Hi Pat,

That's great. I plan to finish the briefing paper for the end of September, so will have time to work your stuff in.

Cheers,

Steve

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wordpress in education and research
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>Sent: 09 August 2011 19:39
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [WORDPRESS] Why WordPress?
>
>Due to be published / finished next friday - is that ok date wise for
>you?
>
>On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Steve Boneham
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi Pat,
>>
>> I appreciate the offer and will gladly take you up on it if it isn't
>too much work.
>>
>> Is the report published? I'd be interested in reading it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> P.S. Should have replied that I'd be happy to test another of your
>plugins if you're still looking for people to do so.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Wordpress in education and research
>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>>>Sent: 08 August 2011 20:37
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: [WORDPRESS] Why WordPress?
>>>
>>>I could repurpose something from our final report on our WP project
>>>(politicsinspires.org)
>>>
>>>On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Steve Boneham
>>><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> I'm writing a briefing paper on the use of WordPress in education as
>>>part of my work at JISC Netskills. The idea is to provide a summary of
>>>why those working in education might consider using WordPress to
>support
>>>teaching and learning, research, administration and the other things
>>>that educational institutions do.
>>>>
>>>> The first point I wanted to address was 'Why WordPress?' I have a
>set
>>>of the usual points (open source, usable, flexible, extensible...),
>but
>>>wanted to make these a bit more engaging with some stories or
>soundbytes
>>>from 'real life' use. That use could range from a single self-hosted
>>>site/blog to use as a CMS or institutional platform.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be very grateful if any of you would be prepared to contribute
>to
>>>this by letting me know what you're doing with WordPress and why you
>>>choose to use it that way. We would of course credit you for your
>>>contributions in the paper.
>>>>
>>>> Likewise, suggestions of people, groups or educational institutions
>>>using WordPress effectively would also be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve Boneham
>>>> JISC Netskills
>>>> Newcastle University
>>>>
>>>> www.netskills.ac.uk
>>>>
>>