Dubber Moved
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 | No Comments »Premium Birmingham blogger Andrew Dubber has shifted his personal blogging to a new combined, clean and elegant site. Just thought I’d throw him a link.
Archive for September, 2007
A Jihad on Birmingham Rubbish
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 | No Comments »Well the headline certainly caught Jon Bound’s attention (perhaps it made him wince?). A Jihad (struggle) against rubbish in Small Heath in Birmingham has been declared for September 23rd. MPACUK tells us:
Tired of rubbish-strewn streets, Muslims have decided to clean up and recycle, going from mosque to mosque, starting with Noor ul Uloom mosque, Birmingham’s [...]
Pimps, prostitutes and Grandad’s Army - new podcast on the Grassroots Channel
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 | 2 Comments »This is the story of Chris Hoare: a grandfather who’s worked for years to clear prostitution from the Waterworks Estate on the borders of Edgbaston and Ladywood in inner-city Birmingham. His neighbours were so fearful of the pimps that they asked Chris to step up and take action. To find out why [...]
Young people, charity and social media - A Doonsbury cartoon!
Monday, September 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »Hat tip to the queen of online fundraising, Beth Kanter and Jonathon Coleman of The Nature Conservancy (who uses partially online audio stories to build relationships with donors). Beth’s wonders if this will make folk cringe in the future. Should even a small portion of young people use their networks like this I expect it [...]
Blog rules for schools and young people - to txt speak or not?
Monday, September 10th, 2007 | No Comments »I thoroughly enjoyed PodcampUK at the beginning of this month, but the session which I found most helpful was from Joe Dale. Joe teaches French at a Middle School on the Isle of Wight and what caught my interest were his blog rules.
They help manage the tricky problem of comments, which really motivate pupils [...]
