Notes for Wild Show / @wenotno post BETT

 I am starting to follow up aspects of BETT and make more local contacts. Not much in Exeter so far but today I noticed there is an announcement about CEG Digital and Plymouth University. I thought the HE aspect of BETT was most interesting. There have always been some "lurkers" as the tech scop is wider than most education events. But this year there was an official space with support from cloud companies. I am waiting on video to turn up. I cannot find details of Plymouth courses but they have a section for support of online learning including access to LinkedIn Learning. This has been connected to Learning Technologies ( a sort of BETT companion for grown ups ) . I will try to find out more about Plymouth. There will be an Incubator at Exeter over the summer and later a research institute as part of the strategy for 2030. But the Plymouth setup seems closer to aspects of tech that could be used more widely. Panopto is a way to record lectures as video and other ways. For radio we need bits of mp3 so video is one option. The discussion is about all the tch methods that emerged during the lockdown and no could be part of new normal. Schools Radio is one way to look at it.

Possible events over summer in Exeter

I am interested in a mix of fiction and reporting. Radio shows are mostly music or clips from somewhere else. Exeter is one location.

Last year I did a video for an Urban Assemblage conference. I will continue to look at places as sets . This can be drama script/ improv / chat show assumed to be fact.

So far drama has not gone as far as music in acceptance of social media - promo clips in short form, remix encouraged , creative commons. There is a strong academic link and the campus has gone "back to normal" - moving online now mostly forgotten.

In Exeter the symbol of this is the continuing building boom in student accommodation. The new swimming pool is surrounded by boxes. Harlequins will be demolished for another block like the Depot. Strangely Exeter City Council are happy with this so close to the RAMM. there will be an even bigger one opposit St Lukes. So far I have not hear any comment from Exeter University about this but it seems very close to the campus. Previously policy statements seem to ignore student accommodation and the consequences for the city. 

I will continue walks to take in the student accommodation and the sites where CDs were once sold. Starting question why is so much new space needed for education when an onine platform is possible? ( chat show / improv / script probable working sequence )

In Kendal I am looking at the castle ruins as a set for the remains of the Fortress University as described by Peter Horrocks in Durham. Exeter can be a set for how it was previously. The walls are still high in some places. There is a sort of summer house that could be site for a special occasion.

Middle England ( with campus ) continues. Looks at Empire with local aspects. Walk includes bookshops.

Last summer I started "Follow The Water" , walks based on brooks in Exeter. One starts near student accommodation then more open space so comparisons are possible. Another ends near a golf course space that may change. There may be another Imaginarium or last year could repeat on social media archives.

This year I may include the Pin that joins the Clyst though this is a long walk. Phonic FM will have DAB relay somewhere near this. Previously I have just thought about a studio and an aerial on the roof of the same building.