BBC Blast Colchester

Matt and Hal were delighted to be invited on to the BBC Blast Truck at its last stop in Colchester for 2009. For two days our team ran an internet broadcasting project working with learners to make their own internet television production. During the workshop learners were taught about TV production, camera work, script writing,

Rugroom Celebrates winning Beacon Award

Rugroom is a learning space for learners with Asperger’s Syndrome. Matt and Hal have been involved in the project since 2007 and have helped work with learners and staff to embed creative use of technology into the teaching and learning. The project has just won a Beacon Award for widening participation, which means it is

NHS Mental Health Filming

Hal and Matt do a lot of film work all over the country and to give you a flavour of one of our projects, here are some photographs of the filming we conducted for the NHS: Our team often work with chroma technology, and teach this to learners in schools too. We were pleased to

Anglia Ruskin University Broadcast Summer School 2009

30th April – 1st May 2009: Anglia Ruskin University are committed to encouraging participation to University and have a dedicated ‘Widening Participation’ team who work across the East Anglia region with schools and colleges to show students first hand what university life is like by engaging prospective students in real University situations. Hal MacLean and myself

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

Anglia Ruskin University Broadcast Journalism Summer School Week 1 and 2

Anglia Ruskin University are committed to encouraging participation to University and have a dedicated ‘Widening Participation’ team who work across the East Anglia region with schools and colleges to show students first hand what university life is like by engaging prospective students in real University situations. Hal MacLean and myself have worked with the widening

RUGroom Launch for students with ASD at City College Norwich with Charles Clarke MP

I’ve worked on some pretty special projects around the world with Cleveratom and my previous employer, but it is hard to compare with the fun, excitement, and innovation surrounding ‘RUGroom’ at City College… City College Norwich (CCN) caters for 18,000 students from all over Norfolk and the surrounding counties, it has 1,200 staff. It is