Guns, Knives and Mobile Phones

Building Collaboration and Innovation in Vocational

Education

Original Aims•To enhance good working relationships with schools within Wandsworth

•To prepare for new diploma development

•To share best practice in vocational education

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

Assignment Ideas

The Presentation Event•Greater London Authority, City Hall

Working With Schools

6 Schools involved

200 Students and LifeWise is Born!

MoleNet Bid and Mobile Technology

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

Delivery and Training

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

Smartphone Resources

LifeWise Websitehttp://www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife

Industry/ External Involvement

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

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

The Presentation Event

Video Promos

Evaluation

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.

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 learner’s needs and develop resources with

them•Appoint student mentors

and be open to suggestions and new applications of the

technology

What Next?

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

http://www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife

http://www.south-thames.ac.uk

http://music.south-thames.ac.uk/

mary.zinovieff@south-thames.ac.uk