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(right) Whitecliffe Podcasters with Barry Hunt (Click to enlarge)  Well it’s quite hush hush at the moment but we do indeed have plans. Take a look at the picture gallery and then enjoy this movie. With thanks to the people who gave us permission to use these. NB click on an image to enlarge and then click at the top to see the very largest version.
     
The Skinningrovers
An interesting session was had by all at The BBC today. The Skinningrovers were presenting their ideas for the Ochre Trail and the Virtual Tour that would accompany it. Several Skinningrove youngsters from Whitecliffe primary school had come along. The kids were delighted to see that the grown ups were just big kids really when they were shown the movies “Tommy’s Plight” and “Skinningrove – Welcome To The Future”. 
My assistant helps with the powerpoint
The Skinnigrovers told of a boat they had rescued from Whitby where it was due to be disposed of. They brought it back to Skinningrove and refurbished it.  They sited it on the seafront where it will be a monument to the fishing industry which is now sadly in decline. The picture shows an artists impression of two sculptures that have been commissioned to be added to the boat. Remarkably the boat has ended up across the street from the house where the old fisherman’s daughter lives and today his two grandchildren were there to hear the story of their grandfathers boat.  Next it was the Adults turn to be astonished when the Head Teacher from Whitcliffe School, Mrs Shannon produced the 130 year old log book from the Skinningrove School 
The beautifully written Skinningrove School Logbook
Several of the children read extracts from the book including one where the children of the day had to be evacuated from the school when a German Zeppelin arrived overhead. It’s now planned that Tommy and Barry will take a more “executive” role at Radio Skinningrove and the children will take over producing podcasts of readings from the old book plus reporting on current events. The adults and the kids will work together on the Virtual Ochre Trail. There was some jocularity when we realised that later editions of the Skinningrove log book would include reports of the doings of Tommy’s school career. Tommy Evans: This is Your Life ! 
    
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The Skinningrovers
An interesting session was had by all at The BBC today. The Skinningrovers were presenting their ideas for the Ochre Trail and the Virtual Tour that would accompany it. Several Skinningrove youngsters from Whitecliffe primary school had come along. The kids were delighted to see that the grown ups were just big kids really when they were shown the movies “Tommy’s Plight” and “Skinningrove – Welcome To The Future”.
My assistant helps with the powerpoint
The Skinnigrovers told of a boat they had rescued from Whitby where it was due to be disposed of. They brought it back to Skinningrove and refurbished it. They sited it on the seafront where it will be a monument to the fishing industry which is now sadly in decline. The picture shows an artists impression of two sculptures that have been commissioned to be added to the boat. Remarkably the boat has ended up across the street from the house where the old fisherman’s daughter lives and today his two grandchildren were there to hear the story of their grandfathers boat. Next it was the Adults turn to be astonished when the Head Teacher from Whitcliffe School, Mrs Shannon produced the 130 year old log book from the Skinningrove School
The beautifully written Skinningrove School Logbook
Several of the children read extracts from the book including one where the children of the day had to be evacuated from the school when a German Zeppelin arrived overhead. It’s now planned that Tommy and Barry will take a more “executive” role at Radio Skinningrove and the children will take over producing podcasts of readings from the old book plus reporting on current events. The adults and the kids will work together on the Virtual Ochre Trail. There was some jocularity when we realised that later editions of the Skinningrove log book would include reports of the doings of Tommy’s school career. Tommy Evans: This is Your Life !
I was contacted by a guy interested in the movie “Skinningrove – Welcome to The Future. He asked where the movie was shot so I sent him a link. I met Taran Rampersad “in world” and told him about the Skinningrove project and also showed him my web gallery with links to various projects. Then we went to the location of the Skinningrove shoot. Call me a saddo but it was quite exciting to be interviewed on set like some kind of movie mogul. Then Taran said he was going to get a few shots and promptly turned into a penguin. I asked him why and he said that being a small penguin avatar meant it did not get in the way of the screen shots. What a great idea, I’ll use that technique for shooting Machinima. Now I know what to do with that Duck outfit I was conned into buying. You can see the pictures that this penguin shot by going to www.flickr.com and searching on Institute of Digital Innovation or follow this link: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=institute+of+digital+innovation&m=text The article appears here: http://www.knowprose.com/node/18380 and through the wonders of RSS also here: |
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