21st Century Pupils Log-on to Learn
RM have commissioned a YouGov "School Gate Survey" which questioned 1,501 11-16 year olds across Britain, and examined their thoughts on the impact of IT on their learning and the value they place on it.
The results
* 93% of 11-16 year olds with computer access at school surveyed do at least some or all of their homework on a computer/ laptop.
* 78% of these prefer doing homework on a computer or laptop to pen and paper
* 50% of 11-16 year olds surveyed would like to spend more time learning at home
* 49% own their own laptop or PC
* 77% use the Internet every day
* 93% of 11-16 year olds surveyed feel that technology has helped them to learn more
[follow the link for more]
I can't find the actual report on the RM or YouGov sites, which is a pity - but the press relase is interesting on its own!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Convergence Think Tank
This morning, I was at the first DCMS/BERR Convergence Think Tank which is looking at what will happen after Digital Switchover in 2012. By then, the BBC licence fee will be under close scrutiny, as TV as we know it will have changed forever.
It was fascinating - with a panel and audience from the top of the media, broadcast and telco sectors. It was kicked off by Andy Burnham, who outlined the Government committment to open markets, protecting users and universal access. I was particularly struck by his emphasis on digital inclusion and the power of radio.
There were contributions from Ed Richards, (OfCOM), Mark Thompson (BBC), as well as speakers from BT, Orange, Virgin Media, Credit Suisse, Warwick Business School and others. Themes that came out were the poor capacity of broadband in the UK, which is acting as a brake on convergence, which was linked to discussion about the unsustainable business model for telcos. There was much discussion of charging content producers to carry their content - with a pointed comment from Virgin Media about the amount of network traffic created by the success of the BBC iPlayer. Mark Thompson was on simlar form on the BBC Internet blog.
All the talks will be online later ...
What it means for our sector, I'm not quite sure. Certainly when the Tate is an online braodcaster, and videoconferencing can move seamlessly into narrowcasting, these things will become relevant. As content becomes more local and personalised, our sector has much to offer, perhaps bringing new production techniques. But will this spread beyond the largest cultural sector organsiations? More braincells needed on this one!
It was fascinating - with a panel and audience from the top of the media, broadcast and telco sectors. It was kicked off by Andy Burnham, who outlined the Government committment to open markets, protecting users and universal access. I was particularly struck by his emphasis on digital inclusion and the power of radio.
There were contributions from Ed Richards, (OfCOM), Mark Thompson (BBC), as well as speakers from BT, Orange, Virgin Media, Credit Suisse, Warwick Business School and others. Themes that came out were the poor capacity of broadband in the UK, which is acting as a brake on convergence, which was linked to discussion about the unsustainable business model for telcos. There was much discussion of charging content producers to carry their content - with a pointed comment from Virgin Media about the amount of network traffic created by the success of the BBC iPlayer. Mark Thompson was on simlar form on the BBC Internet blog.
All the talks will be online later ...
What it means for our sector, I'm not quite sure. Certainly when the Tate is an online braodcaster, and videoconferencing can move seamlessly into narrowcasting, these things will become relevant. As content becomes more local and personalised, our sector has much to offer, perhaps bringing new production techniques. But will this spread beyond the largest cultural sector organsiations? More braincells needed on this one!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Content Selection Strategy Report « Video Active
Content Selection Strategy Report « Video Active
At the EDL Project Conference, Sonja de Leeuw outlined an interesting report from the Videoactive project about how they are going to prioritise content - the main priorities are
* Education
* European Integration
* Wars and Conflict
* Religion
* Food and Drink
They are selecting about 20 programmes for each of these topics - and are hoping to pick up some controversial programming within these - and had discussed the 1960s Sexual Revolution as a topic. The document also has the schema they are proposing to use.
The portal is due to launch in February.
Earlier Claudia Dillman spoke about the German Film Portal, and highlighted that one key film that they wanted to contribute to the EDL maquette was on YouTube, but they did not have copyright clearance, as the rightsowner is too frail to give permission.
At the EDL Project Conference, Sonja de Leeuw outlined an interesting report from the Videoactive project about how they are going to prioritise content - the main priorities are
* Education
* European Integration
* Wars and Conflict
* Religion
* Food and Drink
They are selecting about 20 programmes for each of these topics - and are hoping to pick up some controversial programming within these - and had discussed the 1960s Sexual Revolution as a topic. The document also has the schema they are proposing to use.
The portal is due to launch in February.
Earlier Claudia Dillman spoke about the German Film Portal, and highlighted that one key film that they wanted to contribute to the EDL maquette was on YouTube, but they did not have copyright clearance, as the rightsowner is too frail to give permission.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data | Wired Science from Wired.com
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data | Wired Science from Wired.com
Interesting to see that Google plans to host loads of research data ... Wonder if they'd like cultural sector data / metadatasets too? Be very interesting to see this when it launches.
Interesting to see that Google plans to host loads of research data ... Wonder if they'd like cultural sector data / metadatasets too? Be very interesting to see this when it launches.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Flickr and Library of Congress
London strike. Truck under police protection (LOC) on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Very interesting to see the number of comments being made about the LoC photos added to Flickr. Even more interesting to see the 'no known restrictions' copyright attribution added alongside conventional Creative Commons approaches. Very interesting to discuss with colleagues from the EU activity on Orphan Works.
Very interesting to see the number of comments being made about the LoC photos added to Flickr. Even more interesting to see the 'no known restrictions' copyright attribution added alongside conventional Creative Commons approaches. Very interesting to discuss with colleagues from the EU activity on Orphan Works.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Alexa.com
I was attempting to embed an Alexa.com traffic graph into the Blog to show the realtive traffic between the 24 Hour Museum and some natonals! Unfortunately I can't do that - but can embed as a widget - see the side of this page.
Books - yes I do know they exist!
Lorcan Dempsey in his fascinating Blog has highlighted Worldcat Identities - rather than me trying to explaining what this is - just see the entry for Joseph Conrad ...
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