Two creative years have passed
Its been two years since the last post and the missing highlights include: Our favourite project during 2017 was Minds Together. Mindstogether; Silverdale Primary Academy’s Minds Together programme is about how primary age children experience health & well-being issues and their ability to communicate their fears, stresses and how they might develop…
We are on the move
Our passion at People in IT is about sharing learning, being creative and having fun. Our commitment to this belief has given us lots to celebrate over the years and we are now building on that passion for learning by each member of our team studying Masters degrees. Jon is…
#BDF17 Level Up at 67 Centre: Team Work Makes the Dream Work
#LevelUp at the 67 Centre Brighton was about letting young people know about the skills needed for the Creative Industries. These events were funded by Our Future City and Brighton Digital Festival and hosted by The Trust for Developing Communities as part of this year's festival. The amazing group of…
Donna: Education Coordinator for #BDF17
My focus this year for Brighton Digital Festival Education strand is on enabling young people to gain a deeper understanding of the Creative Industry and the roles and careers available. Level Up The Creative Industry is one of the fastest growing industries and it needs more young people to join.…
Latest: Donna reports back about our amazing Raspberry Jams in Fiji
What’s it all about? In December 2016, People in IT Director Donna Comerford lead an ambitious project to run Raspberry Jams in three places across the Fijian Islands. The adventure was funded with a lot of help from Barclays Digital Eagles and a host of important and generous donors via…
Fiji Raspberry Pi – Countdown T-3 days
It's now late November and the excitement is at fever pitch with just three sleeps to go until we head to Fiji. Thanks to generous funders we have 10 sets of Raspberry Pi, HDMI cables, SD cards, mice and flexible keyboards. @BarclaysUK kindly donated 50 BBC Microbits which will also…
And now for our next project: Raspberry Jam Fiji
[caption id="attachment_1048" align="alignleft" width="263"] Mice, SD cards and HDMI cables. Vital kit if you're working with Raspberry Pi[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1049" align="alignleft" width="265"] First of the kit to arrive. We saved a lot of our budget by buying from Chinese suppliers.[/caption] Picture this:…
Level Up – Micro Taster
Level Up will give you a taste of the skills required by the Creative Industries by working in a team and presenting ideas for a media campaign for a client Brighton Digital Festival & Our Future City present Level Up. Each of the 180+ events of Brighton Digital Festival requires…
Brighton Digital Festival Week 1 2016
Goodness what a full week! Brighton Digital Festival is running from 1 - 30 September and is full of events from Arts, Tech, Business, Digital and Education. Blockbuilders began the Education strand of #BDF16 on 1 September with a great Minecraft town planning event. We also had a lot of…
Creative Choices for National Citizen Service 31 July 2016
Another great group of young people participating in the National Citizen Service awaited me at the University of Essex. Each workshop explores the Creative Industries and potential routes for young people. During the morning smaller groups worked on themes they are concerned/passionate about. Once again I was impressed and surprised…