Archive for July, 2008

New School Environment Project video

Published on July 30, 2008 in education, technology and updates. 0 Comments




It was very exciting to run a pilot School Grounds Project at Eastbury Comprehensive School. We used many of the same techniques that we have employed on overseas expeditions - digital media, blogging, geo-tools (Google Earth and Google Maps) - to investigate the School Grounds and then take action to make a difference to the school environment.

This pilot wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Google UK and especially Kate Hammond and Liz Ericson. Also many thanks go to the pupils and staff at Eastbury Comprehensive School, who were amazing, enthusiastic and talented. Special thanks to Tracy Knight and Ruth Owen for their help and support.

This amazing film was made by the wonderful Jonny Madderson of Just So Films. Thank you for all your hard work.

Continuing thanks to Mark Thackara at Olympus for the great pupil-proof TOUGH digital cameras, that we used for photography and video during the pilot.

As always thank you to Marjan who makes sure that everything just happens, somehow, though still not quite sure how.

LIVE! HSBC Offscreen Student Expedition

Published on July 10, 2008 in education and expeditions. 0 Comments

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The HSBC Offscreen Student Expedition 2008 is now live. Please visit the site and see the great films and artwork that the students from the Middle East have been making, including an interview with Alan Duncan MP, which you can see above.

The HSBC Offscreen Student Expedition is a project run by the Offscreen Education Programme in partnership with Digital Explorer and seeks to create greater understanding between the Middle East and the UK. Currently, 8 young Middle Eastern artists are travelling across the UK, creating an authentic portrait of the country to share with their peers in Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE.