Contributors

Below is a list of people who have signed up to write 500 words about the purpose(s) of education on their own blogs. These will be linked from purposed.org.uk with an image and short bio.

(last updated 8th Feb 2011)

Date Name Blog URL Short bio (c.50 words)
Tues 1st Feb 2011 Keri Facer MMU Profile: http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/resstaff/profile.php?name=Keri&%20surname=Facer Keri Facer (BA (Cantab), M.Litt (Strathclyde), DPhil (Bristol)) is Professor of Education. Her research interests lie in the fields of socio-technical change, educational futures and digital cultures.

Keri was the inspiration behind Purpos/ed
Weds 2nd Feb 2011 Stephen Downes http://halfanhour.blogspot.com Senior researcher for Canada’s National Research Council and a leading proponent of the use of online media and services in education.
Thurs 3rd Feb 2011 Lou McGill http://lou.mcgill.co.uk learner, parent, e-learning consultant – cares about making formal education as rewarding and relevant as informal learning
Fri 4th Feb 2011 Ewan McIntosh http://edu.blogs.com Teacher, Senior Advisor to Governments, districts and kindergartens around the world, Never got used to writing about himself in the Third Person
Sat 5th Feb 2011 cristina costa http://knowmansland.com/learningpath/ research technologies development officer, visiting research fellow, former teacher and teacher trainer. Enjoys a good rant, appreciates honesty, and demands social justice.
Mon 7th Feb 2011 Fred Garnett http://heutagogicarchive.wordpress.com/
May be on a posterous site I am setting up		 Founder member of Learner-Generated Contexts on Creativity & Learning. Interested in using the PAH Continuum as a co-creation modelling of learning
Tues 8th Feb 2011 Dean Groom http://www.deangroom.com Educational Developer, Author, blogger, speaker – parent suspecting video games might just save the princess if we look in the right castle.
Weds 9th Feb 2011 Mark Berthelemy http://www.learningconversations.co.uk Former secondary & primary teacher, learning solutions architect for a large corporate, parent.
Thurs 10th Feb 2011 Leon Cych http://www.L4L.co.uk web designer, coder, teacher, poet, artist, broadcaster, journalist, educationalist.
Fri 11th Feb 2011 Tom Barrett http://edte.ch/blog teacher \ blogger
Sat 12th Feb 2011 Jennifer Jones http://www.jennifermjones.net an accident waiting to happen
Mon 14th Feb 2011 Vicki Davis http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com teacher/ blogger
Tues 15th Feb 2011 Jon Nicholls http://creativetallis.blogspot.com Arts College Manager, School of Creativity co-ordinator and teacher of photography and media at Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich, London, UK.
Weds 16th Feb 2011 Frances Bell tbc – currently dead domain mother of adult children, longtime partner of tech saint, recovered systems analyst/ developer, academic in Information Systems desperately trying to connect IS with learning technology – trojan horse is my co-editorship of Research in Learning Technology, ALT Journal
Thurs 17th Feb 2011 Nick Dennis www.nickdennis.com/blog Assistant Head/History Teacher at Felsted.
Fri 18th Feb 2011 James Lerman to reappear soon Learner, parent, teacher, teacher educator, prof. of ed. leadership, tech evangelist, author, speaker, Google Certified Teacher, designer of new “schools” for the next generation. collaborator, visionary
Sat 19th Feb 2011 Dave cormier http://davecormier.com/edblog Edtechtalk. Openness advocate. MOOCer. Rabid self-promoter and self-description writer. Manager, web communications and innovations UPEI
Mon 21st Feb 2011 Douglas Greig http://thomastallisdeeplearning.blogspot.com/ Deputy Head at Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich, London
Tues 22nd Feb 2011 Zoe Ross www.zoeross.com Founder of social enterprise DoDigital Ltd. Passionate about using creative technology in education to engage & challenge students. Google Certified Trainer.  Teacher, student & mum.
Weds 23rd Feb 2011 Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/ Plays with and barks about educational technology, web storytelling, openness, serendipity, and the amazing/weird things that happen in a connected world. VP Community & CTO for New Media Consortium.
Thurs 24th Feb 2011 Daniel Needlestone http://nstoneit.com Education Development Manager at NGO World ORT and former teacher of ICT & Computing
