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<strong>Network</strong>s, knowledge and innovation<br />

author or pr<strong>of</strong>essional reviewers, as well as other Amazon customers.<br />

You are also told whether customers found these reviews helpful.<br />

Second, Amazon tells you which other books a purchaser <strong>of</strong> the target<br />

book has also bought. Displayed before you is an elaborate set <strong>of</strong><br />

factual information and evaluations to help you make a more<br />

informed decision about book-buying.<br />

Epinions.com <strong>of</strong>fers a similar service. It will search millions <strong>of</strong><br />

products and services – such as books, movies, cars, restaurants,<br />

computers, sports and travel – and tell you where to obtain the lowest<br />

price for them and which stores are most trusted by customers.<br />

Products and services are reviewed and rated by customers, and these<br />

are available to all other customers. Customers rate reviewers for the<br />

quality <strong>of</strong> their reviews, and reviewers whose judgements are trusted<br />

by their peers are designated top reviewers. You are also told which<br />

other reviewers the top reviewers most trust. You become a top<br />

reviewer only if you have earned such a reputation for your advice to<br />

other customers.<br />

An innovation and best practice network for teachers might have a<br />

similar infrastructure. The quality <strong>of</strong> an innovation and validity <strong>of</strong> a<br />

claim to good or best practice could be rated by those who had tried<br />

to transfer it, as well as by ‘experts’ such as researchers or Ofsted.<br />

Indeed, the trustworthiness <strong>of</strong> the judges would also be rated by<br />

practitioners, for this would be particularly important in relation to<br />

judgements or claims about high leverage and ease <strong>of</strong> transferability.<br />

For academic researchers to have to earn their reputation for<br />

trustworthiness would be a gain for both them and for teachers. The<br />

system would also need to give information on the location <strong>of</strong><br />

the nearest helper-practitioner or consultant, since accessibility<br />

and opportunities for a face-to-face meeting as well as coaching<br />

and mentoring are vital. The NWP might be the kind <strong>of</strong> project to<br />

gain from such a development borrowed from ICT in the business<br />

world.<br />

Conclusion<br />

Ann Lieberman has been at the forefront <strong>of</strong> developments in teachers’<br />

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