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Yup, 5 highers. Reply

2009-10-10T19:49:09.115+02:00

Yup, 5 highers. Reply

Yay! Well done… so… all Higher

2009-10-10T19:49:01.615+02:00

Yay! Well done… so… all Highers for you next year?Reply

Int 2 Maths – B Standard Grade

2009-10-10T19:48:54.115+02:00

Int 2 Maths – B Standard Grade Computing – 1 Standard Grade Graphic Communication – 1 Standard Grade Craft and Design – 2 Standard Grade English – 2 Standard Grade Modern Studies – 2 Standard Grade Physics – 2 Reply

Thanks for including me. I hop

2009-10-09T09:45:49.061+02:00

Thanks for including me. I hope my blog may prove useful to your new teachers, and I’m always happy to share anything that may help a fellow learning professional, but honesty compels me to point out: Yes, I am South African, but I have been living in the UK for 9 years, so my views of the South African education system may well be dated My own working experience is primarily in the corporate sector, although I maintain that learning is learning regardless of where, why or how you do itReply

Thanks for including me Reply

2009-10-09T09:45:40.490+02:00

Thanks for including me Reply

I would recomend the blog of m

2009-10-09T09:45:31.919+02:00

I would recomend the blog of my South Lanarkshire colleague Caroline Gibsonhttp://carolinegibson.wordpress.com/If you want to have a look at what its possible to achieve as a teacher, her posts about the global teachers trip to Malawi are inspiring I tink..JayeReply

@stuart: Argh… trust me to for

2009-10-09T09:45:23.348+02:00

@stuart: Argh… trust me to forget the really obvious and useful ones… no excuse for that at all! To the new teachers, check out Stuart and Krysia’s blogs… well worth reading to find out some of the trials and tribulations that lie ahead….@Ian: Absolutely… originally meant to be blogging, but time limitations meant I had to cut bits out. I also talked about wiis despite being originally scheduled for wikis! ;0)Reply

Infantile moment alert You wer

2009-10-09T09:45:14.777+02:00

Infantile moment alert You were covering ‘Bogging’ during your talk?Reply

Probationer blog : Krysia (or me )Reply

I’m just catching up on this.

2009-10-08T14:54:02.889+02:00

I’m just catching up on this. Thanks to Neil Winton’s post. Reply

I remember impressing people b

2009-10-08T14:53:54.556+02:00

I remember impressing people because I could change the colour of the C:\ prompt. I try looking at what the progeny are producing on Scratch from that perspective and it makes me a tad dizzy.Reply

Quite Having taken a look at

2009-10-08T14:53:46.223+02:00

Quite Having taken a look at the language and IDE, it’s a lot more powerful than I expected. I’m also really quite impressed at the stuff your son has made.Reply

A waste of time introducing CO

2009-10-08T14:53:37.890+02:00

A waste of time introducing COBOL then?Reply

Everyone should learn x86 Asse

2009-10-08T14:53:29.557+02:00

Everyone should learn x86 Assembly from the age of 9.Reply

of resources. The ability to d

2009-09-14T19:03:42.807+02:00

of resources. The ability to do this would attract many more users. For more discourse on this visit this link and this Reply

Some of the impact our health

2009-08-19T17:47:34.875+02:00

Some of the impact our health stuff has had for teens: http://aarkangel.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/more-evidence-of-body/ and that research on impact and influence of TV on teens: http://blogs.channel4.com/platform4/2009/05/26/technology-kids-and-telly/ And I should add that I don't, in any way, think that broadcasters through the telly alone are in any position to 'teach' en masse our school populations. As part of a more complex recipe, perhaps, but a recipe that would make really boring headlines in the papers :-)

A bit late to the debate, but

2009-08-19T17:42:58.216+02:00

A bit late to the debate, but as someone who works for what might be lumped together as "traditional" media it's worth noting a few things from my perspective: 1. Traditional media is a meaningless phrase. 4iP is not traditional media but traditional ad sales on TV pay for it. Our products and projects are beginning to appear, bringing public service value through the web. 2. The TV costs. A set now costs the same as a computer. The TV Licence the same as a fast broadband connection. The TV costs the same as the internet. 3. TV still has more influence over younger people's actions than the net, although they spend more minutes per day on the net: TV is not a bad way of hitting the largest number of people at specific times but also on video on demand. 4. Much of the biggest hits on television with Channel 4 are in relation to health, with TV making the initial kick for users to jump onto, say, the Embarrassing Bodies website. Our health websites, after the initial peak in traffic, actually maintain this, to the tune of 30m unique visitors in around 6mths. Mass media can lead the masses online for more personalised experiences. 5. Channel 4 hasn't made (much) educational TV in three years. The £6m per year budget that used to make TV programmes no-one watched is now entirely spent online, with great success. Traditional media can often do learning online in a different way to traditional education institutions, with better results in some areas. Just my tuppence worth and, of course, not necessarily the views of my employer.

