Comments on: Pushing at an open door http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ewan McIntosh http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Ewan McIntosh Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:40:29 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-279 Manual trackback for the discussion: http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/12/lts_at_the_hear.html Manual trackback for the discussion:
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]]> By: jonesieboy http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/comment-page-1/#comment-268 jonesieboy Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:04:54 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-268 East Lothian isn't quite Shangri-La, but the sun does shine a lot and we can access to Flickr and Blogger at school! I agree completely about how little we "punters" can influence filtering policy. That's where LTS can make a real difference - they have some clout. East Lothian isn’t quite Shangri-La, but the sun does shine a lot and we can access to Flickr and Blogger at school!

I agree completely about how little we “punters” can influence filtering policy. That’s where LTS can make a real difference – they have some clout.

]]> By: Neil Winton http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Neil Winton Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:29:15 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-267 I think that it is no coincidence that so many people look to East Lothian for inspiration... I'm torn between looking for jobs in EL, and the promise of making a difference in my current authority... With regards to the point of persuading the powers-that-be, I'm not sure that persuasion or complaining will work with them if it is coming from the bottom -> up. If more of them took a more hands on approach to Web2.0 (like <a href="http://exc-el.org.uk/blogs/donsblog" rel="nofollow">Don</a> in East Lothian then I think we could see more movement... or at the very least... some discussion. If you look around the edublogosphere, there seems to be one group in particular missing from the discussion: the people who take the decisions to block... until this changes, I fear we are having limited impact! I think that it is no coincidence that so many people look to East Lothian for inspiration… I’m torn between looking for jobs in EL, and the promise of making a difference in my current authority…

With regards to the point of persuading the powers-that-be, I’m not sure that persuasion or complaining will work with them if it is coming from the bottom -> up. If more of them took a more hands on approach to Web2.0 (like Don in East Lothian then I think we could see more movement… or at the very least… some discussion.

If you look around the edublogosphere, there seems to be one group in particular missing from the discussion: the people who take the decisions to block… until this changes, I fear we are having limited impact!

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