In this episode Ruairi goes out with his microphone and interviews a few of the performers from the concert. Firstly, James Hereper the clown, followed by Humza Chaudhry who was in the barbershop quartet and finally Mo who was taking part in the freestyle basketball demonstration. As always, the podcast was recorded and produced by …
A Hug from Government?
A while ago the new headmaster of a large state run secondary school told me about his plan to stop excluding children – no more problem solving by binning the apparent source of the problem. He thought that of all the children who most needed the values and discipline a good school offers, it was …
David Cameron comes to brum – again
David Cameron was in Birmingham again today – to give a Chamberlain Lecture on how he sees the relationship between government and communities. In fact the leader of the opposition was in my own neighbourhood Balsall Heath, an area he admires for the extent to which citizens and volunteers have taken control of their own …
Podcasting in Schools – or the Wendy Scattergood effect
I’ve just come to the end of a series of days working with children at Reaside School in Frankley in Birmingham. Four of us were briefed through Stan’s Cafe (I love Stan’s proper use of the apostrophe) and creative partnerships to use podcasting to tap into the children’s imaginations and their skills at evolving and …