Just for the record…
Posted by Peter Ford in UncategorizedDec 13th, 2005 | 7 responsesMy quotes about blogging consultants in James’ piece were originally in the context of writing about the awakening of corporate interest in blogs and not specifically about the Les Blogs education panel.
For me, having the education panel at Les Blogs was a feat in itself, well engineered by Ewan and the others. They talked from their own experience, something that I would have mirrored. Would I have given an overview of the history of edu-blogging or more importantly could I have given an overview of edublogging history? Only as it related to my practice at the chalkface. I’m sure I was in there somewhere towards the beginning of edublogging. I’m off to wikipedia to edit myself into the front row 
On second thoughts, I’ll leave that to the historians – I have to upload a podcast that I completed this morning with a 14 year old kid who has not stepped foot inside a school for over two years, and also comment on the poetry on a blog of a 10 year old pupil with Aspergers Syndrome. Fame, praise and adulation will have to wait!
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Peter!
I just saw your Dec. 2nd post over at your old weblog at weblogs4schools, and have stumbled on this, your new one. I had ‘retired’ the previous weblog to my ‘inactive weblogs’ bookmarks set. I do check that from time to time, every couple or 3 weeks or so, in the hopes that said writers are back.
And you are, I see! I’m looking forward very much to catching up on your writing, and on your life. (And to your take on the Curry/wikipedia situation, among other things ::chuckle::.)
Much aloha to you, Lloyd.
A bit later…
…I just finished listening to your podcast (actually, I’m on the tail end of it, in the MoJones [sp.?] song).
One-word review: charming! (Actually, make that 2 words: utterly charming!)
I look forward to future Fordcasts (excellent neologism).
L.
Some people have no sense of humour
As it happens I’ve already done it for ya (well, not on Wikipedia) http://incsub.org/2005/edublogs-are-go
I think it’s an acadmic thing… obsessed with references
Someone really needs to get to grips with that rubbishy wikipedia entry.
I’ll get Adam Curry on to it straight away
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