A few weeks ago I met Ty Goddard. Director for the British Council for School Environments (BCSE). We had a brief conversation and I asked him if we could help create some media for the BCSE. I appreciate how busy he is, so to answer our students emails and to personally accept our phone calls made a big impact on the students.
Our brief: Why School Environments Matter.
That was it. No statistics, no school environment information, no further details, zip, nada.
Two Digital Leaders meetings later, a poem co-authored on a wiki, a video camera and a youtube account, this is what our students created.
One of our poem co-authors contributed a little more than most, so well done Victoria attributed in name in the next BCSE document and one student stayed a few hours after college to ensure the editing was finished on time, good work Ashwin.
One thought that tweeked the teacher in me was, with so little BCSE input, such an open brief and such a very short time frame really challenged the students. Their mutual success relied on a creative sparkle and ability to work together. One students sparkled on ideas, another on her writing ability, one of their acting skills, another on editing skills. Talents were uncovered and others reinforced. Could this be recreated in a regular Hamble College classroom?
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Hamble College Digital Leaders presented this past week at the SSAT Conference ‘Raising achievement through embedding learning technologies.’ Paul Hynes and Verna Donaldson were both kind enough to thank out students personally for their input into the event held at the Bafta offices in Piccadilly. These young people continue to make a good impress and have also been asked to speak at BETT, we will have to see if this is possible. Here is a copy of their presentation.
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