Tim's Blog » edublogs http://www.timdavies.org.uk working for social change; thinking about the details Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:47:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What participation workers could learn from the mini-legends… http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/17/what-participation-workers-could-learn-mini-legends/ http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/17/what-participation-workers-could-learn-mini-legends/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:02:37 +0000 Tim I want to start this post by welcoming the newest participants in the 31 days to a better blog challenge. All 29 of them.

Screenshot of alupton.edublogs.org/mini-blogs

The miniLegends co-ordinated by Al Upton are all members of a year 3 class in Adelaide, South Australia, using individual blogs as part of their learning environment. Al is also exploring how blogs can be used in connecting classrooms locally and globally through the Connect Edu Blog.

Al has seen how blogs can provide a really empowering platform for individual and connected learning.

Effective youth participation work involves taking learning, building on empowerment, and looking to create positive change. Creating change involves having a voice. And thats what blogging is about.

Yet, we're still short on blogs in the youth participation world.

Looks like we've got the edubloggers to catch up with…

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