Matthew Eaves

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Bangkok Teacher Training, Creative Learning

I’ve spent the past week in Bangkok, I’ve been asked to stay on and train teachers how to use technology for creative learning, the project extends the work in Phuket, read about it here: http://www.radioworkshop.net/2005/11/10/after-the-tsunami-ultralab-on-the-beach-at-patong-thailand-working-with-muslim-children-making-film-music-and-animations/ Watch the report about the Bangkok project: Watch Matthew Eaves talking about the project on TV5: Some images from the
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Saffron Walden County High School and Partner Primary Schools 2005 Summer School Challenge

Ultralab friend Patrick Gordon and pupils from Saffron Walden County High School attended Ultralab today to show off their creative projects completed during their summer break in August. Before the summer the group spent the day at Ultralab learning how to make films, animations and music. We concentrated on a new application called ‘Comic Life’
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SummerSchool 2005 for Saffron Walden County High School & Primary Partners iMovie, Garage Band, iStopMotion, Comic Life

Ultralab the learning, technology and research centre based at Anglia Polytechnic University in Chelmsford, Essex have been working over many years in the field of Digital Creativity. Ultralab’s ‘SummerSchool project was initially formed in mid 2000, in association with SEEVEAZ which stands for the South East of England Virtual Education Action Zone. SEEVEAZ had a
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Ultralab presents to BECTA audience

Neil Boughen and myself headed into London today to demonstrate Ultralab’s work in Digital Creativity to an audience during the half time interval for BECTA’s conference on Digital Creativity. Ultralab’s international work was showcased to interested participants. Also demonstrating projects were Cambridge University and Nesta Futurelab.

King Harold School young people come to Ultralab for Final Cut Pro video editing masterclass

On the 26th of January 2006 eight creative learners from King Harold School worked in Ultralab at Anglia Ruskin University with researchers Hal MacLean and Matthew Eaves to further their skills with Final Cut Pro, a computer application to create and edit visual material. The young people at King Harold School work closely with the
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ICDC Project – Hull

I have spent the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Hull with Ultralab’s Kris Popat to work at the Andrew Marvel School on Ultralab’s ICDC (International Certificate in Digital Creativity) project. The project is being undertaken in conjunction with Creative Partnerships and exists to explore the assessment of Creativity. The young people spent the week making
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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
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Spending time at TVNZ

I have been spending the last three days working from the TVNZ buildings during my tour of New Zealand to explore creativity. At TVNZ I am working with Liz Donnelly on a proposal which would see television content created by young people for broadcast on the ‘TV2’ channel. The work we are doing builds on
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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
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