Working on ESD at ESCalate

General Theme

Trying to forge links between the benefits of new technology especially Web2.0 apps and the need to embed ESDGC in HE and across the educational system. Need to distinguish between estate management approaches which more readily deliver measurable outcomes in terms of Sustainable Development targets and individual lifestyle changes which collectively will make a difference, but are harder to measure both cause/influence/learning and effect/outcomes/action. What does transformative learning look and feel like?

On the ESD and main ESCalate Website.

We have continued developing Diigo social bookmarking for “Sustainable Education Group” formed Feb2009. Population more than doubled since Dec (150) to June (380). Diigo allows the users to bookmark, highlight, annotate, tag and comment on any web page or web based resource. Diigo Tag cloud on ESCalate ESD site now one of its most visited pages. Continued to populate the ESD site and develop new pages. Now over 320,000 hits and 18K visitors from all over the world. Around 30 to 40 visitors /day and around 20K hits and 1000 visitors a month.

Additions to Sustainable Education Blog in Feb, March and May.

Newsletter Publication: Short piece by Genna West & Henry Liebling “Our heads in a tag cloud.”

About 10 days work through much of Feb on Curriculum Resources Network bid. Gathered resources in Diigo CRN list to support bid and those writing it around “Critical Path Analysis”, “Web design and specification for resource base”, “Comparison of Web2 tools.”, “Use of Tags”.

Forthcoming events

Moved forward strategy for regional workshops leading to forthcoming Annual Conference in 2011 for the UK network for ESDGC in TE.

Henry Liebling alias Pampa