learning technology creativity | Matthew Eaves

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Posted on August 12, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Glasgow 11th and 12th of August

Hamish Scott-Brown headed to his native Glasgow for a couple of days onboard the BBC Blast Truck as facilitator. Hamish’s role as Lead Facilitator is to lead creative workshops while supporting local facilitators as they come onboard the truck to run their own creative classes. Glasgow was a huge success for BBC Blast with film

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Posted on August 3, 2006
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Saffron Walden County High School and Partner Primary Schools Summer School Day 1 Blogging and Podcasting

The Saffron Walden County High School and its partner feeder Primary Schools have begun their Summer School challenge and will be working for one week on their Ultralab set task. The young people involved in the project all have ‘project blogs’ and have started to document their progress. One of the groups has decided to

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Posted on August 3, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Bristol 2nd and 3rd of August

The BBC Blast Truck headed down the M32 Motorway to join Hal MacLean for an exciting two days of film and dance. Hal represented Ultralab as the lead facilitator at this location. Matthew Eaves, Hamish Scott-Brown and Hal MacLean are on a rotation system throughout the tour, doubling up at some locations to support each

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Posted on July 27, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Norwich 26th and 27th of July

Riding the crest of a BBC Blast wave, the truck rolled in to Norwich right outside the Forum. There wasn’t enough room to put up the awning, but we had a marquee instead for the dance workshops and music. The main event for me was to work with ‘DJ Swift’ to create a pop video,

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Posted on July 23, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Trafalgar Square, London 23rd of July

For one day only Hal MacLean and the BBC Blast Truck were in London’s Trafalgar Square demonstrating the BBC’s flagship creative project and encouraging young people to climb on board and have a go. Above, Hal juggles.

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Posted on July 21, 2006
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Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford Summer School 2006 Completes!

The Anglia Ruskin Summer School 2006 completed today. The objective of the project was to show University life to young people who are considering a University education but their parents have not attended University themselves. Throughout the week the young people have worked with various people across the University, on Wednesday the young people spent

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Posted on July 21, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in White City, London 19th, 20th and 21st of July

Hal MacLean and myself joined the BBC Blast Truck in White City to in the lead facilitation role working with young people from the London Region on Digital Creativity projects. Hal and I spent two days of the event working with a group of budding young enthusiasts interested in a career in television. We demonstrated

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Posted on July 13, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Cardiff 12th and 13th of July 2006

It was great to work with Ultralab’s Geraint Lang at the BBC Blast event in Cardiff. The truck was in Cardiff for two days, the first day working in the English language, the second day in the Welsh language. Geraint speaks fluent Welsh and undertook the lead facilitation role on the Welsh day. Animation, Film,

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Posted on July 10, 2006
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Saffron Walden County High School and Partner Primary Schools at Ultralab

Today 30 young people from Saffron Walden County High School and their partner feeder Primary Schools attended a training day at Ultralab to learn how to animate, make music and film for their 2006 Summer Challenge. Every year the Ultralab team set a tough challenge to these schools to complete over the summer months. Patrick

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Posted on July 8, 2006
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BBC Blast Truck in Sheffield 6th, 7th and 8th of July

Hal MacLean joined the BBC Blast Truck as lead facilitator onboard as it arrived in Sheffield for a fun packed three days, including a big showcase event of young peoples creative work. The Ultralab team have worked extensively in Sheffield in the past, back in 2002 Hamish Scott-Brown, myself and Richard Millwood spent time working