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Friday, 5/May/2006 : 12:35PM
I f you’re trying to get a handle on the post immediately below, here’s the overview pitch:
In the 1970s and 80s, Johnny Ball and his team at the BBC did a terrific job of inspiring British children towards mathematics, science and engineering.
That was then. But now, it’s 2006. Suppose you want to provide similar sorts of inspiration for children today: how do you do it?
Well, I made science TV for children for almost ten years (I actually made more series than Johnny Ball did), and this project is my first big stab at answering that question. I want to take all that video experience, mix it up with my general web geekery, and make something wonderful for the next generation of technically-minded children.
I now have half the funding I need. Who else wants in?
Posted by jonathan at May 5, 2006 12:35 PM
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well I haven't got any money, but I have got a Z1 [tee hee] - mind you that's probably the reason for the former...
Posted by: john Coombes at May 5, 2006 5:26 PM
Ooooh! Shiny!
You ended up with a Z1, then, rather than a Canon XL? Interesting... and making me extremely jealous.
Posted by: Jonathan at May 5, 2006 5:35 PM
I haven't got a Z1, but I live at the top of the M1. And funnily enough my very first job in television was as a trainee camera assistant in Bristol - and the very first show I ever worked on was the first episode of Think Of A number, Johnny Ball's first series.
Posted by: patrick titley at May 9, 2006 11:41 AM
Just a random idea, but have you seen
http://www.inkycircus.com/about.html
- I *think* they had some sort of (NESTA?) funding to produce a new kind of science magazine, might be some interesting crossover with your plans?
Posted by: Dave, NTK at May 18, 2006 2:40 PM
Yes, the Inkycircus lasses are doing some great work with their blog. I'm not sure what stage the magazine is at - I'm surprised if they're not involved in Flipside, actually - but I should pursue. Luckily, the NESTA folks seem to know everybody I don't, and rather big on trying to join the dots between everything.
Thanks for the thought: and if anyone here isn't reading Inkycircus, it's well worth subscribing to. They write well, pick fun stuff, and are less annoying than Boing Boing.
Posted by: Jonathan at May 18, 2006 5:08 PM