Guns, Knives and Mobile Phones

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Guns, Knives and Mobile Phones

• Building Collaboration and Innovation in
  Vocational Education

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Original Aims

• To enhance good working relationships with
  schools within Wandsworth
• To prepare for new diploma development
• To share best practice in vocational education

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Choice of Theme

• Anti gun and knife crime campaign
• Integral part of qualifications
• BTEC ND students in college working with BTEC 1st
  students from schools

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Assignment Ideas
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The Presentation Event

• Greater London Authority, City Hall

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Working With Schools

• 6 Schools involved

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200 Students and LifeWise is Born!
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MoleNet Bid and Mobile Technology

• 200 smart phones
• Borough consultants
• Communication
• Email, Skype, Bluetooth
• Portfolio building -
• Video, Sound, Office
• Research
• Unlimited Internet

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Delivery and Training

• Phone setup
• School visits
• Training workshops
• Additional project manager
• Research led intervention

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Smartphone Resources
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LifeWise Website

• http//www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife

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Industry/ External Involvement

• Successful rapper/ Independent record label
• Working music producer
• Channel Four documentary contributor
• Sound engineer
• Video editor
• Additional input

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Final Project Aims

• To raise the awareness and participation of young
  people in Wandsworth in positive action against
  gun and knife crime
• To enhance working relationships and
  collaboration between South Thames College and
  Wandsworth schools
• To stretch horizons of learning through use of
  mobile technologies
• To share best practice in vocational courses

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The Presentation Event
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Video Promos
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Evaluation
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Evaluation

• Prior to the smartphones
• 6.71 of respondents had communicated with
  teachers using a mobile device 29.53 had shared
  work with teachers using a mobile device.
• 13.42 of all respondents had emailed a teacher.
• With the smartphones
• 42.19 of respondents stated that they had
  communicated/ shared work with teachers using
  their smartphone.
• 21.87 said that they had sent an email to their
  teacher using the smartphone.

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Recommendations

• Be certain that technology is fully tested
• Use a pilot group of staff and learners before
  rolling out the technology
• Ensure that staff are involved and receive
  training
• Respond to learners needs and develop resources
  with them
• Appoint student mentors and be open to
  suggestions and new applications of the
  technology

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What Next?

• LifeWise into primary schools
• STC BTEC First Media with Year 11
• Educational DVD
• Toured to other primary schools
• Updated website

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• http//www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife
• http//www.south-thames.ac.uk
• http//music.south-thames.ac.uk/
• mary.zinovieff_at_south-thames.ac.uk