Hi Andy, I saddened to hear th

2009-08-19T17:42:38.216+02:00

Hi Andy, I saddened to hear that as an argument… but being practical, is that not supposed to be what Gordon Brown is talking about when he says that he wants every home in the country connected to the internet? I am sure there is money available to make it happen, though the actual link eludes me at the moment… Anyone?Reply

Was chatting about this with s

2009-08-19T17:42:28.216+02:00

Was chatting about this with someone today, and they made the point about who would be expected to pay for connecting to GLOW at home? They believed that this would be an issue for some parents.AndyReply

Theo Kuechel :“Educational TV lessons”? They might as well watch paint dry…Theo, you’ve hit the nail on the head as usual. What I hated about the tone of the article was the assumption that TV lessons might be worth doing in this age when so much more is possible…I completely agree with all Jaye’s points, but am still idealistic enough to think that we should at least be setting our sights on the best possible service for our pupils…Reply

Neil, like Gordon I agree with

2009-08-19T17:42:08.216+02:00

Neil, like Gordon I agree with you in that a digital network should offer the potential and the opportunity to benefit from the new affordances of online and distributed learning, but like Jaye I suspect neither the infrastructure nor the wherewithal is yet in place. I think for this one, (H1N1) we have already missed the boat. However there will certainly be other situations that would benefit from distributed learning. I posted on this a couple of years ago http://is.gd/2lNGQ and indeed such a strategy was the put into practice during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong six years ago http://is.gd/2lO73If you are right, and I believe you are, about the advantages of online and distributed learning, then there needs to be debate, and practical exploration of the best way of using these new networks to create innovative, creative and stable learning spaces. This should be happening now before the next potential crisis comes along, as it inevitably will.Six years down the line many inside and outside education see the networks as a digital model of a traditional education system, and I suspect, as soon as the crises ends, we will be exactly where we are now, students will be hauled back into the same old routine, the digital network dispensing virtual homework etc. Whilst digital networks are seen as a bolt on and safety net rather than an integrated part of the learning experience, their full potential is unlikely to be realised.“Educational TV lessons”? They might as well watch paint dry. To say that this is, clutching at straws, would be giving the idea too much credit, and as for using the “post” with diminishing services and an impending strike, probably not. David Gilmour’s last comment suggests a much more realistic and achievable approach. Now to end on a positive and optimistic note, GLOW is in place to be used and the comments on this post show the thinking in Scotland is well ahead of the game and committed to the future, all that is needed is to integrate the two.Reply

Yesterday we were forwarded th

2009-08-19T17:41:58.216+02:00

Yesterday we were forwarded the advice to LAs from Scottish Government – I haven’t yet read the TESS article and was quite cheered by the reference to Glow. “Although we have now moved from the “containment” to the “treatment” phase of the pandemic I would still encourage you and your schools to think about and consider how best a reasonable measure of learning could be sustained if schools were to be closed for an extended period, on whatever grounds, for instance via GLOW, the internet etc. Our common goal will be to maintain continuity of learning for children and young people. Those undertaking SQA courses face particular issues, especially in relation to assessment or where there is a vocational or practical dimension in courses. You will doubtless continue to work in partnership with SQA on a needs basis and will build on existing good practice within and across authorities, where resources and expertise are shared. Also, where pupils have been absent due to illness while their school has remained open, a significant degree of support will be required to phase them back in to coursework and enable them to ‘catch up’.”I agree that many students will expect us to have some e solutions. Perhaps one of our tasks is to make sure they are aware of possible ways they could get internet access if its not available at home.Reply

David Gilmour : …it might be that simple tools like wikis, and maybe YouTube for virtual lessons would prove easier to adopt. WE can take advantage of the lack of website blocking in the homes!I love the irony of this!Reply

