
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