{"id":4254,"date":"2014-10-14T11:04:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=4254"},"modified":"2014-10-14T11:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:04:50","slug":"learning-technologist-of-the-year-2014-highly-commended-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/learning-technologist-of-the-year-2014-highly-commended-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Technologist of the Year 2014 &#8211; Highly Commended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #222222\"><strong>Red Balloon of the Air (Registered Charity No. 1138657)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0received a Highly Commended 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\">&#8216;Red Balloon of the Air&#8217; is an innovative \u2018next generation\u2019 online provision offering a unique online and face-to-face programme for young people who are unable to attend school because of anxiety or school phobia, often resulting from severe bullying. We respond to the academic, social and emotional needs of our students and, when they are ready, support their move back to mainstream education or into employment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><strong>Watch a short video from Red Balloon of the Air:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ctuOxoJycwU?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staff involved:<\/strong> Christine Perkins (Coordinator), Lee Royston (Director of Distance Learning), Piers Hartley (ICT &amp; Science teacher &amp; IT manager), Helen Gascoyne-Cecil (Maths teacher), Michelle Williams (English Teacher), Vicki Bunn (Administrator), Liz Cummins (S.Yorks Regional, mentor), Louise Miller (Essex Regional mentor), Sian Pinder (Online counsellor)<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\">\n<p class=\"info\">@RBoftheAir<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redballoonlearner.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.redballoonlearner.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an individual member, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Balloon of the Air (Registered Charity No. 1138657)\u00a0\u00a0received a Highly Commended 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award. &#8216;Red Balloon of the Air&#8217; is an innovative \u2018next generation\u2019 online provision offering a unique online and face-to-face programme for young people who are unable to attend school because of anxiety or school phobia, often [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[725,915],"class_list":["post-4254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alt-news","category-featured","tag-altc","tag-ltaward"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1112\/2014\/10\/CB_020914_ALTC_TUE_056.jpg?fit=4067%2C2571&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4200,"url":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2014\/09\/learning-technologist-of-the-year-2014-highly-commended\/","url_meta":{"origin":4254,"position":0},"title":"Learning Technologist of the Year 2014 &#8211; Highly Commended","author":"ALT","date":"10 September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"David Hopkins received a Highly Commended 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award and is an eLearning Consultant at Warwick Business School In the seven or so years since I became a Learning Technologist I\u2019ve made a bit of noise about it (sorry). 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