First community radio broadcast licence for Bristol
January 12, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Bristol, Community Media, Media , add a commentBristol Community FM have been awarded the first community radio broadcast licence for Bristol.
BCfm will start broadcasting in Spring 2007. Now is your opportunity to get involved:
BCfm Ltd - a new community radio station - Your Choice, Your Voice. - Find out more at www.bcfm.org.uk
Knowle West Media Centre meets Sarah Barfield and Anne Peachey at The School of Christ the King
January 11, 2007 Posted by Roz in : Education, Digital Challenge, Learning , add a commentSarah Barfield and Anne Peachey
School of Christ the King
9 November 2006
I went to the School of Christ the King where I met with Sarah Barfield, learning mentor and Anne Peachey, head teacher. Sarah and myself began to discuss the digital challenge and Anne Peachey joined us soon after our discussion began. I explained the Connecting Bristol bid, and the purpose of my meeting with them. Sarah and Anne told me that there have been various projects and work using new media across the school and with parents’ groups. They told me that they are running a parents’ group to encourage parents to cross the barrier into school in order to boost communication.
Anne and Sarah told me that IT related issues have come up in relation to adult learning. They explained that there were issues to do with access for many families and that there were also issues for parents who want to support their children to use new media, but who don’t know how to use it themselves.
Anne and Sarah said that the Knowle West Issues forum was one space that the parents’ group was very interested in and in which they were keen to engage. They told me that someone is coming into the school from KWMC to introduce the parents’ group to using it. They said that numbers of parents attending the parents group ranged from 2 – 16, but that given the interest in the issues forum they anticipated a good turn out to the introductory sessions.
Sarah and Anne then talked about the relationship between new media and staff at the school. They said that one major issues was time, because staff don’t have enough time for training in new media.
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January Skillswap
January 9, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Media, Events , add a commentBristol Skillswap: Tuesday 16 January 2006, 18:00 – 21:00, Watershed, Bristol
Rick Hurst presents a practical demonstration of how to create custom themes for the Plone Content Management System. This is aimed at web designers, developers and integrators with an interest in using Plone and/or understanding CMS and template driven web design.
Registration: http://bristolskillswap.eventwax.com/skillswap-january-2006
Sponsor: Room and food kindly provided by Knowledge West. Beer kindly provided by Team Rubber
Bristol based Alternative Reality Game launches soon
January 8, 2007 Posted by Clare in : Gaming, Bristol, Innovation, Media , 2 comments
Immerse yourself in a world of intrigue, an alternate reality running parallel to your own. MeiGeist is an Alternative Reality Game, created by Bristol-based Licorice Film. Blending humour and short film with code-breaking and clues (the more traditional elements of an ARG) it is the largest non-commercially funded game of its type produced in the world.
MeiGeist is free to play and launches mid January 2007 for 8 weeks. Sign up now to receive a cryptic message when the game starts: http://www.enter-geist.com
An Alternative Reality Game or ‘ARG’ is a form of cross media narrative that blends fiction with reality.
Useful Links
http://www.argn.com - more on Alternate Reality Gaming.
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17742 - direct help and information for people playing Geist.
MeiGeist is supported by HP Labs, Arts Council England, UK Film Council, Watershed and The University of the West of England.
