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• @MickLandmann Yes, but I think that's the state of play at the moment: ethos of the school is the main barrier to greater participation. in reply to MickLandmann #
• RT @EstherNYA: Does your school have an interest or passion in student voice and youth leadership? Apply for the… http://bit.ly/6t1Mbx #
• #blowingowntrumpet Chuffed by more great feedback on our training: inspired the students, and council meetings have improved. Invaluable. #
• @PennyAW Thanks Penny. Now we need to make sure we're following up with these schools and that it has a long-term effect. in reply to PennyAW #
• RT @tsdtel: RSC Wales Events: Learner Voice, Learner Choice Personalisation Roadshow (South West Wales): RSC Wales http://bit.ly/6Jl88T #
• @iThinkup Good to see you're up and running. Nice choice of font ;) in reply to iThinkup #
• @iThinkup Ah, you'll need to work on another marketing plan then. We're using Sketch Rockwell too, think it's becoming very popular. in reply to iThinkup #
• @iThinkup Good idea, I have one already, but it's getting a bit tatty! in reply to iThinkup #
• @iMrsF @peoplegogy 1. Be in an environment where various skills are valued equally. 2. Be open to trying and not being good at lots of stuff in reply to iMrsF #
• RT @iMrsF: Good question! RT @peoplegogy: how does someone go abt discovering what they can be the best at? #
• RT @TheTeacherPage: Intute: the best web resources for education and research – http://www.intute.ac.uk #
• RT @chickensaltash: Saltash becomes a Cool School – Part 1 (A guest blog by my Year 10 students) Pls check it out! http://bit.ly/Yerca #
• RT @Larryferlazzo: RT @teachtechie: Messing around with Twiducate.com with my students – a Twitter like environment… http://bit.ly/6mGYrS #
• Sign our petition to save Haringey's Hospitals here: http://bit.ly/623fHu Thanks! #
• Anyone got a spare spotify invite? Can't believe I don't have it already. Thanks! #
• #uksnow N17 4/10 #
• @bohemiacademia Thanks very much, another friend has already sent me one though. in reply to bohemiacademia #
• @SamLassman Thanks Sam. in reply to SamLassman #
• A little thank you and seasonal gift (kind of) to all of you: http://bit.ly/6hvzXd #
• We wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for your advice and
  support in helping us get involver off the… http://bit.ly/5dLwtA #
• list of projects that we're working on/about to work on http://involver.org.uk/projects/ (i hate html now) – greg http://bit.ly/4SAUZN #
• Just signed for our new office, well desks, in an 'eco space' in Shoreditch, sharing with graffiti artists. Very cool, we fit right in ;) #
• @bohemiacademia Excellent. Would love to. in reply to bohemiacademia #
• Just found out that my Dad has been on a blind date with someone I retweeted recently. Made me smile :) #
• RT @dawnhallybone: Do You Have a Class or School Blog? http://bit.ly/5HPck8 please share your experiences (Pls RT) (via @tombarrett) #

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• I'm hosting film club tonight. Any seasonal recommendations for what I should show? #
• @jonathan_mackin @iusher @sparcd thanks very much for the suggestions guys, all great, on the list . Went with 'kiss kiss, bang bang'. in reply to jonathan_mackin #
• @daibarnes Will you be writing up the school council course? I'd love to have a look at what it contained. Thanks. #
• @daibarnes Good stuff. Need to get along to some of those TeachMeets at BETT. Hopefully see you there. #
• Finally got the last student voice good practice case study signed off, after 4 months of asking! #
• RT @MattSL: went into a N London Primary Sch to make a short film on pupil voice & communication, comments appreciated, http://bit.ly/559XOF #
• Off to the IoE for a conference on student-led reviews – interesting work that Michael FIelding has been doing. #
• McNulty presenting Have I Got News For You, can't get over the Eton accent. #

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• Reading: Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project http://bit.ly/PNbb5 -via @kjarrett @joebires #
• is revisiting the business plan http://bit.ly/90uqZ4 #
• How would you define a good student voice / school council project? #