We had an interesting experien

2009-08-19T17:41:38.216+02:00

We had an interesting experience recently when Lynne started a P7 class on Google Apps, which they were using as part of the Guitar Hero transition project last session, and which included an email account. The day after she’d trained the class, the school was closed due to failure of the water supply. On their return the following day, one of the girls had complained to the teacher – much to teacher’s surprise! – about her disappointment at not having received an email from the teacher with advice on what she should be doing while school was closed.What this shows us, I think, is that although the whole idea of remote learning may still be quite a big deal to some staff, it may not be such a big thing for many of their students.But what tools could/should be used? I think the answer here has to be ones which are already reasonably familiar to the classes involved, or are completely intuitive to staff and students alike. Support and training won’t be easy to provide in these circumstances.For me, that rules out wholesale adoption of Glow Learn by people who aren’t already trained; the learning curve is simply too steep. The most effective tool could well be the simplest lowest-common-denominator of email, combined perhaps with whatever other tools the class is used to using or find intuitive to use.A Glow Group could easily become a temporary virtual classroom for existing users, with Glow Meet having particular potential. I’m now thinking we need to train students in using it! For inexperienced people, though, it might be that simple tools like wikis, and maybe YouTube for virtual lessons would prove easier to adopt. WE can take advantage of the lack of website blocking in the homes!Reply

Even in exotic Perth, how many

2009-08-19T17:41:28.216+02:00

Even in exotic Perth, how many folk in your school are actually using GLOW to a level at which it could be used for Swine Flu relief learning Neil ? Even in the ‘early adopter’ authorities, particularly secondaries, it’s still only a handful in each. This is a real issue. GLOW will take hold, in some way, but probably not in it’s present format, and certainly not in the near enough future to be of much use in the current pandemic situation….IMO, anyway.Reply

Mmmmm… I’m beginning to think

2009-08-19T17:41:18.216+02:00

Mmmmm… I’m beginning to think that I am spoiled rotten in exotic Perth. We have good broadband and plenty of computers to choose from. I keep forgetting that this is not a widespread situation…I suppose my post would be more relevant in a few years… Reply

As someone who works for one o

2009-08-19T17:41:08.216+02:00

As someone who works for one of the authorities mentioned, I share these concerns over the time being taken between “signing up” and “rolling out” of Glow. We’re not going to be in a position to use it for a while yet. Those of us fortunate to have access only got our accounts by knowing who to approach.Infrastructure is still being put in place to allow our schools to access Glow in the future but nobody is rushing high speed networks into the communities themselves. Home access to Glow will be a joke in areas where the only way to get online is via a dial-up connection – a significant percentage of my school’s catchment falls into this category and it’s not like there’s the luxury of a 3G network to fall back on.“Watch with Mother” is the only game in town until we get our collective acts together.Reply

Neil, your point about reporti

2009-08-19T17:40:58.216+02:00

Neil, your point about reporting, remember the article is from the TESS;-). I agree with your arguement, just think the timing may be too soon. I will still be doing all I can to further push glow in my school this session.Reply

Interesting discussion guys an

2009-08-19T17:40:48.216+02:00

Interesting discussion guys and a timely post Neil. I tend to agree with you Neil that an event like this (heaven forbid that it should happen) would be the ideal test of the whole concept of a national intranet. Let’s face it, what could the traditional media deliver anway in terms of curriculum. Interesting that in times of crisis people revert to talking about the good old transmission model of education. Isn’t Curriculum for Excellence supposed to be about the development of the four capacities in equal measure? How on earth do you deliver that through a television screen? BillReply

Gordon Brown : How do we close that gap? (That’s a genuine question, by the way.)Hi Gordon, I know that you are all right… but I do like to think ahead. As to closing the gap, I think we need to stop accepting a lack of necessary skills to use technology in the teachers as a reason to avoid adopting new practices. If people have to access (for example) Glow in order to do registration, or read their email, or to get Local Authority news/vacancies/etc, then they would soon learn how to use it. Once you have people using the ‘basics’, you can build on that knowledge by…Well I’m sure you get the point! I do think there may need to be some gentle compunction if we are to get people using any initiative. What was the Henry Ford quotation? Something along the lines of: “If I’d asked people what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse”… instead, he gave them something different that made their lives better…Reply

Hi Andy…Oh, I know… nothing is

2009-08-19T17:40:28.216+02:00

Hi Andy…Oh, I know… nothing is perfect… but by the same token, I suspect those without internet access would also not have access to the digital channels that they are talking about using… Actually… as you are no doubt well aware, they may not have t’internet, but they’ve probably got Sky Sports! There is no one solution… I just don’t think centralised programming is the answer when we could be doing so much more… At the very least, Glow/online solutions should have been more prominent in their deliberations… (mmm… wonder if it is a reporting thing?)Reply

