25.01.09

Date: 25 January 2009
[|Link to FlashMeeting]

Attendees:
user:nwinton user:sinclairmackenzie user:johnjohnston user:dajbelshaw user:mrstacey (+Curig) user:daibarnes user:HPSManager Louise Jones user:Jrowing

user:theok Burns Night activities
 * Apologies**:

Agenda:

 * Work/life balance. What do you say when people ask you how you have time to do 'all this edtech stuff'? Does using such technologies make you more or less productive? Or is it just 'different'? user:dajbelshaw
 * Your history of computing - new site by Andrew Field called [|ICThistory.co.uk]. Dave Stacey's posted his response [|here]. Doug Belshaw's is [|here]. Have you been a lifelong geek? Do you consider yourself to be one now? user:dajbelshaw
 * Nintendo DS. I've still got to buy some and would love to hear opinions on what my priority should be with them (eg what games to buy and when to use them) user:dneedlestone
 * Whisky and Edtech - what is the link? user:dneedlestone
 * //request to all presenters at Teachmeet09 to share their presentations via [|wiki] or [|DM link to me via Twitter] user:lisibo//
 * //BETT09 - Anyone see commercial curriculum software which enhances Active Learning or was everyone like [|John Connell's Blog]robthill//
 * Is there such a thing as a good Acceptable User Policy (AUP)? user:nwinton
 * Blog hosts - income via ads & the need to protect pupils from inappropriate content. See http://mvass.edublogs.org/2009/01/23/enough-is-enough/ user:sinclairmackenzie

Louise J User: HPSManager On this agenda item, I agreed to post some helpful guidance that has been sent to all schools in Scotland on Commercial Activities in Schools, this could be helpful in clarifying the position with hosting organisations that wish to put adverts on school blogs. I believe that the current system of advertising on Edublogs would prevent schools from using it unless they became a paid supporter, due to being unsolicited and the type of adverts being innapropriate.

Schools wouldn't send out a newsletter with adverts on, what's the difference here? I can understand professionals who have their own blogs outwith their day job, like myself, should be expected to pay a charge but SCHOOL blogs should be free of ads and have no charge.

I believe similar guidance is available for England and Wales. Scottish Guidance below.



Actions for NEXT Meeting:

 * request to all presenters at Teachmeet09 to share their presentations via [|wiki] or [|DM link to me via Twitter] user:lisibo
 * BETT09 - Anyone see commercial curriculum software which enhances Active Learning or was everyone like [|John Connell's Blog]robthill