Archive for September, 2006

Control in the classroom or “Zip it” at Speakers Corner

Saturday, September 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I’ve so far worked in a couple of schools to introduce podcasting. The teachers see the value, even if we are still learning the best ways to integrate with the wider work in the school. Some are hugely enthusiastic. The pupils mostly find it fun, some find it compelling.

But we always have [...]

Conversation - re-newed skill or the lazy man’s solution?

Monday, September 25th, 2006 | No Comments »

I’ve just noticed that the think tank Demos has launched a project on conversation called Talk us into it. You can download a pdf of their first pamphlet on the theme here. It proposes that
by combining what we know about conversations with what we know about the changing nature of community, [...]

 
icon for podpress  Albert and Natalie [20:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Steve Jobs for President!

Friday, September 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I use Apple
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computers all the time. It was Apple which popularised podcasting, our listeners get the Grassroots Channel through Apple’s iTunes software and Apple machines and programmes help me with everything from making films to making christmas cards. So [...]

Sherez Sarwar - Street Champion for Lozells. Grassroots Channel latest.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

This is Sherez Sarwar. Now 18, he’s been involved in improving his community since he was 13. His efforts have helped revive George’s park in Handsworth and he’s become a street champion for his road in Lozells. Sounds like a goody-two-shoes? Well he isn’t and if you listen to this week’s Grassroots [...]

 
icon for podpress  Grassroots Programme 23 [8:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The BURA Awards for Community Inspired Regeneration - enter now!

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 | No Comments »

If you think you’ve been involved in a great regeneration project which has been driven and inspired from the grassroots here is a chance for you to get national recognition – but you’ll have to act quickly.
The British Urban Renewal Association is working with the Department for Communities and Local Government to recognise “outstanding grassroots [...]