Bega group talks about new media

Steven Parker interviews McIver during the Bega Learncope PD session.


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Professional Development in Bega

Here we all are in Bega, exploring new technologies for engaging young people.



We have members of the New Media for Youth Learnscope team here with us, as well as new team members from Moruya, Bega and Cooma Campuses.

Learnscope Workshop in Nowra

Today I visited teacher from with teachers from Nowra and Wollongong campuses for some professional development.



We had a fairly informal session, where we looked at a range of tools including:

Edna Groups and joining th eCommunicate 2.0 Network
Flickr and how it can be used in teaching and learning
Second Life and the possibilities for teaching and learning in a virtual world
BlipTV and video sharing
Survey Monkey

Professional Development Objectives

During the project, our focus is to:

To engage young students* in the learning process, as well as to meet Learning outcomes from a range of core and elective modules through the use of electronic media, primarily as digital storytelling.

This approach:

• Capitalises on the familiarity this young student generation has with visual media as a means of communicating
• Uses simple electronic media which allows accessibility for young learners
• Provides the opportunity for students to achieve their 15 minutes of fame
• Requires active participation in the learning process
• Based on negotiation of tasks, and direction of story- ownership potential incredibly high
• Allows individuals to be involved to their own level of ‘comfort’, but still with in a group context
• Develops editing/drafting ethos- [with ownership comes the intrinsic demand to keep editing until satisfactory standard is achieved-this standard is set by individuals and group rather than from top down]
• Is extremely flexibile- it is able to cater for all levels of ability, as well as differing levels of engagement
• Adaptable to whoever and however many turn up to each session
  

* Approx 15-24 year olds

Welcome: Team Blog

Welcome to the New Media for Youth Learnscope Blog.

Our Aims:

TAFE Teachers and others working with young people disengaged from formal learning want to learn new ways of using new communication technologies to engage with youth.

After initial net-based broad research we will concentrate on one particular technology, such as mobile phones, video, or blogging which we will trial with the young people we are working with.

The young people will be actively involved in evaluating the on-going trial.

About Us:

We are primarily based at Nowra TAFE as Adult Basic Education teachers but our group also includes Outreach teachers, teachers from Adult and Community Education, TAFE teachers from the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and far South Coast, as well as representatives from the youth and community sectors.