Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Collaboration Project with Teeside Uni
Excellent day full of inspirational ideas and possible future sources of digital collaborators that could really help students visualise and develop their ICT skills in real contexts. Neil Hannah - Business Incubation Unit, Victoria Building. Prezi presentation on the importance of enterprise to the Uni / UK Economy / future of employment. (see hyperlink at start) 2 business owners present Tom - Coatsink (Games Development Co) - hero worship from students as he programmed part of C.O.D. Ian - E-Shout (Website / Digital Porfolio Co) Both entrepreneurs gave some excellent advice to students who presented their Olympics project work. Tour of both companies office booths Coatsink developing a new X-Box game E-Shout worked with local primary to develop a green blog for young students - stated he love to work with the school again. IDI (Institute of Digital Innovation) Students seen a 80 trk sound studio and full green screen film studio Then very demonstration of some 3D modelling software (very similar to Blender) and quick promos for companies who launched from IDI. Boho Building - Large scale business incubation for long term business set-ups. Tour ran by Mark South who also works for Digital City Teesside very impressive guy who again would love to work with us again in the future. Students were invited in to a company (AMB NS?) who have developed LED lighting system that reacts to screen images / colours - only being marketed at the moment so apparently no-one else in the country has seen this. Other companies in Boho include Double 11 (Software / Games) Annimersion (Graphics / Visualisations) Very worthwhile visit that has reinvigorated my creative juices
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Teachers for the 21st Century
Sund Uni - Weds 24th March 2010
Councillor Michael Carr -
Twenty first century teachers: a local authority perspective
Very dry, mostly worked through the "Your children, your schools, our future" (2009) and then presented some ideas about new multi agency collaboration in Middlesbrough that have been put forward for approval.
Dr Philip Ingram -
A view of teaching and teachers in the 21st Century
Head of Southmoor School Sunderland - loud, irish, very funny.
Presented thought that Teachers in 18th, 19th and 20th C. have not changed, front of class - font of all knowledge, control, fixed curriculum.
Future learners will now live into 22nd century so challenge is to create learners, build resilence, make them care, make them demand, develop consensual schools, schools that model the society that we want them to live in.
Ideas how to do this - get off pedestal (no more 'Sir') / model the person that you want them to be / content is fashion - skill is style / the humilty to become a learner / earn consent.
If we dont change then society is on precipice of destruction worldwide - this generation of students need to be the greatest ever to survive and fix societies problems.
Video - http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/ (Futurelab) - Excellent animation video that develops the Shift Happens video further. http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/multimedia/video/Video1589
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/
Paul Threadgall -
The one children’s workforce
Developed ideas of how this is working and vision for safe guarding students in all schools, used a lot of information from "Childrens Plan and ECM'
6.05
June Foster –
Creating leaders for 21st Century schools
Excellent David Putnam film = We are the people http://www.wearethepeoplemovie.com/
Presented Learners Charter http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/multimedia/video/Video1192
Discussed the possiblities of senior leadership and how responsibilty of role is outweighed by 90% of head enjoyment of the role.
Councillor Michael Carr -
Twenty first century teachers: a local authority perspective
Very dry, mostly worked through the "Your children, your schools, our future" (2009) and then presented some ideas about new multi agency collaboration in Middlesbrough that have been put forward for approval.
Dr Philip Ingram -
A view of teaching and teachers in the 21st Century
Head of Southmoor School Sunderland - loud, irish, very funny.
Presented thought that Teachers in 18th, 19th and 20th C. have not changed, front of class - font of all knowledge, control, fixed curriculum.
Future learners will now live into 22nd century so challenge is to create learners, build resilence, make them care, make them demand, develop consensual schools, schools that model the society that we want them to live in.
Ideas how to do this - get off pedestal (no more 'Sir') / model the person that you want them to be / content is fashion - skill is style / the humilty to become a learner / earn consent.
If we dont change then society is on precipice of destruction worldwide - this generation of students need to be the greatest ever to survive and fix societies problems.
