http://jonesieboy.disqus.com/enMon, 04 Dec 2006 09:40:29 -0000http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-2267718<p>Manual trackback for the discussion:<br><a href="http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/12/lts_at_the_hear.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/12/lts_at_the_hear.html">http://edu.blogs.com/edublo...</a></p>Ewan McIntoshMon, 04 Dec 2006 09:40:29 -0000http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-2267717<p>East Lothian isn't quite Shangri-La, but the sun does shine a lot and we can access to Flickr and Blogger at school!</p><p>I agree completely about how little we "punters" can influence filtering policy. That's where LTS can make a real difference - they have some clout.</p>jonesieboySat, 02 Dec 2006 15:04:54 -0000http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2006/12/02/pushing-at-an-open-door/#comment-2267716<p>I think that it is no coincidence that so many people look to East Lothian for inspiration... I'm torn between looking for jobs in EL, and the promise of making a difference in my current authority...</p><p>With regards to the point of persuading the powers-that-be, I'm not sure that persuasion or complaining will work with them if it is coming from the bottom -&gt; up. If more of them took a more hands on approach to Web2.0 (like <a href="http://exc-el.org.uk/blogs/donsblog" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://exc-el.org.uk/blogs/donsblog">Don</a> in East Lothian then I think we could see more movement... or at the very least... some discussion.</p><p>If you look around the edublogosphere, there seems to be one group in particular missing from the discussion: the people who take the decisions to block... until this changes, I fear we are having limited impact!</p>Neil WintonSat, 02 Dec 2006 11:29:15 -0000