Just flick-read through "We-Think" today and ordered it when I got home...

It looks like it has some great potential ideas relevant to my forthcoming projects...
Take a look and see what you think.
And I'll let you know how I get on with the next stage of my explorations...



Update: thanks to Ewan for getting in touch (see comments)

Comments

Ewan McIntosh said…
I'll be reading it at the same time as you - what do you think of a bloggers' book club, and then I could maybe see about a TeachMeet-The-Author session at SLF2008?
7:59 AM
Alan Parkinson said…
Hi Ewan
That sounds great to me.
Will contact you separately with my thoughts on this, but the idea of having "reading groups" (or rather, MEDIA GROUPS) was something that I suggested in my interview presentation for my new GA Curriculum Leader post.
Cheers, and thanks for reading !
Alan
6:56 PM
Alan Parkinson said…
Arrived today and 4 chapters in. Some nice quotes and ideas to run with and develop geographically...
Plenty of "media" related fodder for SAGT too
6:11 PM
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