http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen Fri, 22 May 2009 19:23:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I attended an interesting and though provoking seminar this week on Leadership in the Public Sector in Scotland.  It was hosted at the Scottish executive by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).  There were some excellent speakers and I was particularly influenced by Prof. Keith Grint and his input on ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/05/22/leadership-20/ The first cohort of Transformational Leadership has started and completed the first two stages with another under way. This is an exciting new programme and I am enjoying being part of this new development for business group and unit managers within the authority. It uses a variety of ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/04/30/east-lothian-transformational-leadership-launches/ This awesome picture posted by an old University Colleague who is exploring new cave systems in China inspired this post and title on filling the gaps. This week I attended the active outdoors network in East Lothian. It was great to see the excellent presentation by Juliet Robertson. It really highlighted ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/04/04/active-outdoors-network-filling-the-gaps/ I was reading Ollie Bray’s blog this afternoon. Fantastic news for Ollie with his new secondment which as he points out will allow time to have some accelerated learning and prepare him for his goal of headship Ollie I’m sure will be missed around East Lothian. Speaking of secondment I also ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/03/22/time-to-grow/ Last year I atteneded the East Lothian Active Outdoor Event at Carberry Tower. Helen Bruce from ELC has been in touch with those who attended and showed interest in setting up a network and notes; Following the very successful Active Outdoors event which was held last October there was considerable interest ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/02/21/active-outdoor-network/ This week I set up a course information file in the East Lothian Council LearnNet e-learning system. It uses open Moodle open-source software. Once course delegates are registered they can access all the course information (and other learnNet course information), post discussions, and ask questions ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/02/01/elc-learnnet-and-blokarting/ Alex Cargill popped into the office this week raving about D3O. It's an intelligent material that although comfortable acts like armour when it suffers impact - check out this news clip and more info,videos, applications and pics at D30. I gotta get one of those hats ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/01/29/intelligent-hatsand-more/ Last week I attended a D of E expedition Assessor Accreditation Course in Edinburgh.  There certainly has been a few changes within the scheme and how assessing will be carried out, and the role of assessor and supervisor is much clearer. The expedition now has 20 conditions that have to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2009/01/25/duke-of-edinburgh-assesor-accreditation-course/ Thanks Alastair for recent link to the Guardian Science Blog. The article dispells the myth on heat loss (40-45%) from your head! Apparently the myth origins lie in a a flawed US army manual from an unvalidated experiment . The article that corrects the myth notes; The face, head and chest are ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2008/12/19/hats-off/ [rockyou 128077236] Fantastic work at Innerwick grounds last Friday by the Landscape & Countryside Team meant further progress for the grounds for awareness plan for Innerwick Outdoor CentreGrounds. This has built on the amazing work already achieved by VDEL and  the CSV Innerwick make a difference volunteer day. The team did some ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/billstephen/2008/12/05/more-work-at-innerwick-grounds-thanks-to-landscape-countryside-team/