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The Digital Learning Foundation is an educational charity dedicated to assisting educators and students adopt new technologies and integrate them into everyday teaching and learning, while inspiring, motivating and making it fun!

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Gravity Challenge

 

 

The six weeks of the Digital Learning Foundation, STFC funded, Gravity Challenge Southern Tour is now over.. and I would like to thank all those, whose hard work, enthusiasm and support made it a great success. The results are now available here.
 
Each day the Challenge started with our  Gravity 3D Show and then continued with the Gravity Workshop, a science based, enterprise style, digital media challenge for teams of 4 or 5 students, that includes a series of simple hands on experiments, the building of a Roller Coaster, the making of two movies and a final presentation. A lot to get through in only five hours!
 
The current challenge workbook is now available for download from the above workshop page, a shopping list and a detailed description of how to make and do each of the experiments are also being added.. 
 

Weight vs Mass: An explanation from the ISS

Submitted by phil lavery on Mon, 08/03/2010 - 22:25

Medical students go to the 3D movies :

Submitted by phil lavery on Thu, 04/03/2010 - 11:05
3D technology on display

3D has taken the big screen by storm — blockbuster Avatar which uses the technology is reported to be the biggest grossing film of all time.

And the concept is becoming more available with the advent of 3D TV for the home and with Sky TV preparing to launch Europe’s first dedicated 3D TV channel, which it previewed earlier with a live 3D broadcast of a Premier League football match.

Now 3D is being developed by the University of Aberdeen - in collaboration with the Digital Learning Foundation - to help teach medical students.

Aberdeen’s medical school is believed to be the first in the UK to use this particular kind of 3D software whichcan transform a medical scan such an MRI or CAT scan into a 3D image within seconds.

The 3D data can then be studied by medical students wearing special glasses just like those worn by movie-goers.

Our Window Farm Project :

!! this is a work in progress, so please chip in with ideas, solutions and of course questions :-)

Inspired by the above New York WindowFarms project, the aim is to develop an integrated topic that is suitable for both primary and secondary students. 

As the pilot project progresses we will include examples of the students work.

Basic Plan :

Stage 1 : Discussion with students. What do plants need & where do they grow?

Stage 2 : Experiments : testing growing mediums, nutrients & lighting requirements.

Stage 3 : Monitoring the experiments using Digital Diary/Logbook, video, photos, spreadsheet

CMS: LHC CERN visit Photo 3 :

Submitted by phil lavery on Thu, 11/02/2010 - 10:50

Just like wiring a plug really..

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Surounded by Roller Coasters..

Submitted by phil lavery on Wed, 10/02/2010 - 17:54

.. How do I get Lunch?

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ATLAS : LHC CERN Visit : Photo 2

Submitted by phil lavery on Wed, 10/02/2010 - 11:38

Atlas looking down from entrance. Yes, those are men down there!

 

For more info go to : LHC CERN Photo 1

 

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The Tunnel : LHC Cern Visit : Photo 1

Submitted by phil lavery on Tue, 09/02/2010 - 23:25

We are currently developing a 3D show, which has a working title of LHC3D and is aimed at S2-S4 students. This show will be finished very shortly and in the first place, will be offered by Durham Universities Physics Outreach. We will also be able to offer this show after the summer holidays.

 

As part of our research, we were allowed to visit CERN and each of the experiments to take stereo photos and movies. We also have many hours of interviews with scientists from each of the experiments, including, Prof John Ellis himself.

 

We hope to be able to release all all of this content, in the form of educational podcasts, if funding can be found to allow the editing and final production to be completed.

 

Some of our other Photos can be found here : Gallery

 

When available, more Information will be found here : LHC3D

 

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