Video - http://www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/ (Futurelab) - Excellent animation video that develops the Shift Happens video further. http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/multimedia/video/Video1589
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/
Paul Threadgall -
The one children’s workforce
Developed ideas of how this is working and vision for safe guarding students in all schools, used a lot of information from "Childrens Plan and ECM'
6.05
June Foster –
Creating leaders for 21st Century schools
Excellent David Putnam film = We are the people http://www.wearethepeoplemovie.com/
Presented Learners Charter http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/multimedia/video/Video1192
Discussed the possiblities of senior leadership and how responsibilty of role is outweighed by 90% of head enjoyment of the role.
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Institute of Digital Innovation - Teeside Uni
Liz Shaz (e.shaw@tees.ac.uk) 01642 738173
Introduction - What is IoDI / Keen to research employer engagement with schools / Able to offer contacts to assist in diploma support e.g. Units 6 (MM) and Unit 7 (Project Mgmt). http://www.diploma-support.org./
Suggested that schools contact EBP to set up business links
Andy Price - Convergence of Media e.g. BBC news site with multiple discipline content / Setting up courses for digital journalism / radio + video / stated that when TV production companies pitch ideas for show they must also demonstrate how they will also offer new media content in addition / suggested looking at Digital Report to see how goverment have missed boat again. Reading idea = Nicholas Negroponte 'Being Digital'
Jerimiah Alexander - Ideonic (start from Victoria Building) met before when at meeting with CF. Group worked through project company had completed - Nesta - recycling game for Planet Science website. Game is 'The Big Recycling Machine' http://www.planet-science.com/under11s/. Issues for company Design / Communication / Reputation / Project Mgmt. Project requirements =
Introduction - What is IoDI / Keen to research employer engagement with schools / Able to offer contacts to assist in diploma support e.g. Units 6 (MM) and Unit 7 (Project Mgmt). http://www.diploma-support.org./
Suggested that schools contact EBP to set up business links
Andy Price - Convergence of Media e.g. BBC news site with multiple discipline content / Setting up courses for digital journalism / radio + video / stated that when TV production companies pitch ideas for show they must also demonstrate how they will also offer new media content in addition / suggested looking at Digital Report to see how goverment have missed boat again. Reading idea = Nicholas Negroponte 'Being Digital'
Jerimiah Alexander - Ideonic (start from Victoria Building) met before when at meeting with CF. Group worked through project company had completed - Nesta - recycling game for Planet Science website. Game is 'The Big Recycling Machine' http://www.planet-science.com/under11s/. Issues for company Design / Communication / Reputation / Project Mgmt. Project requirements =
- Web based game
- London based client
- Student design
- Pre-reading age
- 5K budget
- 1 month to develop
Developed blog to showcase ideas to the client http://thebigrecyclingmachine.wordpress.com/ (need login from Ideonic)
Graphics were rendered 2D - then imported into 3D software - then developed back in 2D
Suggested ideas = Scratch for network / Matchware resources for web
Look into ARG Alternative Reality Games where content is embedded across platforms for students to find e.g. blogs / twitters etc.
Look for schools to become involved in ILX Innovation Learning Exchnage which is social networking platform developed using ning software http://www.ning.com/ which can be used to Create Your Own Social Network for Anything. Email school info to ilx@ideonic.com
Pixel Pie Media = Jonny / Paul - Create websites / digital graphics / leaflets etc.
Suggested 'Joomla' freeware for website content management
Examples of sites developed = http://www.polygonfiction.com/ Great idea for coming creating income stream from narrow casting - video on demand / merchandising.
Would like to emulate 'Hi-Res' Desgin Agency.
Have created website for new NE social networking site Wooden Cauliflower http://www.woodencauliflower.com/newcastle/ Also flash generated content / click throughs ads etc.
Animex - Carmen Thompson (carmen.thompson@tees.ac.uk ) 07939 488017
Keen to involve schools in developing animation days, ideas to spread the animex festival further.
IT Careers - Emma Dyson
Ideas for IT careers = skillset.org / prospects.ac.uk
Best = codeworkconnect.net = full list of members to set up work experience placements
Contacts to action
lfinley@thekingsacademy.org Laura = shift happens
ahughes@acklamgrange.org.uk Amanda = Interested in OCR L2 with KS3
Plus tour of digital creative building / working sound stage = green screen - full soundboard.
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