links for 2013-08-29
“What is really needed is a school run parents community network site. Schools need the ability to communicate more effectively with the parent base and parents need to be able to communicate with the parents of the class their child is in. What’s really needed is a secure social network for schools.”
@futuregov open up the schoolgates project and describe the building process as part of #fghack.
All the school sites that I manage experience record traffic levels each winter whenever there is a Snow Day. I’ve got it down to a fine routine with the various Heads - a text at 5:30am, a brief Snow Day blurb five minutes later, back to bed and then watch the traffic rocket throughout the morning.
The more savvy schools have even had muted conversations about selling themed advertising around Snow Days…
What I love about the futuregov approach is the harnessing of the offline schoolgate gossip. From experience, this is where the real insider knowledge for any physical community takes place.
The layered texture and depth of content for schoolgates is also ace. You want to be able to filter out some data, and make sure that other content relevant to you and your family is flagged. Futuregov has all of this covered.
Privacy concerns and online child protection are an obvious issue, but if bolted down with the correct protocol, schoolgates could help contribute to the identity and ethos within a school.
All built within the #fghack 48 hour time frame as well.
Meanwhile, back in the offline world: seven more sleeps until teaching starts for the new term. I know what my first project will be to pitch Somewhere in SE17…
“A complete suntrap in the summertime, Brockwell Lido is one of the best examples of art deco-style lidos, and a model for lido campaigning groups.”
ACE to see the lovely lido tops The Graun list of outdoor swimming pools.
“Surrey cricket is in crisis. Again.”
Ouch.
via @InsideCroydon.
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