• RT @DavidLammyMP: Still campaigning to save both hospitals nr. Haringey. Please join the campaign and RT http://bit.ly/623fHu #
• Issue is the way questions are asked, not answers RT @timesed: Pupil voice dubbed a failure by children’s commissioner http://bit.ly/5fvkGR #
• How would you define a good student voice / school council project? #
• Shopping for a budget <£400 laptop for @scyne. Anyone seen any good deals lately? #
• Year 5 pupils from across the county gather at County Hall in Maidstone for their Primary Schools Council. http://bit.ly/7zadgb #
• RT @citizenship: I uploaded a YouTube video — Sir Keith Ajegbo: Student voice and democracy in schools http://bit.ly/4JA0rE #
• Sir Keith Ajegbo on the links between student voice, citizenship, democracy, political literacy and community cohesion. http://bit.ly/4G2UQR #
• good range!: RT @wistaston: The School Council had their meeting. Xmas plays, robots, security and badges for midday assistants discussed! #
• Letter from the school (pupil) council of Dronfield Junior School to prospective headteachers: http://bit.ly/84SYZL #
• Great BBC site Bugbears to give pupils a fun (anonymous) voice via @mbarrow http://bit.ly/7fX1jN #
• Lovely feedback on training we ran in Oxford. 'Will revloutionise how our council runs and works together.' Big smile on my face! #
• RT @DaleRockell: quality #PSHCE #SEAL material highly rec http://tinyurl.com/yh8ufps, had a grt Yr11 coach session yesterday using these #
• @DaleRockell Thanks for the #ff Would be great to meet up to see how we could compliment each other's work. #
• Excellent! Running training at a school in Salford next week and get to see @jenmcnally #
• Ears just got assaulted by the asinine George Lamb, when I was expecting #AdamandJoe 's Black Squadron on #6music. Not happy. #
• If you're in North London come along to Downhills Primary School 4pm RT @ChloeDoherty: first performance for Tottenham Community Choir. #
• Good article on teenagers and the distance between their media portrayal and reality http://bit.ly/8roCUC (via @MattSL and @PennyAW) #
• Several podcast ready to listen to on my bus journey in to Camden, but can't find my nokia headphones. Stupid 2.5mm jack! #
• Loving #Anchorsong at Koko. Breakbeat drummer, electronica and strings. Really feel it in your bones. Be buying some of this later. #
• #redsnapper now ripping it up too. more CDs to buy. Are you listening record companies? We will buy it if it has craft and merit. #
• Oh YES! THAT is a beat! #redsnapper #
• What a NOISE! Amazing! #redsnapper #

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• @DirDigEng @nickmhalliday Excellent ideas! We're actually helping school councils use Facebook for this and working on a tailored tool too. #
• @DirDigEng important that we are invited in to private spaces though. Provide tools with an immediate impact (i.e. not just campaigning) #
• @MattSeppings Thanks for the Wave invite, I've signed up, but not got anywhere with it yet. in reply to MattSeppings #
• RT @citizenship: Should citizenship education be more about skills or knowledge? http://bit.ly/6f5Ah4 ^MichaelG #
• @frankcrawford @citizenship True, but what type, extent and balance of skills and knowledge does one need to engage? in reply to frankcrawford #
• RT @daycoder: Daughter on school council as some kind of eco warrior. Hopefully this'll mean she won't leave all the chuffing lights on now. #
• @frankcrawford @citizenship Totally agree. Best learning is experiential and immersive, so enable pupils to play active role in school life. in reply to frankcrawford #
• RT @pezholio: Who wants a KML (Google Earth) file of schools for their council area then? http://bit.ly/5ouSQr Will blog later :) #opendata #
• RT @CHANGEit: Know any 11-18 year olds who are creating change in the UK and deserve to be recognised? Nominate today! http://bit.ly/d4GfF #
• @jonathan_mackin Definitely a good idea. in reply to jonathan_mackin #
• Too true -> RT @stuartridout: #movemeon Always model the behaviour that you would expect from students. #
• Reading NICE's Promoting young people’s social and emotional wellbeing in secondary education http://bit.ly/62qTxi #
• @grahamallcott Can't I just ask people on Twitter what I should do? in reply to grahamallcott #
