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April 9, 2008
Blogging's final frontierHouse of Lords, the final frontier. (Cue Star Trek theme song . . . )
These are the bloggings of Britain's upper chamber of Parliament. Its continuing mission: to help educate, to raise awareness and engage with the public on a range of issues, to boldly blog where no one has blogged before.
BoardBuzz pokes fun, but we also strongly support the use of blogs for such public outreach—especially amongst our own school board members. Not everyone is brave enough to express their views so openly in an omnipresent forum. As ABC News reports, the House of Lords has taken a brave step into the 21st Century.
Lords of the Blog describes their work as thus:
Lords of the Blog is an experimental project to encourage direct dialogue between web users across the world and Members of the House of Lords. Commissioned by the House of Lords, the pilot project is conducted by the Hansard Society who are working directly with Members of the Lords to bring their blogs to the wider online audience.
The peers taking part are: Lord Soley, Lord Norton, Lord Tyler, Lord Lipsey, Lord Dholakia, Baroness D'Souza, Lord Teverson, Baroness Young of Hornsey and Baroness Murphy. Perhaps the efforts of these nine "peers" will encourage more of their peers (couldn't resist) to blog. Dozens of members of Parliament already have their own blogs according to the BBC.
Lords of the Blog manager Barry Griffiths says, "This is a fascinating pilot to be involved in as the House of Lords is packed full of expertise on a whole range of topical subjects."
BoardBuzz believes their efforts will certainly help dispel the image of men and women in red robes and wigs and replace it with one of public servants doing a real service for their country. But we couldn't help but wonder--will the House and Senate follow suit?
Posted April 9, 2008 11:43 AM | Education Technology | Miscellany
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