Hi NeilWhat if the child does

2009-08-19T17:40:18.216+02:00

Hi NeilWhat if the child does not have access to the net at home? With Scotland having some of the most socially deprived areas in Europe, I’m sure that there are many pupils who are not online. Just a thought AndyReply

Hi Neil,I understand your frus

2009-08-19T17:40:08.216+02:00

Hi Neil,I understand your frustration, but recognise Jaye’s realism.We’re learning (or at least I am) that there’s a huge gap between making something available and seeing it being used as the norm. How do we close that gap? (That’s a genuine question, by the way.)Regards,GordonReply

I take both your points, but i

2009-08-19T17:39:58.216+02:00

I take both your points, but in a twisted way, I think something like this would help to drive adoption… I know that I tend to learn how to do things when I have to… the little ‘html’ I have learned is out of necessity rather than a pre-emptive bid to learn (eg: I found out how to do html tables when writing this post! Yay!)…What is a bit worrying is the complete lack of a mention of Glow in the article… if nothing else, I think it deserved a mention as a part of a solution.(Incidentally, I see that the teachers would still have to go into school in the event of an outbreak… Aye, ‘mon then!)Reply

I think the reality is rather

2009-08-19T17:39:48.216+02:00

I think the reality is rather different, perhaps unfortunately Neil. The 32 sign up is just a wee bit of spin. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Highland have yet to use GLOW in any meaningful way. That’s a huge swathe of the country. Add to this the small proportion of secondary school teachers who are actually using, or are confident to use GLOW and you actually have very little of the country covered. It would be nice to think that GLOW could be the answer to such a situation but in actual fact, in the event of a mass shut-down, it will be fairly insignificant. There’s a lot more work to be done if GLOW is ever to realise it’s full potential. Until the investment (past and present) is actually nationally managed effectively for a tangible return, this realisation of potential is some way of yet.I’m not being negative here, just realistic. I think national planners have realised the true (current) situation with GLOW at present which is perhaps why TV may well be the medium of choice should the mass shut-down occur.JayeReply

I thought the exact same thing

2009-08-19T17:39:38.216+02:00

I thought the exact same thing when I read the article. The only worry that I have is that many staff in my school have not yet had the time to get to grips with glow. If half the school was off next week glow would not be the answer. When our HT referred to possible swine flu plans today (concerning changes to how staff report if absent) I thought about bringing the advantage of glow up. I didn’t as I want staff to take up glow for it’s original merits, not as a quick fix to this current possible pandemic.Reply

My recent post about copyright

2009-08-19T15:04:35.251+02:00

My recent post about copyright, quality assurance and Glow certainly got the conversation started! Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening since… Reply

Neil Winton. First place. Reci

2009-08-14T12:13:09.360+02:00

Neil Winton. First place. Recipient of a gift basket including: Reply

5, 2009 by Mr W My recent p

2009-07-24T11:05:27.695+02:00

5, 2009 by Mr W My recent post about copyright, quality assurance and Glow certainly got the conversation started! Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening Reply

Thanks Ewan,It’s actually grow

2009-07-09T14:38:15.526+02:00

Thanks Ewan,It’s actually grown more than I dared hope. We’ve got Health and Wellbeing and Science going on as well. I think I need to try and get them all on there now… it’s just a case of getting the word out as far and as widely as possible!Reply

Propp is definitely your guy,

2009-07-03T19:35:10.173+02:00

Propp is definitely your guy, here. His analysis of stories lead to a series of events that are necessary for a story to be told: http://www.mediaknowall.com/Propp.htmlInteresting:

Not all of these functions appear in every story, but they always appear in this order.

I remember taking notes on this in college (I’m not a note taker, so this was clearly something that was important to me, even back then). And, of course, you’ve got the hero’s journey to consider: http://tinyurl.com/6en2px http://tinyurl.com/afnfrReply

I arrive at this debate a litt

2009-06-28T07:06:20.139+02:00

I arrive at this debate a little late, but I just want to make one comment: Where does it say in the A teaching profession for the 21st Century that your employer has ownership/copyright on the teaching materials you create?In fact the only mention of “teaching materials” on the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) is in the duties of Education Support Officers, section 2.15(e) .Regards Kenneth…Reply

his respectable third place fi

2009-06-19T20:56:23.473+02:00

his respectable third place finish, Jeffrey demures: when you look at [my design] after seeing neil’s (or paul’s or ethan’s), it’s as if i did my design by mashing my fingers on the keyboard. Reply