• Not all clothes come from sweat shops! -> RT @DavidLammyMP: a bit of information on a great Tottenham business: http://bit.ly/840Cps #
• Using @limesurvey to create an evaluation form for our training. Are these the right questions: http://bit.ly/5S1L6N – share yours? #
• @FifeWOW Thanks, that's what I was trying to say with 'What immediate difference has this made to you?' but your way is clearer. in reply to FifeWOW #
• .@FifeWOW @limesurvey seems very capable, great to have so much control. Less intuitive UI than surveygizmo/monkey, but help is good. #
• Great idea: National Day of Listening – we need to import this to the UK: http://bit.ly/4I2fcl (via always excellent @bicyclingfish ) #
• Great cause and the idea behind the website is brilliant: http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk/simple-acts/ #
• RT @evangineer: Planning/recently launched a social/sustainable venture? http://www.williamjamesfoundation.org has Dec4 b-plan contest #socent #
• RT @russeltarr: New Free Trial offer for http://www.activehistory.co.uk – http://bit.ly/8tpH44 (Please RT!) #
• Excellent –> RT @robmanuel: RT @itsDanBull: Dear Mandy (an open letter to Lord Mandelson). http://bit.ly/4zDKFR #dearmandy #
• I really like this (via @cpd4teachers) David Ogilvy's theory: "always tell the truth, but make the truth fascinating!" #
• 2 year-old very excited about our borrowed cat. The feeling is not mutual. #
• RT @ssutherland Great student-led breakfast session @SSAT09 from Saltash school. Students teaching pupils from feeder primaries – Great idea #
• #ff #followfriday @schoolgoverning: useful tweets for anyone involved in schools, especially in leadership and governance. #
• @englishraven I've found a lot of mobiles do (N95, E71) do a decent enough job of this for a lot of purposes. in reply to englishraven #
• RT @annehodg: "Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” – Ferlinghetti #

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• @nstone starting up a new organisation it's got to be Google Apps. and Twitter. On my way to Old Street. #
• RT @DavidWhe: RT @WillTucker Jill Kirby on @r4today talking about why child rights are bad. What an idiot.>> we've still a long way to go! #
• Good meeting with @adamdnichols at Changemakers. Questions as to whether schools are structured correctly for the 21st Century. #
• RT @JohnWoodcockLab: Forget BBC QTime, I got a proper grilling at school councils of St James, H'pool&George Hastwell, Walney cracking q's! #
• What's your school council doing for anti-bullying week? #
• Interesting idea: htp://www.power2010.org.uk – wonder what ideas it will throw up? #
• On my way to 'from pupil voice to pupil participation' conference. Still a long way to go – in practice, not geographically ;) #
• Off to a good start: walk through botanical gardens and found out about this: http://www.gtce.org.uk/publications/pupil_part_anthology1109 #
• CEO of GTC: White paper on education focuses on pupils as passive recipients of guarantees rather than pupil engagement. #
• Good event. GTC very strong on pupil participation #studentvoice. Main barriers are resistance to change, assessment and lack of trust. #
• NE primary school teaches 'challenging with respect' so pupils can question staff and 1 another on learning and teaching without offending #
• RT @sophiebessemer: RT @richardcanoe RT @mattlucht 99% of schools, 70% of colleges, and 30% of universities in the UK block Twitter #140conf #
• @StephenFarmer what have you used to create the Student Voice social network? And how have you got them to use it? in reply to StephenFarmer #
• Nice set of creativity tools for education (works with Fronter too!): http://bit.ly/1cPJZ3 #
• @suzibewell No experience, but just had a fiddle and it look pretty cool! in reply to suzibewell #
• @iamcrofty good to meet you today. You really should get into schools, it's fun! Let me know if you want help with that… http://po.st/ojw #
• Liked Evan Davis' question to Mandleson re entitlements and targets in Queen's Speech: who is going to go to jail if they're not met? #
• @ShaneMcC @StevenTuck EVO looks very interesting. Would be really interested to talk to you about a youth version. in reply to StevenTuck #
