New Media for Youth Learnscope Blog

Bega Technology Training Day

2006-11-04T10:20:00.000+11:00

Just an update on what we covered on Nov 3rd workshop with Steven and Jo;

We were all GITS - [Geeks in Training]!

Participants were interested in meeting diverse needs, integration of technolgy into our teaching, community particiaption options, and to add another tool to our teaching toolbox.

We were introduced to RSS - Really simple syndication - and we are just trying to play with that now.

We were all registered onto the eCommunicate Group on EdNA and made introduction contributions to the forum.

Of key interest to TAFE staff was the new awareness for some that we can access our TAFE mail through Webmail - http://webmail.tafensw

blip.tv was looked at - we found the films that had been posted by the southern colleges so far - with 2 more to come [Cooma and Queanbeyan]

Photos were taken and uploaded to flickr.com and I was really impressed by the ease which we could create learning/teaching tools or photo instruction guides - and I am most keen to do one of these in the very near future.

Of course we are going to link all of these tool sand instruction files on how to use them [supplied by Jo in the first instance], on the www.begatafe.nsw.edu.au web page.

Look forward to your next visit.

Bega group talks about new media

2006-11-03T14:38:00.000+11:00

Steven Parker interviews McIver during the Bega Learncope PD session.

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Bega PD- Learnscope

2006-11-03T11:19:00.000+11:00

Friday - [is it the 13th??] No - but we are trying to learn some new ways to communicate with each other.

Will seek to have more postings and photos up by end of day

Professional Development in Bega

2006-11-03T11:06:00.000+11:00

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

2006-10-26T15:20:00.000+10:00

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

Learnscope Interview 3

2006-10-13T09:54:00.000+10:00

This is the third in a series of 7 interviews reviewing the Learnscope "New Media for Youth" Staff development.

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Interview 3 in a series of 7 relating to the leanrscope SD run in the classroom and focussing in stage 1 on Film Making

Learnscope Interview 2

2006-10-13T09:44:00.000+10:00

This is 2 of 7 interviews with teachers and students who participated in Film making as part of the New Media for Young People project.

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Teachers and students reflect on using Film Making technology in the classroom.

Learnscope Interview 1

2006-10-13T08:49:00.000+10:00

This video of student and teacher at Goulburn looks at the effectiveness of the Film Making Staff development as a classroon teaching tool

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It is one of a series of 7 interviews undertaken with teachers and students who participated in an in class staff development relating to film making and its effectiveness as a learning tool.

Soul Survivor

2006-10-10T12:09:00.000+10:00

A Goulburn TAFE Horror film made under NSW Learnscope funding. A staff development for staff with a class of young 'disengaged' youth', who were assisited in the process by a film maker.

Films now on bliptv

2006-10-10T10:49:00.000+10:00

Check out our latest video - Learnscope 06 'Classroom integration'

The video- Learnscope 06 'Classroom integration' looks at a range of student videos made in 2005/2006 and provides an overview of student involvement/engagement and the achieving of a range of learning outcomes through the use of film

Professional Development Objectives

2006-08-28T01:06:00.000+10:00

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

2006-08-27T20:50:00.000+10:00

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.