Neil, I like the economy and s

2009-06-19T04:36:15.544+02:00

Neil, I like the economy and simplicity of this; like the four movements of a quartet, it says it all.Reply

use my post as a chance to let

2009-06-16T22:25:29.746+02:00

use my post as a chance to let you know about an update to the brilliant Free Rice website that I blogged about last November. For those who don’t already know, this is a site that asks you questions and every time you Reply

I found that netvibes was bloc

2009-06-06T17:13:35.349+02:00

I found that netvibes was blocked when we came back from the hols this year. We have an rm managed service, with a pretty heavy filter.I emailed them explaining that I was an adult, a teacher and needed my netvibes page to access the educational links I had stored there. It was unblocked the same day. Result!I couldn’t agree more with your sentence about trust.Reply

I think Mr W that the only ski

2009-06-06T08:30:43.954+02:00

I think Mr W that the only skills the kids need in a classroom is the ability to get there own views across about things without people harrasing or laughing at them. Everybody would surely be able to learn if they were told there ideas on a subject are right or wrong…?Reply

Very interesting post Neil and

2009-06-02T03:07:12.583+02:00

Very interesting post Neil and its raised a number of issues. I think one of the first things that needs to be addressed is the legal angle.I am with The Eagles when it comes to attitudes towards lawyers, but I think specialist legal advice needs to be taken in order to ascertain the stance of each and every council on the ownership of any resources that their staff produce.Its only then, I feel , a way ahead can be mapped out.Reply

Neil,Thanks for summarising th

2009-05-06T23:08:05.027+02:00

Neil,Thanks for summarising this so succinctly for everyone.To some extent (but only some), these issues will be dealt with by the National Assessment Resource being developed jointly by SQA and LTS. Uploads to this will not be filtered through LA access, and so control at that level will not exist. Also, since the NAR will be a free site available for all, with no subscription at LA level, the issue of local roll-outs doesn’t arise.Of course, this doesn’t address all the problems. The NAR is purely intended for assessment materials, and the IPR question remains unanswered. However, at least we have time to look into possible solutions before it’s too late.GordonReply

Thanks Neil I am now in a bet

2009-04-27T20:55:29.565+02:00

Thanks Neil I am now in a better mood with flickr. See you over there once I have coughed up the cash!Merry Christmas! Reply

Yup, 5 highers. Reply

2009-10-10T19:49:09.115+02:00

Yup, 5 highers. Reply

Yay! Well done… so… all Higher

2009-10-10T19:49:01.615+02:00

Yay! Well done… so… all Highers for you next year?Reply

Int 2 Maths – B Standard Grade

2009-10-10T19:48:54.115+02:00

Thanks for including me. I hop

2009-10-09T09:45:49.061+02:00

Thanks for including me Reply

2009-10-09T09:45:40.490+02:00

Thanks for including me Reply

I would recomend the blog of m

2009-10-09T09:45:31.919+02:00

@stuart: Argh… trust me to for

2009-10-09T09:45:23.348+02:00

Infantile moment alert You wer

2009-10-09T09:45:14.777+02:00

Infantile moment alert You were covering ‘Bogging’ during your talk?Reply

Probationer blog : Krysia (or me )Reply

I’m just catching up on this.

2009-10-08T14:54:02.889+02:00

I’m just catching up on this. Thanks to Neil Winton’s post. Reply

I remember impressing people b

2009-10-08T14:53:54.556+02:00

I remember impressing people because I could change the colour of the C:\ prompt. I try looking at what the progeny are producing on Scratch from that perspective and it makes me a tad dizzy.Reply

Quite Having taken a look at

2009-10-08T14:53:46.223+02:00

Quite Having taken a look at the language and IDE, it’s a lot more powerful than I expected. I’m also really quite impressed at the stuff your son has made.Reply

A waste of time introducing CO

2009-10-08T14:53:37.890+02:00

A waste of time introducing COBOL then?Reply

Everyone should learn x86 Asse

2009-10-08T14:53:29.557+02:00

Everyone should learn x86 Assembly from the age of 9.Reply

of resources. The ability to d

2009-09-14T19:03:42.807+02:00

of resources. The ability to do this would attract many more users. For more discourse on this visit this link and this Reply

