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		<title>Blogging the World Cup &#8211; View from the Wings.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When John Sutton asked if I would take a flyer and set up blogtheworldcup.net, I was happy to oblige. His idea was a collaborative World Cup site with schools &#8216;adopting&#8217; a competing nation and developing a blog around that country&#8217;s performance in the tournament,  as well as other aspects such as its geography, culture and sporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passing the technology baton&#8230; to grassroots networks.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brian Coates, our Becta Regional Advisor, visited the HT team in Northampton today to encourage us to extract the maximum benefit from the remaining time of Becta&#8217;s remit to &#8217;inspire and lead the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning&#8217;. It was uplifting to see how Becta really are focused on making the most of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordlog.com/?p=599</link>
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		<title>Towards a Brave New World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In these tough financial times Local Authorities are under immense pressure to provide the same for less. In reality, the very fabric and identity of the Local Authority is changing. Savings, efficiencies and cuts to services both now and in the near future mean that the scope and range of local authority activity will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordlog.com/?p=588</link>
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		<title>One Hundred Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent announcement by Michael Gove outlining the process for setting up Free Schools, also set out a plan for reallocating £50 million of funding from the Harnessing Technology Grant to create a Standards and Diversity Fund. This is to provide provide capital funding for Free Schools up to 31 March 2011. A further reduction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordlog.com/?p=555</link>
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		<title>Stick, Twist or Bust?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning Platforms in Northamptonshire The learning platform landscape has been changing for a number of months across Northamptonshire’s school landscape. The provision of a countywide solution by the Local Authority on behalf of schools comes to an end in August 2010. From that time onwards, the strategic and financial management for learning platform procurement and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordlog.com/?p=531</link>
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