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Shake Hands Eric Music Video

Pete — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:05:16 +0100

The official video for Peterbough band, Shake Hands Eric and their song “Long Stay These Days”
Label – Unbelievable Music ...

Web mock ups

Ben — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:57:26 +0100

I've attached some of the design proposals for the new Springboard site, now the site won't look like any of ...

Why You Should Use WordPress?

Ben — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:05:16 +0100

Really excited about the new website, I think it will really help with the sales job for student interest, this ...

Lynn News Hook Up

Ben — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:13:26 +0100

The project has developed existing college links with The Lynn News, the local newspaper. The Journo students used to write ...

Media Team Golden Hour (use of technology for assessment, evidence and course management)

Neil Stapleton — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:38:44 +0000

Media Team Golden Hour (use of technology for assessment, evidence and course management)
For the past 10 weeks (off and ...

Golden Hour (Learning Teachnology for Assessment)

Neil Stapleton — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:02 +0000

Sophia, Tony, Matthew, Jonny and I have been doing excellent work on changing approaches to assessment, what this space for ...

What? Video with a 35mm film look?

Pete — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:42:22 +0000

Hi everyone, sorry its been a while since my last post, but im back with a corker to talk about!
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New Website - coming soon!

Ben — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:49:07 +0000

SpringboardTV.com was built internally over a relatively short period of time, The logo and colour schemes were designed and chosen ...

Springboard on Facebook

Ben — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:39:18 +0000

Sign up to SpringboardTV on Facebook and get regular updates on new content and upcoming events.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Springboard-TV/204134316027?ref=ts

Thanks to Peter for setting this up, we have over 70 friends already.

Time table and work experience changes

Ben — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:52:33 +0000

The timetable has been rejigged for the new term and we have allocated time for staff to train, reflect and meet in a production meeting. The student production groups have been changed, we still have three separate groups but now the basics of production have been taught First Diploma and National have been separated so each can move forward at their own pace. The national first and seconds are still mixed but each group have their own final major projects to work on as well as the joint projects.

Back to the future

Ben — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:49:48 +0000

College resumes and a new year begins and after what was admittedly a hectic first term for the live project we were looking forward to a more settled beginning to the new term. Alas this was not to be and mother nature has scuppered our plans, we have had some very cold and snowy weather and due the long journeys many teachers and staff have to take into the college attendance has been on the low side.

Time lapse Vocal Point

Ben — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:11:37 +0000

Here a time lapse film shot during the set up of the first Vocal Point debate show. It was shot at 10fps and sped up by 3000%

http://www.vimeo.com/8074690

Immigration recorded TV debate - Vocal Point

Ben — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:48:02 +0000

We are preparing frantically for our live studio debate next Thursday. The show is called Vocal Point and is being put together by the 2nd year students. It's been a hard slog getting to this point as motivation has been a factor, unfortunately the debate subject that was given to them was not glam enough. It's an important issue for the area and Tony stuck to his guns as he felt it was a debate that would be really vibrant and would engage the local community. Fair play to the student as with a bit of cajoling they have pulled themselves together, organized themselves and we have the semblance of a show put tother. I have attached the premise and a flyer to gove you a broader picture of the production, we are still confirming panelist but we hope to have all major parties represented (we have two already) and a diverse and interested audience of about 30-40. The crew will number 20 including sound, camera, light, presenter, producers, directors, make up, autocue and hangers on. We are really excited and the nerves are jangling, it will really give the students a taste of what the pressures are really like in industry. Will update you will more info when appropriate.

First Press!

Ben — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:22:01 +0000

The project has received it's first press coverage, The EDP came in whilst we were rehearsing for the immigration debate which will be recorded live next Thursday. They took plenty of snaps but chose to include the desk based student rather than the 20 other students operating cameras, lights and sound. Oh well can't complain as all press is good press, lets hope this is just the start.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED02%20Dec%202009%2018%3A17%3A31%3A943

Blue Screen Fun!!

Pete — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:48:45 +0000

Hi all, bit of spare time so I thought I would tell you about the fun day we had in ...

Howdy Folks

Pete — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:43 +0000

Hey, just dropping by to say hi to all, You may well of met me already, but if not I ...

New teaching format

Ben — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:36 +0000

The students seem to be responding well to the new format and are all working hard, it has been a ...

Interim Evaluation

Jeff Holmes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:42:48 +0000

The first interim evaluation was written and sent through to JISC at the beginning of September. We got the feedback earlier this week and it was very positive. They have suggested a number of things that they would like us to look at for the project. Ben and I are both wuite happy with what they were asking for and we will be putting the things togther in the next few wekks.

The next interim report is due at the end of Feb, so no doubt I will be going around staff to get various bits of information.

IT Issues

Ben — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:44:14 +0000

We are well into our second project cycle of the year so we have about 15 films already in can. ...

New technician

Ben — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:40:57 +0000

We have a new technician just started with us called Peter Naylor, he has taken over Gary’s role as Gary ...

Uuummm Shiny Shiny... The new macs have landed

Neil Stapleton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:25:46 +0000

Just been up and had a look at the lovely new Macs... so pleased for the whole team and more importantly the learners that these are now in place ; )

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New Macs

Ben — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:39:27 +0000

It been a while I know but I have a good excuse - we have just launched Springboard TV in ...

New student survey

Ben — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:57:28 +0100

Click here to view the new student survey

It's alive

Neil Stapleton — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:53:41 +0100

Well my good people the springboardtv.com site has gone live, from Monday students and staff will begin using it in earnest. IMO the site is about 90% bug free, so the next few weeks will be very telling, browser support is reasonable with only Safari causing a headache because the Ajax commenting system won't play ball. The main things is that there is some excellent video content on the site and that learner now have a focal point for their efforts.

Over and out

The hidden work of creative people (designers)

Neil Stapleton — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:25:16 +0100

I saw this and it just brought home how much work and expertise goes into getting things looking just so...

Whatever you are: Graphic designer, Photographer, Film maker, Desktop publisher or Web monkey... this one's for you, the average person will never fully understand what goes into it, but maybe if you show them this it will help.

Respect ; )

Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.

Big week!

Ben — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:38:29 +0100

It's a big week for the channel this week, Neil and I are locked in a room in the tower ...

Create a programme in a week!

Ben — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:43:15 +0100

We ran have just completed a staff day training course entitled 'make a programme in a week'. Six staff attended and ...

Dissemination at the RSC e-Fair

Ben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:04:41 +0100

The SpringboardTV team descended on mass to Epping Forest last Friday to run a workshop at the 2009 RSC e-Fair, a ...

Nine Lives

Ben — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:29:38 +0100

We visited Paul Mayer Course Director Performing Arts over at Isle yesterday with Sophia and Jonny to find out more about how he has successfully integrated a fully functioning and highly succesful theatre company called 'Nine Lives' into his general teaching programme. He spoke about the pride students feel knowing they in a close team and not just 'doing a course' - they are part of a real theatre company. This is exactly the feeling we want to instill with SpringboardTV and the media cohort. There's loads of cross over so Paul's experiences will be invaluable - we recorded his words which I'll edit a post when I get a moment, plus he has agreed to help us out by lending his dulcet tones for voice work on the channel next term, bravo that man!

Sophia and Jonny got some great ideas from the session and found it really useful.

Here's where the Nine Lives company put on their shows http://www.anglestheatre.co.uk/

How to use Twitter

Neil Stapleton — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:21:03 +0100

Here's an easy step-by-step video on how to use Twitter, also gives some useful educational uses.

http://www.harbornecomputers.co.uk/~teachertraining/twitter/index.html