| Learning with the BBC bus | BBC Learning The BBC website contains over half a million pages of news, entertainment, educational and factual material. There is a growing range of online courses available on the site. There's also a wealth of educational programmes available across the BBC's TV and radio channels. Our Partners Our bus is supported by: Cumbria County Council.
The principal aim of the Education Directorate is to raise education standards and promote a culture of lifelong learning in Cumbria.
Other Organisation we have links with are: Cumbria Libraries
Most libraries in Cumbria now offer internet access, and for many people this is free. Cumbria Credits
Cumbria Credit provides a range of education and training opportunities for individuals and communities through a unique county-wide network of award winning Community Development Centres. Connexions Cumbria
An online youth support service for all young people aged 13-19. |
Want to learn how to get online, use a digital camera, edit videos on your PC, or even make a digital story for your family to cherish? Or would you like to see the broadcast kit and experience how it works? Maybe you could: - tell us your story
- do a Thought for the Day
- do a Breakfast Serial Or if you don't feel ready to hear your voice on the radio, perhaps you may prefer to: - write a small article about your community for the BBC Cumbria web site
- write an article about yourself for the web site
- edit and e-mail your photos to BBC Cumbria
- create some digital art for the website
- do some research or look for a job on the internet
- learn a language or another skill using the BBC web site
- find out more about the BBC If any of the above appeal, then welcome to the BBC Bus, a free local service which is there to help you use the computers to create content for BBC Radio Cumbria or the BBC Cumbria website. The team can also help you find a computer course in your area.
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We also have a satellite which will provide us with broadband internet connectivity and we can demonstrate the BBC services available on digital TV & digital radio. We'll be travelling round the county, so if we're coming to a community near you, why not come and see us?
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The bus is aimed at people 16 years old and above ... children are welcome on board if accompanied by an adult. Equipment The equipment on the bus includes: - 5 Windows pc's with DVD burning capability
- An Apple Mac
- Digital cameras
- Digital video camera
- A scanner
- Colour and black & white printers
- 42" plasma screen TV which can display BBC digital TV, BBC programme trails, or connect to a PC as a fantastic group teaching tool
- Digital Radio
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The software available to use includes Microsoft Office, Adobe PhotoShop Elements, Adobe Premiere, FrontPage, Cool Edit Pro. Using this, we can offer a range of introductory sessions to get you started with computers: - How to use the internet
- Making your own web site
- Creating a community website
- Using a digital camera
- How to e-mail your photos
- Editing digital photos on your PC
- Scanning your old family photos
- Using a mini DV camera to shoot video
- Editing videos on your PC
- Creating a digital story for your family
- Digital audio editing
- Using Office software
- Online shopping, auctions and banking
- Burning your photos and files to cd's/dvd's
- Downloading music ...and more... All you have to do is check out when the bus is coming to a venue near you, hop on board and one of our friendly tutors will get you started. Broadcasting on the BBC Bus
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The BBC Bus is also a fully equipped broadcast studio, capable of broadcasting via phone lines, ISDN or wireless technology.. BBC Radio Cumbria can broadcast full programmes from on board the bus, or use it as a mobile district studio and base for guests. There are two journalists on the BBC Bus and they are equipped to record items for the radio and edit them on board the bus.
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If you'd like a tour of the broadcast area, or would like to see how the journalists edit their work for radio using a computer, please ask a member of the BBC Bus team and they'll be happy to oblige. We are not alone Did you know there are other BBC bus projects around the UK? So if you live elsewhere in the country, chances are there may be a BBC bus or a BBC open centre in your area. | 
