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