One Day Digital with Nesta

12 May One Day Digital with Nesta

It was One Day Digital at Glasgow University on Saturday. Organised by Nesta UK I was invited to provide a workshop to enable Primary Teachers some basic understanding on how they might use iPads for creative projects in their classrooms. I set the scene here.

My approach was a combination of showcasing projects I have run and the work that has come out of them; demonstrations of practical and inexpensive apps to use; and some ‘in-at-the-deep-end’/‘off-you-go-and-do-it’ group tasks. Each session broke up into two or three groups periodically throughout the workshop. Each group produced a short film and an animation.
The irony of reinforcing the point that all film-making requires a great amount of preparation, and then sending 13 teachers off to complete a task they are totally unprepared for wasn’t lost on me – however, they all stepped up and threw themselves into the task and what you see below are some of the ‘fruits’ of the day.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsmFSEnlNLo&w=584&h=329]
(If you were there and you have content on your own iPad you would like to share please contact me through the form here. (contact page))
Frankenstein’s Photos were pretty popular – basically using a framing app to composite sections of each team member to make one new face with frightening results.
We also managed to stage what must be the shortest film festival in history in that each of the animations were less than four seconds each.
 
So despite the very early start (Taxi at 6:20am) to get to Glasgow Uni for 9:30 and inevitable Groundhog Day effect of delivering the same workshop twice, it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed working with everyone.
Finally, here’s a Storify prepared by Nesta who programmed and managed the event – thanks to them too.
If you were there, what was your KEY take-away from the day? Please leave comments and feedback below. Much appreciated.