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GenE - Engaging Y Generation in General Education
 * PROJECT TITLE

FINAL REPORT** //Please check out our reflective piece on our wiki page which summarises our team reflection.//

Susan Carey susan.carey[at]tafensw.edu.au
 * MANAGER**

Robyn Honeman robyn.honeman[at]tafensw.edu.au
 * FACILITATOR**

GenE experiments with the use of current and emerging e-learning communication tools for teachers working in General Education with young learners in rural and remote areas in the Riverina Institute of TAFE NSW. GenE increases the awareness of the use of current and emerging e-learning communication tools for teachers working in General Education with young learners in rural and remote areas in the Riverina Institute of TAFE NSW. This project extends the learning from the 2006 eLearn 4 Health project by engaging teachers in a different industry area. Team members will apply e-learning technologies in the classroom and engage their clients to use these tools to create content. The team will explore the connections and overlap between Web2.0 tools, ePortfolios, and virtual learning environments in order for students/clients to create Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). Team members will be exposed to professional discussions on the use of and opportunities for integrating a wide range of Web 2.0 tools to create PLEs and ePortfolios in the classroom in the General Education discipline area.
 * SUMMARY**

Teachers in the project team work across the Riverina Institute in a range of teaching disciplines in pre-vocational programs. The team will be provided with the information, understanding and exposure to support the adoption and use of e-learning tools in their training delivery and education programs. Students/clients will develop their own content using the tools teachers learn about in the project.
 * CONTEXT**

The project targets teachers who have been slow adopters of emerging technolgoies and aims to demystify the language and practe of elearning. The team will explore the connections and overlap between Web 2.0 tools, ePortfolios and virtual learning environments to create Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). The team will work with learners who are predominantly young early school leavers living in remote areas with limited access to education alternatives.
 * TARGET GROUPS**

Chiara Cass - Albury Martin Daniell - Narrandera - **LearnScope event wiht Alan Levine** Louise Graham - Deniliquin - **panel presenter eLearning07** Jenny Hogan - Deniliquin - **eLearning07** Patricia Kalle - Wagga Anne McQueen-Thomson - Finley Susie Rowe - Leeton - **eLearning07** Bernard Tierney - Lake Cargellico - **eLearning07** Alanna Townsend - Griffith - **Regional Event 1 & eLearning07**
 * TEAM**


 * KEY DATES**

Initial Workshop: Thursday 14th and Friday 15th June - Wagga Wagga Information on RI Project Wiki Team Visit : Alex Hayes - 15th June 2007 - Wagga Wagga Map for visit : http://nswlearnscope.com/wiki/images/f/ff/TLS_Centre.pdf Online Sessions: 28 June 2007, 19 July 2007, 2 August, 2007, 16 August 2007 Riverina Institute report to faculty & workshop - 30 August - Wagga Video Conference Evaluation and Reflection: 26 October 2007

The team will contribute to a team wiki. RI Project Wiki The team will also run workshops for faculty teachers at the Riverina Institute General Education Professional Development Day 30 August 2007. This took the form of an institute-based professional conversation to discuss what is happenign in their classroom as a result of the project and the impact teachers are seeing on teaching and learning.
 * SHARING KNOWLEDGE**

gene; DeniGenE_; rilearnscope07
 * TEAM TAGS:**

Team members will learn how to use a range of Web 2.0 tools, which will include: Wiki (e.g. wikispaces); Blogs (e.g. blogger); Feeders (e.g. Bloglines); Social tagging software (e.g. flickr and del.icio.us); Online survey tools (e.g. survey monkey); Web conferencing (e.g. Adobe Connect). Teachers will then identify which of these tools are the most appropriate for their clients to use; integrate the use of these tools into their delivery strategies; trial the tools with targeted clients creating their own content, seek client feedback; and contribute to team reflections on the effective use of e-learning tools within General Education. Each team member will identify their own learning context and strategies to trial elearning tools and user-generated content via an individual learnign plan, which they will regularly report to via online confercing, bloggin and contributiosn to the team wiki.
 * WORK BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES**

It is anticipated that the project with promote interaction between Riverina Institute and youth service providers on the use of elearning options in communicating with young people and delivering training.
 * ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES**
 * increased use of new technologies in the classroom
 * exploration of Web2.0 tools with young adult learners
 * resource sharing by students and teachers through use of social bookmarking
 * student refelctions on learning
 * CLIENT / INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT**

Surveys Wikis Blogs (Links to be added at a future date)
 * IMPACTS ON LEARNERS / CLIENTS**

We recorded our presentations to the General Education Faculty meeting on 30 August 2007 in Adobe Connect. One of our team members was out at Lake C. and unable to physically attend but he participated with us via Adobe Connect on the big screen. We had a clip on mike so occasionally the voices in the room are too quiet, until we started passing around the microphone! [|Click here to listen to the recording.]
 * REPORTING MID PROJECT**

We also recorded a quick capture of each team member's project. We will get that podcast up shortly.

These podcasts will be available via the [|NSW LearnScope podcast] Your team will be required to submit a 250 word Postcard From The Field for publication in the [|NSW LearnScope blog]. Note : This should be submitted in text form only and be accompanied by a link ( URL ) to an image in your own respective Flickr site.

Replace this text with your URLs ( links ) when you have completed the requirements listed below. NSW LearnScope requires a final report that comprehensively details your teams project journey. This will include your teams findings, outcomes, client impacts and connections. Note : this component of the your project must be enabled for web production ie. it must be available to load to and / or be accessed via the internet. This report can take the following forms;
 * END OF PROJECT REPORT**
 * Podcast** - a 20-30 minute recording ( audio)which is a multi-voice conversation between team members, clients and industry representatives where appropriate.
 * Digital Story** - 20 -30 slides with audio
 * Blog Post** - a comprehensive ( detailed ) reflective summary of your teams journey with accompanying images
 * Multimedia production** - a video or Flash movie that brings together many differing aspects of your project into a production for easy view via the web.
 * Web Content** - a collection or portfolio of online data that has been brought together into a online summary of your projects journey. This site MUST be accessible for anyone via the internet.