Fri 25th Feb 2011 Oliver Quinlan http://www.oliverquinlan.com/blog
Sat 26th Feb 2011 Damian Bariexca http://www.apaceofchange.com School psychologist, educator, dad
Mon 28th Feb 2011 Kerry Turner www.kerryjturner.com teacher/blogger
Tue 1st Mar 2011 Dawn Hallybone http://hallyd.edublogs.org/ parent/teacher/blogger/gamer.
Wed 2 Mar 2011 @IanYorston http://www.unreasonableman.net Director of Digital Strategy at Radley College. Teach a bit. Lecture a bit. Write occasionally. Read a lot.
Thu 3rd Mar 2011 Theo Kuechel http://theok.typepad.com/digital_signposts/ Researcher, International Expert digital content and online video
Fri 4th Mar 2011 Rob Thomas to follow Headteacher at Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich, London
Sat 5th Mar 2011 Judy O’Connell http://heyjude.wordpress.com Teacher, lecturer (in more ways than one),  librarian, author, blogger – constantly wondering about learning and looking for answers in the cloud.
Mon 7th Mar 2011 Jenny Luca http://jennylu.wordpress.com Teacher/Librarian/Blogger.
Tues 8th Mar 2011 James Michie http://jamesmichie.com/blog Husband, Educator, Blogger, Tweeter. Head of Media Studies / Leader for KS4 English @ Chalfonts Community College, Bucks.
Weds 9th Mar 2011 Martin Weller http://edtechie.net OU Prof of Ed Tech, interested in digital scholarship and playing with stuff.
Thurs 10th Mar 2011 Jamie Portman http://jamieportman.com/blog Assistant Head. / History Teacher at Campsmount School Doncaster UK.
Fri 11th Mar 2011 Jan Webb http://janwebb21.com Mum, teacher, blogger with an interest in using tech to support learning
Sat 12th Mar 2011 Lisa Thumann http://thumannresources.com Sr Specialist in Tech Ed for the CMSCE at Rutgers University
Mon 14th Mar 2011 Josie Fraser http://fraser.typepad.com UK based social & educational technologist
Tues 15th Mar 2011 Trish Dooley To set up…. Deputy Head at Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich, London
Weds 16th Mar 2011 Simon Bostock http://hypergogue.net Digital Strategist. Systems, games and cyborg enthusiast. Neologismophile.
Thurs 17th Mar 2011 David White http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/davidwhite Digital media researcher at Oxford University. I manage an elearning R&D unit.
Fri 18th Mar 2011 David Jennings http://alchemi.co.uk Independent consultant in learning and discovery
Sat 19th Mar 2011 Kevin McLaughlin http://ictsteps.com Teacher, Blogger, Painter, Musician, Technology enthusiast especially if it makes learning fun and effective
Mon 21st Mar 2011 Mark Allen http://www.edintheclouds.com Governor and occasional teacher in small and resource-starved rural primary.  My artistic friends think I’m technical.  My technical friends think I’m artistic.  Neither view is correct.  Father of four who are fast approaching university age.  Google Certified Teacher.
Tues 22nd Mar 2011 Julian S Wood http://www.ideasfactory.me Primary Deputy Headteacher
Weds 23rd Mar 2011 Eugene Spiers http://yogspiers.wordpress.com/ Assistant Headteacher, studying MA in Education, Technology and Society, new blogger.
Thurs 24th Mar 2011 Graham Attwell http:www.pontydysgu.org Ed tech blogger
Fri 25th Mar 2011 Janet Laane Effron htttp://www.4riversgroup.com Org. Learning & Digital Learning Consultant, Parent, Geek
Sat 26th Mar 2011 Paul Simbeck
-Hampson		 http://simbeckhampson.com Business Innovation. Associate at the Internet Time Alliance.
Mon 28th Mar 2011 Carol Haigh www.academia.edu/carolhaigh Professor of Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Interested in Internet based research and the role of cyber-space as a teaching tool
Tues 29th Mar 2011 Eleanor Jackson http://virtual-doc.salford.ac.uk/phdyear3/ PhD student @ Salford researching what motivates academics to take their knowledge & collaborate with industry, with the purpose of developing entrepreneurial ideas.
Also a trained teacher (primary) with my own mixed experience of education.
Weds 30th Mar 2011 Simon Finch www.simfin.wordpress.com I’m looking at it this way
Thurs 31st Mar 2011 James Clay http://elearningstuff.net/ James Clay is the ILT & Learning Resources Manager at Gloucestershire College. He is responsible for the VLE, the use of learning technologies, e-learning, mobile learning, the libraries, digital and online resources and the strategic direction of the college in relation to the use of learning technologies.