Thanks for looking in on my blog. My name is Colin Howey and I'm employed by Norfolk Adult Education, working to promote learning in communities within the Norwich area (my job title is 'Community Development Worker'). Sometimes I laugh at the idea that I 'develop' communities. Actually, what I try and do is work alongside people; working with them to offer learning which engages them and reflects their interests. In other words, I'm kind of led by what it is that people actually want out of their Adult Education service. That's why I've set up this blog. It's another way in which you can tell me what interests you and what you want (either: phone me on 079 174 274 06 or email on colin.howey@norfolk.gov.uk ). It's also a place where I can write about adult education in its broadest sense. My own life journey has taught me the value of education and I'm gonna bang on about this from time to time.
Finally, it was only very recently, when someone asked me the question, that I learnt what a blog is. Before that I hadn't really thought about where the word comes from, so I Googled it and found the Wikipedia entry about blogs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog). Anyway, as I understand it, a blog is short-hand for a Web Log - or an online diary or log-book. In effect, it's like a website, on which you can post words, images and music.
