Futurelab

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Futurelab is passionate about transforming the way people learn. Tapping into the huge potential offered by digital and other technologies, we develop innovative resources and practices that support new approaches to learning for the 21st century.

Episodes of Futurelab

    • Play Learner's Charter - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Learner's Charter

      A video introducing Futurelab's Learner's Charter, in which students themselves describe what they want their education system to be like.FuturelabBeyond Current Horizons

      • Release date
        Feb 23, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:37
    • Play Fountaineers - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Fountaineers

      Fountaineers is a prototype project which engages pupils and staff in a primary school as co-designers of an interactive and programmable water fountain.For more information visit futurelab.org.uk

      • Release date
        Feb 23, 2010
      • Runtime
        04:03
    • Play Fizzees - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Fizzees

      Fizzees is a prototype project that enables young people to care for a 'digital pet' through their own physical actions.For more information about Fizzees visit futurelab.org.uk

      • Release date
        Feb 23, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:37
    • Play Why think about the future? - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Why think about the future?

      In this podcast Dan Sutch explores the question 'why think about the future?' The podcast examines some of the reasons and benefits to actively thinking about the future to inform the way we conceptualise and develop education.This podcast is part of the Beyond Current Horizons project from Futurelab.For more ideas about the future of education and schools, see 'Make the future' - a short video exploring the future of education in the light of social and technological change over the next two ...

      • Release date
        Feb 22, 2010
      • Runtime
        12:46
    • Play Episode 6: Parental engagement - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Episode 6: Parental engagement

      Our current series of audio podcasts 'Bringing innovation to practitioners' is available monthly from September 2009. The series aims to support practitioners in the use of technology to aid and develop learning.In this podcast, Lyndsay Grant discusses parental engagement and establishing home-school relationships with Ian Williams of Bradley Stoke Community School.We are currently reviewing our first and second series of podcasts to find out if they are interesting and engaging for our listen...

      • Release date
        Feb 18, 2010
      • Runtime
        20:05
    • Play BETT 2010: Supporting innovation in schools - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      BETT 2010: Supporting innovation in schools

      In this seminar (filmed at BETT 2010) Dan Sutch and Kieron Kirkland look at how to support innovation in schools.www.futurelab.org.uk

      • Release date
        Feb 8, 2010
      • Runtime
        37:27
    • Play BETT 2010: Personalising learning through spatial design - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      BETT 2010: Personalising learning through spatia...

      In this seminar (filmed at BETT 2010) Tim Rudd discusses personalised learning, spatial design and learning spaces.www.futurelab.org.uk

      • Release date
        Feb 8, 2010
      • Runtime
        37:35
    • Play Make the future - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Make the future

      A video looking at ideas drawn from research commissioned under the Beyond Current Horizons programme, which considers the future of education in the light of social and technological change. www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.ukwww.visionmapper.org.uk

      • Release date
        Jan 29, 2010
      • Runtime
        03:31
    • Play Episode 5: Technology in primary education? - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Episode 5: Technology in primary education?

      Our current series of audio podcasts 'Bringing innovation to practitioners' is available monthly from September 2009. The series aims to support practitioners in the use of technology to aid and develop learning.Episode 5: In this podcast, Sue Cranmer discusses the impact of digital technologies on primary education and learning with John Potter of the London Knowledge Lab.www.futurelab.org.uk

      • Release date
        Jan 27, 2010
      • Runtime
        14:40
    • Play Episode 4: Games and Learning - Futurelab on Blip Futurelab episodes on Blip

      Episode 4: Games and Learning

      Our current series of audio podcasts 'Bringing innovation to practitioners' is available monthly from September 2009. The series aims to support practitioners in the use of technology to aid and develop learning.Episode 4: In this podcast, Futurelab's Ben Williamson and Martha Wright discuss how computer games are being used in the classroom, and the benefits and challenges of using games to enhance the curriculum.

      • Release date
        Dec 17, 2009
      • Runtime
        14:17
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