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 * TITLE**

VET In Schools: Web 2 4U

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 * FINAL REPORT**


 * MANAGER**

Patrick Barrett - Education Officer, Catholic Education Parramatta.

Email address: patrick.barrett [at] parra.catholic.edu.au


 * FACILITATOR**

Melinda Phillips - Lighthouse Project Coordinator, Catholic Education Parramatta.

Email address - melinda.j.phillips [at] bigpond.com


 * FOCUS**

The focus of this project is to acquire sound evidence on which to base future organisational decisions about communication and networking processes. This will be done through investigating the use of web 2.0 tools:

1. to support VET teachers and students as learners 2. to facilitate workplace communication about VET teaching and learning issues 3. in supporting industry and TAFE networking opportunities.


 * TARGET**

Teachers, students, relevant organisational staff, TAFE and Industry partners


 * SUMMARY**

VET in Schools: Web 2 4U has been designed to support a group of VET teachers and coordinators in the Parramatta Diocese, as they engage with Web 2.0 tools for their own learning and development and for the learning of others (both teachers and students.) The tools will also be used to support teachers and coordinators in their professional interactions with each other (workplace communication, knowledge sharing and peer support.)

Web readers can access our blog, wiki and this NSW Learnscope project page to learn more about our project. We also hope to be active in other online spaces, and contribute as the project (and our learning) progresses.
 * CONTEXT**

We are working with three target groups across our range of projects:
 * TARGET GROUPS**
 * 1) Stage 6 (Year 11 and 12) IT VET students
 * 2) VET teachers – using web 2.0 tools to support classroom learning and professional collaboration
 * 3) VET cluster coordinators - using web 2.0 tools to support professional collaboration and workplace communication


 * TEAM**

Patrick Barrett Melinda Phillips Magda Quinlan Steven Andrews Henry Tung Dean Groom - **Regional Event 4** Bob Cavill - **Regional Event 4** Martin Lennon - **Regional Event 4** David McMinn - **Regional Event 3** Karen Ruppert Vera Mitchell


 * KEY DATES**

Briefing session: 27.03.07 Project planning session: 01.05.07 Web 2.0 workshop: 19.06.07 <> Virtual meeting: w/c 20.08.07 Project sharing workshop: w/c 17.09.07 Reporting/data due: w/c 24.09.07 Learnscope Showcase: 1-2.11.07
 * Alex Hayes Visit** - 13.06.2007
 * Shane Dowd** - 19.06.2007


 * SHARING KNOWLEDGE**

Please also see our user pages <> We will be using the following tags: nswlearnscope, nswlearnscope07, web2.04u

[|Our Team Blog]

[|Our Team Wiki]**WORK BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES** Project team members are creating their own plans, individually or in teams, based on the needs and interests identified in their school/work context. They are supported by Pat and Melinda in this process (including visits to school sites). These plans will be uploaded to our wiki. < >

At this early stage, our outcomes will be known as “the things that might happen” because we just don’t know what we don’t know. 1. We will have acquired sound evidence to make decisions for the future 2. VET teachers and students will have been active participants in investigating personal, social and organisational uses of social networking tools
 * ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES**


 * CLIENT / INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT**

Our learners are the three groups described above, and they will be involved either through the trialling of new work practices or new learning opportunities (depending on context.)


 * IMPACTS ON LEARNERS / CLIENTS**

We will aim to provide evidence through links to learner ‘products’, and via multimedia recording/reporting (Flickr collection, digital story to conclude.) Each individual/team will also be choosing methods to collect data over the life of their project. These methods are detailed in their project plans on the wiki. < >


 * REPORTING MID PROJECT**

The [|podcast] of our mid-project meeting with Alex Hayes

Please visit this link to access our mid-project report: http://learning.parra.catholic.edu.au/it/Reports/Forms/AllItems.htm

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.

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.