learning technology creativity | Matthew Eaves

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on October 24, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity

A day at St. James School, Christchurch New Zealand – One of the most creative schools in the world

I spent most of the day with one of the most creative schools I have ever seen in the world. St. James’s School in Christchurch New Zealand is based in a part of Christchurch with high levels of unemployment and career opportunity. For this reason, the school has been classified with a low rating status.

By - admin
Posted on October 22, 2003
Posted in Alderman Peel High School, Fakenham High School, learning technology creativity, Reepham High School, Rural Norfolk Federation

Rural Norfolk Federation

Hal and Matt have been working in schools across the North of Norfolk to embed WIKI’s into teaching and learning. The project is funded by the Rural Norfolk Federation and exists to use learning technologies to bring learners together online beyond school hours. The project will be showcased at the 2004 BETT Show on the

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on October 10, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity, Ultralab New Zealand

Ultralab New Zealand Summer School 22nd and 23rd of October

I have spent the past two days working in Christchurch New Zealand with colleagues from our Sister Ultralab to roll out the labs Summer School model as part of potential pilot with TVNZ’s TV2 channel. The project was to find out what children’s television made by children could be like, using some of the research

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on September 24, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity, NCSL

The Really Creative School Event

Martin Doherty reflects on the ‘Really Creative School Event’ which was funded by NCSL and began on the 12th of September: Personnel involved: Martin Doherty, Tony Browne, Hamish Scott-Brown, one NCSL Electronic Learning Facilitator (Matt Parrott), two Ultralab researchers providing technical expertise – Matthew Eaves and Matt Sisto Watch the material produced at the event

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on August 12, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity

Anglia Polytechnic University Summer School Kicks Off!

The Anglia Polytechnic University Summer School has officially started this week working with young people who’s parents have never been to University in an attempt to engage those who would not usually choose University as part of their future. The programme is once again being run by Colin Elsey and will build on the 2002

By - Hal
Posted on July 31, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity, NCSL

Fasttrack DVD Production Completed and Distributed Nationally

The Fasttrack Community was one of several developed for the National College for School Leadership by Ultralab and originally used the Think.com software, later to become ‘Talk2Learn’. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES), who were the ‘owners’ of the Fasttrack project, requested a training DVD to help users learn about how the community software

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on July 31, 2003
Posted in Belfast Community Groups, learning technology creativity

First Film Peace Project rolls out in Belfast, Northern Ireland

For the first time ever the Ultralab Digital Creativity Summer School programme went international. The project went to Northern Ireland, working as part of the peace process with Catholic and Protestant children to see what could be created using the Summer School model over a three day period within a community environment. The results were

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on June 18, 2003
Posted in learning technology creativity

Weymouth Webcam installed at Lifeboat Station

Mark Constable, Richard Millwood and myself headed to Weymouth to install the web camera for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)’s Lifeboats.TV project, run by Ultralab. The project is near completion and the web camera will provide an eye for young people visiting the website to explore live images from a lifeboat station. View some

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on March 17, 2003
Posted in BBC Children's BBC, BBC Future TV, learning technology creativity

Input CBBC project participants from Sheffield and Hull celebrate in London

All the young people who took part in the ‘Input CBBC’ project in Sheffield and Hull headed on coaches to BBC Television Centre to spend the day celebrating the hard work undertaken on the project. Late last year the young people from schools, city learning and community centres were invited to participate in an Ultralab/BBC

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on February 3, 2003
Posted in BBC Children's BBC, BBC Future TV, learning technology creativity

Input CBBC project completes in Hull

Today I headed off to Hull with Richard Millwood to visit the schools involved in the Input CBBC project. The young people have now completed their film work and presented it to us. For the past four months the young people have been making films for the project, which is research by the BBC and