Human Learning and Creativity: Creatively Learning and Learning to Be
Creative 24-26 November
Professor Lizbeth Goodman will chair and give an invited lecture at the European Commission's flagship conference on UCT2008, 24-26 November in Lyon, France.
Learning and creativity are closely related. They are both fundamental human experiences, influenced by factors such as motivation, imagination and intuition, and they are similarly affected by context and cultures.>>> ICT website for more info
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Dana Centre, Science Museum
27th of December, Thursday
Kinetica presents Future Bodies, a workshop and performance event at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre. Presented in association with the Smartlab Digital Media Institute, there will be 3 workshops preceded by an explanatory panel session exploring what our bodies and their responses will look like in the future.
Speakers:
Lizbeth Goodman – Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute
Sara Diamond – President of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) and artist / new media designer
Camille Baker – SMARTlab Researcher in Networked Performance Media
Rachel Armstrong (via Skype) – author and medical doctor specialising on the future of humankind >>> More
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ALT-C 2008 Conference in Leeds
Live performance: 24 year old Katy Gilligan (a creative collaborator with Cerebal Palsy) spoke live in her own voice for the first time. SMARTlab performed ‘DUET for EYES II: Moving with the Sprites’ at this year’s Association for Learning Technology annual international conference. >>> More |
PhD graduations and an honorary PhD for Sir Bob Geldof
Barbican, 27 October 2008
We are proud to announce that three SMARTlab PhD students will graduate at the Barbican ceremony on the 27th October:
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Games for London's 2012 agenda
SMARTlab has been invited to lead serious games and locative mobile games information and mentoring sessions with BAFTA, the London Games Festival & the Festival Fringe, Digital 2.0, Futurelab and several major industry players. The first events will coincide with the London Games Festival, 24 Oct to 2 Nov 2008.
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MAKE SOME NOISE!
MAKE SOME NOISE! SMARTlab Recycled Orchestra Workshops transformed ‘junk’ this Summer at the Stratford Red Hot Summer of Music Festival and at the Royal Festival Hall.
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Indian Train Journey
- Jagriti Yatra:
A sponsored train ride through the rural villages of India, on which SMARTlab team members will work with industry and NGO mentors to train youth at risk from around the world in a range of new skills and tools to help employ and empower them in the 21st century. The journey will commence on 23 December, and those selected at the final event in Mumbai on 10 January will be invited to attend the Youth Academy for Peace session in Abu Dhabi. (Fully funded)
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Australia and Singapore tour
6–18 October 2008 (Fully Funded) Prof Lizbeth Goodman and Dr Mick Donegan will be delivering keynotes and workshops in Sydney and Newcastle, Australia and later in Singapore this October. Whilst in Singapore the team will also work on the active Trust Project at the NTV Game Lab in association with the BBC and the KK Hospital for women and children. (see www.give-trust.org)
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Forthcoming Dates: Nov 2008
Invited Lecture for the European Commission, 25-26 November, Lyon, France. To be delivered by Lizbeth Goodman, on Creative Technology Furures- towards the next Framework Programme (Fully Funded)
Kinetica presents: Future Bodies - A SMARTfashion workshop, planned for the Dana Gallery, the Science Museum London, 27 November. |
