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BBC Blast Truck in Hull, 31st August and 1st September 2006

2006-09-01

The BBC Blast Truck is being supported by the Ultralab team for a tour around the UK, undertaking creative outreach work with young people. The big grey truck rolled into Hull and was situated in Hull College car park for a two-day visit with extended hours. The truck acted as a drop-in centre for young people.

The BBC Blast Truck is being supported by the Ultralab team for a tour around the UK, undertaking creative outreach work with young people. The big grey truck rolled into Hull and was situated in Hull College car park for a two-day visit with extended hours. The truck acted as a drop-in centre for young people wishing to experiment with digital creativity, dance, music and ethical fashion. Bookings were also taken through the BBC Blast website. The venue was run by Paul from Connexions Humber, in association with the BBC. Sadly, it rained for the duration of the visit. I ran classes in clay animation, digital photography, silent movies and creating comics. It was really nice to be back in Hull; this was not the first time I have worked in the Hull region. In 2004, I was part of the ‘International Certificate in Digital Photography’ (ICDC) project in association with Creative Partnerships Hull. Back in 2002/03, I worked closely with Richard Millwood, Hamish Scott-Brown and Professor Stephen Heppell of Ultralab on the ‘Input CBBC’ project. We worked in Hull and the North of England region with schools, colleges, and community centres to find out what television would be like if young…

Topics: Learning technology

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