• nice idea ->RT @niicooooole: "On Valentine's Day in high school, student council sold carnations that would be delivered to your friends… #
• @jonathan_mackin welcome to Twitter Jon. Follow some Germans and keep up the lingo. #
• Rewriting presentation on the way to Salford: school councils are the end, not the beginning. #
• @MattSeppings Unfortunately we're not, and it was sunny when we left so don't even have a waterproof! in reply to MattSeppings #

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• @hubkingscross sounds nice, will take you up on the offer tomorrow. Is there a safe place to park bikes nearby? in reply to hubkingscross #
• RT @TonySearl: Student voice.Supreme idea Doc Heppell. "2010 learnover event" Book your school in. http://www.heppell.net/learnover/ #
• Setting up a Co-op bank account for involver.org.uk, got to prove it won't be used for money-laundering (I'm just hoping it will be used!) #
• @HonywoodSchool the link in your last tweet (on pupil leaders) doesn't seem to be working, can you resend please? Thanks. #
• when will we be able to switch the tweetboard to the right? http://po.st/X7C #
• Great communication and ideas on p2 ->RT @HonywoodSchool: Honywood Gazette 288 – Pupil Leaders – School Council http://tinyurl.com/ykdwymr #
• "Lots of students enjoy learning but don’t like school. Maybe we can change that.” Nadine Johnson, Year 9 http://bit.ly/411Qov -via @zoe1971 #
• First cycle into Camden in yonks. Cold air in my lungs felt great. Now 5 blue screens in a row before being able to start work (new record)! #
• Why are the subtitles not showing up in my YouTube video? Any ideas? I've uploaded the .srt file. #
• … because I hadn't turned them on, doh! Now can I make them on by default? #
• @artpod Thanks. Yeah things have moved on is putting it mildly! As you can see we're putting your advice to good use. All well with @artpod? in reply to artpod #
• @AsherJac Yeah, I really need to reinstall (XP), just don't have the time. Understand if you upgrade to Win7 will work… http://po.st/6k6 in reply to AsherJac #
• @grahamallcott Yeah, I've been meaning to, but haven't found the time. If you can upgrade to Win7 I believe you'll be running even better. in reply to grahamallcott #
• @grahamallcott From what I understand you're better off with XP or Win7. Win7 is basically Vista with all the bugs fixed. in reply to grahamallcott #
• Is your school council counter-cultural? http://bit.ly/PyQ6q #
• .@scyne Moving that way: we're not interested in condoning all the many poor school councils any more, saying they're '… http://po.st/Ymk in reply to scyne #
• @mikeherrity Jubilee to Green Park then Picadilly in reply to mikeherrity #
• @scyne Assuming you're in agreement ;-) http://po.st/Z8S in reply to scyne #
• Hideously early start, but always good to be in a school. Are they ready to challenge the culture of their school? Can I motivate them? #
• Don't think they're up for a revolution, but at least those students can run their own meetings effectively now. #
• is watching Waterloo Road. http://bit.ly/3pXfS #
• RT @theglcnyc: Student voice in a school is truly powerful: preparing students for the world by allowing them to express themselves and grow #
• Off to the Warren School to plan our in-depth work with them. Cancelled train means it's going to be a mad dash on the bike though. #
• PUNCTURE! Thought it was a choice between sweaty and late, now I'm both. #
• RT @HGJohn: RT @simfin: http://bit.ly/3yuail 14 ways to make your school website better (via @terryfreedman) No.5 Why not a blog? #
• Obama's websites gave information, listened and GAVE SUPPORTERS SMALL TASKS. Does your school council website or facebook page? #
• Is it best for a school council to have a Facebook Page or Group – assuming the main purpose it to communicate with the rest of the school? #
• @FifeWOW thanks. So maybe they should have both, but for different purposes? in reply to FifeWOW #
• On the train to Bristol for a steering group meeting for Futurelab's Greater Expectations project, always interesting discussions. #
• @ingridk Have you tried RSS Graffiti? in reply to ingridk #
• RT @ictregister @SecEd_Education: How to give students the power to take control of online learning environment http://bit.ly/3bJcqq #

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