Month: July 2014

The Nerve Centre in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland

The Nerve Centre in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland

There's an energy that comes from a place filled with media and the arts and young people that I never tire of.  The Nerve Centre is one of the official "creative learning centers" supported by Northern Ireland Screen. After meeting with Bernard McCloskey at NI...

Northern Ireland Screen

Northern Ireland Screen

I had the pleasure of visiting Belfast this past week and met with Bernard McCloskey, Head of Education for Northern Ireland Screen. (Thank you Martina Chapman!) Bernard shared a bit about the work being done in NI to help teachers integrate media into their...

BBC Visit

(Christine Muszynski) Hello All- This sadly will be my last blog post to share with you from London. As you know, over the past few weeks my classmates and I have had the chance to visit different professionals in the media industry. On Monday July 14th, we had the...

A Look at the BBC and CBBC Designs

(Danielle Vallely) This past Monday I had the opportunity to visit the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and talk with Kevin Blacoe, the senior adviser for BBC learning. The atmosphere at BBC is incredibly lively and the employers really take the time to connect...

BBC vs PBS: Who works better?

BBC vs PBS: Who works better?

(Patrick Whalen) On Monday we took a trip to the BBC and had a meeting with Kevin Blacoe who is the senior adviser at BBC for policy, public affairs and communications. During our meeting with Kevin he talked about his education, previous work experience before coming...

Decoding the BBC: Our Visit With Kevin Blacoe and the BBC

(Aryann Cuda) As this week slowly comes to a close, and I reflect on all that I have accomplished so far, I am amazed that my time here in London has gone by so quickly. As one of our final group activities, the class and I had the chance to visit and speak with Kevin...

The Wonderful World of BBC … vs. American Public Broadcasting

(Elaica Zayas) On Monday, July 14th we finally had our tour of the BBC. But before we began touring the wonderful new building of BBC, we met with Kevin Blacoe, Senior Advisor for Policy, Public Affairs and Communications in the BBC Learning Department. He explained...

Collingwood & Co.: Knowledge and passion collide

(Elaica K. Zayas) This week our class has met with two children's media professionals who founded their own companies, Gary Pope with Kids Industries and Tony Collingwood with Collingwood & Co. Both told us their background and how they got started as well as...

Collingwood & Co: A successful media company

Collingwood & Co: A successful media company

(Patrick Whalen) Today I attended a meeting with Tony Collingwood at Collingwood & Co studios. This meeting was very interesting and entertaining! Tony showed us the different aspects of what his company does and how they function. He first talked about different...

Collingwood & Co: Inspirational Teamwork

  (Aryann Cuda) Over the course of this past week, Professor Culver arranged for the class and I to attend two separate meetings with children’s media professionals to discuss our experience at The Children’s Media Conference and also about each speaker’s...

The imagination of Collingwood and Co.

(Danielle Vallely) Today I had the opportunity to visit Collingwood and Co. and engage in conversation with Tony Collingwood, the creator, writer and director for the company. Each member of the company provides an incredibly valuable tool in order for each television...

Children’s Media Conference

Children’s Media Conference

  Catch up on the sessions, the workshops and the people from the Children's Media Conference held in Sheffield, England from July 2-4, 2014. Read the blog posts from Sherri and her students and their experiences attending the conference this year. Sherri will be...

CMC: Child @ Heart

(Sherri Hope Culver)  The best conferences always leave one exhausted!; filled to the brim with new ideas, new contacts, new perspectives. And yes, that's exactly how I feel after having attended my first Children's Media Conference in Sheffield, England for the past...

CMC: “So…What Was It Like?”

(Aryann Cuda) As I look back on my experience at The Children’s Media Conference I realize that I was very fortunate to be surrounded by such inspiring and passionate media professionals for even such a short amount of time. I thoroughly enjoyed attending the...