Some of the impact our health

2009-08-19T17:47:34.875+02:00

A bit late to the debate, but

2009-08-19T17:42:58.216+02:00

Hi Andy, I saddened to hear th

2009-08-19T17:42:38.216+02:00

Was chatting about this with s

2009-08-19T17:42:28.216+02:00

Theo Kuechel :“Educational TV lessons”? They might as well watch paint dry…Theo, you’ve hit the nail on the head as usual. What I hated about the tone of the article was the assumption that TV lessons might be worth doing in this age when so much more is possible…I completely agree with all Jaye’s points, but am still idealistic enough to think that we should at least be setting our sights on the best possible service for our pupils…Reply

Neil, like Gordon I agree with

2009-08-19T17:42:08.216+02:00

Yesterday we were forwarded th

2009-08-19T17:41:58.216+02:00

David Gilmour : …it might be that simple tools like wikis, and maybe YouTube for virtual lessons would prove easier to adopt. WE can take advantage of the lack of website blocking in the homes!I love the irony of this!Reply

We had an interesting experien

2009-08-19T17:41:38.216+02:00

Even in exotic Perth, how many

2009-08-19T17:41:28.216+02:00

Mmmmm… I’m beginning to think

2009-08-19T17:41:18.216+02:00

As someone who works for one o

2009-08-19T17:41:08.216+02:00

Neil, your point about reporti

2009-08-19T17:40:58.216+02:00

Interesting discussion guys an

2009-08-19T17:40:48.216+02:00

Gordon Brown : How do we close that gap? (That’s a genuine question, by the way.)Hi Gordon, I know that you are all right… but I do like to think ahead. As to closing the gap, I think we need to stop accepting a lack of necessary skills to use technology in the teachers as a reason to avoid adopting new practices. If people have to access (for example) Glow in order to do registration, or read their email, or to get Local Authority news/vacancies/etc, then they would soon learn how to use it. Once you have people using the ‘basics’, you can build on that knowledge by…Well I’m sure you get the point! I do think there may need to be some gentle compunction if we are to get people using any initiative. What was the Henry Ford quotation? Something along the lines of: “If I’d asked people what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse”… instead, he gave them something different that made their lives better…Reply

Hi Andy…Oh, I know… nothing is

2009-08-19T17:40:28.216+02:00

Hi NeilWhat if the child does

2009-08-19T17:40:18.216+02:00

Hi Neil,I understand your frus

2009-08-19T17:40:08.216+02:00

I take both your points, but i

2009-08-19T17:39:58.216+02:00

I think the reality is rather

2009-08-19T17:39:48.216+02:00

I thought the exact same thing

2009-08-19T17:39:38.216+02:00

My recent post about copyright

2009-08-19T15:04:35.251+02:00

My recent post about copyright, quality assurance and Glow certainly got the conversation started! Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening since… Reply

Neil Winton. First place. Reci

2009-08-14T12:13:09.360+02:00

Neil Winton. First place. Recipient of a gift basket including: Reply

5, 2009 by Mr W My recent p

2009-07-24T11:05:27.695+02:00

5, 2009 by Mr W My recent post about copyright, quality assurance and Glow certainly got the conversation started! Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening Reply

Thanks Ewan,It’s actually grow

2009-07-09T14:38:15.526+02:00

Propp is definitely your guy,

2009-07-03T19:35:10.173+02:00

Propp is definitely your guy, here. His analysis of stories lead to a series of events that are necessary for a story to be told: http://www.mediaknowall.com/Propp.htmlInteresting:

Not all of these functions appear in every story, but they always appear in this order.

I arrive at this debate a litt

2009-06-28T07:06:20.139+02:00

his respectable third place fi

2009-06-19T20:56:23.473+02:00

Neil, I like the economy and s

2009-06-19T04:36:15.544+02:00

Neil, I like the economy and simplicity of this; like the four movements of a quartet, it says it all.Reply

use my post as a chance to let

2009-06-16T22:25:29.746+02:00

I found that netvibes was bloc

2009-06-06T17:13:35.349+02:00

I think Mr W that the only ski

2009-06-06T08:30:43.954+02:00

Very interesting post Neil and

2009-06-02T03:07:12.583+02:00

Neil,Thanks for summarising th

2009-05-06T23:08:05.027+02:00

Thanks Neil I am now in a bet

2009-04-27T20:55:29.565+02:00

Thanks Neil I am now in a better mood with flickr. See you over there once I have coughed up the cash!Merry Christmas! Reply