Links for December 30th
Some links for you:
- How England Leads U.S. Social Media Curricula - Post from the states about Social Media courses. The masters at my university gets a mention.
- Twofour Learning: The challenge of media literacy in the Primary School - Fascinating piece by Richard Wallis on how we empower young people in a digital age. Media education isn't shifting quick enough.
- Chris Unitt » Blog Archive » The Digital Creative Programme - Chris is on a course at Coventry Uni. Interesting detail about the curriculum and mix of participants.
Links for December 14th through December 17th
Some links for you:
- When big brands using social media get it wrong - Susi O'Neill: "A number of stories have caught my eye recently about how major commercial brands are starting to using social media often through a campaign led by an advertising agency. Naturally, as social media becomes the panacea to heal all customer engagement ills, big brands see it as a new channel to market and a method to add value."
- Unlocking Creativity and Harnessing Innovative Capability workshop - Eventbrite - Half day event 20th Jan 2010 in Coventry. Looks like one of the first events to be part of the £3m Innovation Advisory Service.
- How dictators watch us on the web « Prospect Magazine - "The internet is meant to help activists, enable democratic protest and weaken the grip of authoritarian regimes. But it doesn’t—in fact, the web is a boon for bullies"
Links for December 8th through December 13th
Some links for you:
- Venturing into the business jungle… « Moseley Exchange - Someone I worked with in my time at the university is going it alone and shares the start of the journey with us. Good luck Lauren.
- Hyperlocal news: profits a long way off | Media | guardian.co.uk - My colleague Paul Bradshaw spoke at this event (though he's from Birmingham CITY University, not Birmingham). The article reckons we'll have to wait longer for hyperlocal to come good: "There wasn't much at the AOP's Microlocal Forum on Wednesday to suggest that either semi-amateur, entrepreneur-led start-ups or big-league newspaper publishers will make real successes of hyperlocal in 2010. But that won't stop them from trying…"
- Local Government Data - "The Government will encourage local government to release local public data and make it free for reuse, and establish an open-platform local data exchange. Professor Nigel Shadbolt from the University of Southampton has been asked to head up a panel of experts to oversee the release of local public data and ensure that data are linked effectively across local authorities, the Local Government Association, government departments and agencies."
Links for November 27th through December 2nd
Some links for you:
- Making the invisible visible: matching West Midlands ICT SMEs with business opportunities « Observations - Uses Open Street Map: "AWMist (A Web Map-based Information Search Tool) is the first regional interface of its kind where collaboration, business opportunity building, and partnerships can be easily forged between the regions ICT SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) and those who can support and assist them, such as funding agencies, universities and business support projects."
- Top appointments bring fresh experience to Advantage West Midlands' Board - Advantage West Midlands - Worth noting that Jonnie Turpie from Maverick TV has now been appointed to the board of Advantage West Midlands. Useful to have a media person on the board I would have thought.
- Slugger O'Toole - 4iP invest in a blog. A political one at that. Read through the comments - that's where the action is. Maybe it's time for The Stirrer, Birmingham's own political website (not quite a blog) to get its 4iP application in.