professor stephen heppell

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Posted on January 13, 2010
Posted in learning technology creativity, Regional Centre for Learners with Autistic Learning Disorders

Rugroom Learners Be Very Afraid!

Be Very Afraid (now in the sixth year) is an annual event organised by professor Stephen Heppell and the team at heppell.net to showcase (for one day only!) the very best learning in technology projects from around the UK in one place. This year the event took place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in

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Posted on October 29, 2008
Posted in learning technology creativity, Regional Centre for Learners with Autistic Learning Disorders

3DGeoArt Project showcased at BAFTA – and how to make your own 3DGeoArt too!

AS (Aspergers Syndrome) students at City College Norwich were on fine form at Professor Stephen Heppell’s annual ‘Be Very Afraid’ event held at London’s BAFTA headquarters in Piccadilly on Monday 27 October 2008. Professor Heppell runs the event (now in its 5th year) to showcase the extraordinary projects involving new technologies in learning throughout the

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Posted on November 27, 2006
Posted in learning technology creativity

Exciting Minds Conference 2006, Manchester G-Mex with Creative Partnerships

Hal MacLean, Shirley Pickford and myself headed to Manchester’s G-Mex arena for the first ever ‘Exciting Minds’ conference and arena by Creative Partnerships. Shirley and myself represented the ‘Digital Teacher Network‘ which is a free online portal for teachers to manage projects online. 51 other exhibitors shared the arena with us, all based out of

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Posted on September 1, 2006
Posted in BBC Blast, learning technology creativity

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

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 trucks rolled into Hull and were situated in Hull College car park for a two day visit with extended hours. The truck acted as a drop in centre

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on February 19, 2004
Posted in BAFTA, learning technology creativity

Be Very Afraid at BAFTA today!

Today some of the Ultralab team spent their time working at the big ‘Be Very Afraid’ event at BAFTA. Ultralab played host to a morning celebration of student and children’s digital creativity. The event was supported by funding from the DfES and showcased stunning digital creativity. Students from ten schools, colleges and universities invited questions

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

Digital Creativity Celebration huge hit to audience at V&A

An audience of three hundred attended the 4th annual Summer School creativity celebration at the Victoria & Albert museum in London. The event, which showcases the movies by the children is projected in the V&A’s prestigious lecture theatre, which they then defend from questions from the audience was an amazing experience, as ever, for all

By - Matthew Eaves
Posted on January 31, 2003
Posted in Blog

Ultralab's Digital Creativity Project mentioned in Publication

This year saw the ‘SummerSchool’ and ‘Input CBBC’ projects quoted in a chapter written by Professor Stephen Heppell in Whither Assessment?, a QCA publication addressing how the educational community could improve the ways in which it assesses students. An extract coving the creative wins from SummerSchool: Here is an extract: LESSONS LEARNED: This annual feast