Posted in Blogging, Parental Involvement on Jul 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Flickr - landofnod
Back to work today after a great two week holiday without any contact with the web. It’s been the longest time I’ve been disconnected for over three years and I can’t say I missed it.
Having said that there have been lot of ideas floating around my head over this period and I look forward to […]
Posted in Accountability, Blogging, Corporate, Education Committee, Elected Members, Integrated Children's Services, LAAC, Personal Lessons, Public Services on Jun 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
As Head of Education I had a very clear and unambiguous role, i.e. I was responsible for everything which came under the banner of education of children and young people from 3-18 years of age. In my new role as Acting Director of Education and Children’s Services I have a much wider remit which includes the oversight […]
Posted in Blogging on Apr 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
What is edubuzz.org?
Edubuzz.org is the blogging platform set up by East Lothian Council to open a window on our practice and create a networked learning community which extends beyond East Lothian.
Over the last two years Edubuzz has expanded and expanded, with over 250,000 visits in March - up 100% since the March 2007!
Much of this growth […]
Posted in Blogging, Communication, Community Learning, Consultation, Corporate, Edubuzz, Elected Members, Ideas, Learning Logs, Public Services, Social media on Apr 21st, 2008 No Comments »
We held a meeting last week where we explored the potential of weblogs to assist the community planning process - based on the edubuzz model -although not necessarily using the same platform.
Community Planning is a process which helps public agencies to work together with the community to plan and deliver better services which make a real […]
Posted in Blogging, Communication, Personal Lessons on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
I was just about to write my evening’s post when I saw on the dashboard that I’d written 639 posts and had 1,151 comments on this log since it started in August 2006.
I just wanted to thank all those who have left comments over this period and to say that they have had a significant impact […]
Posted in Blogging on Nov 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
Well blow me!
I’ve been nominated for ‘Best Individual Blog’ at the Edublog Awards. I’m honoured to be in such exalted company.
As Ewan MacIntosh writes it’s great to have two people from Scotland nominated for an international award.
Many thanks to the person who nominated me - whoever you are?
Here’s what Edublogs have to say about the […]
Posted in Blogging, TESS on Nov 7th, 2007 6 Comments »
In the last week I’ve twice been described in introductions to people as “Don blogs”. It’s as if by blogging someone can draw some conclusion about me from that fact - regardless of what I write about.
I did a quick Google search for “blogito ergo sum - “I blog therefore I am” - apologies to […]
Posted in Blogging, Conferences, Harvard, personal on Oct 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
Intellectual chat - (Mark Walker is in the centre of the photo)
I received an unexpected, yet very welcome, comment on my Log today from someone I’d met at Harvard in the summer (had I mentioned I’d been in Harvard?)
Mark Walker and I had I struck up a mutually abusive friendship during the course which our […]
Posted in Blogging, Communication, Culture change, Ideas, Leadership on Aug 21st, 2007 4 Comments »
I’ve just finished reading and can recommend Wikinomics, by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams.
The strapline for the book reads: “How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything”
The dustcover describes the book as follows :
In the last few years, traditional collaboration—in a meeting room, a conference call, even a convention center—has been superceded by collaborations on an astronomical scale.
Today, […]
Posted in Blogging, Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
In the last week I’ve twice been described in introductions to people as “Don blogs” - another one went “you’re the person who blogs”.
It’s as if by blogging someone can draw some conclusion about me from that fact - regardless of what I write about.
I did a quick search for blogito ergo sum - “I […]