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Entrepreneurship With A Green Focus Social Media In Teaching

Entrepreneurship With A Green Focus Social Media In Teaching. Hello!. Cherish Watton. Malene Melbye. To begin…. What social media do you use?. Why do you use …..? Talk about in pairs. A couple of useful sites…. Edmodo. About

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Entrepreneurship With A Green Focus Social Media In Teaching

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  1. Entrepreneurship With A Green FocusSocial Media In Teaching

  2. Hello! Cherish Watton Malene Melbye

  3. To begin…. What social media do you use?

  4. Why do you use …..? Talk about in pairs.

  5. A couple of useful sites…

  6. Edmodo About • A social networking tool used worldwide to connect students and members of staff together in a safe and controlled manner. • Professional and safe • Similar style to Facebook • Online classroom community VENN Project • Bought in towards the end of project, not used as much as other communication tools • Hoping it could be further developed to link students and teachers in Norway and Norfolk • Has been successful on other projects e.g. connecting students with business mentors

  7. Edmodo

  8. Google Sites About • Makes creating a group website easy • Customizable templates Easy to change and amend • Different sharing options • Public • Closed group of people • Only need a Google Account to get started VENN Project • Share progress and outcomes of VENN project with wider audience • Share news articles written on the project • Sharing information with project partners • Needed some guidance in order to use effectively – works most efficiently when everyone is engaged with the platform

  9. The VENN Project Website

  10. Our journey in the VENN Project

  11. The VENN Project • January 2012: Met with colleagues at City College, first met each other and chatted for a few hours about our own environmental work • Between January and November: Kept in touch via e-mail and social networking • November 2012: Worked together over three days as part of the VENN project • April 2013: Trip to Norway in April to present at Norwegian conference!

  12. The VENN Project The VENN project is a Comenius Regio Project which has identified ways in which the two partner local authorities (Norfolk and Aust-Agder in Norway) can work with schools and colleges so that their outdoor learning/learning beyond the classroom provides the basis for enhanced educational achievement, a more sustainable school and personal behaviour change in response to climate change education.

  13. Joined Eco Team Presentation in Cambridge (Sustainable Schools) Audit at County Hall Big Switch Week ANSWERConferenceIn Suffolk Using schools methods to reduce energy and applying this to a business situation. Sharing ideas and collaborating. E-Futures Programme, working alongside the National Trust/NCC to reduce energy at Dereham Sixth Form College. During one week, the electricity consumption of our college decreased by 10%. Small group responsible for raising awareness of energy saving at Northgate High Raising the profile of energy campaigns in schools at a regional level for Norfolk County Council. Sharing with others what we were doing at high school to motivate people to reduce energy. Represented UK schools involved in this EU low-carbon project.Started linking up with young people at a regional level. My Journey : How I have engaged with low-carbon enterprise opportunities Cherish WattonYoung Consultant Green Economy Pathfinder Manifesto International Programmes Setting up Cherish Watton Enterprises Water and Enterprise Programme Represented the Energy Ambassadors’ Programme as a young people’s case-study at the launch of the Green Economy Pathfinder Manifesto at the Houses of Parliament. ANSWER: Bringing together young people across international boundaries (UK, Norway and Sweden) to inspire carbon reduction. Met Malene as part of the VENN Project Develop low-carbon enterprise opportunities for young people Project Co-Ordinator on the Water and Enterprise Programme which brought 37 students to focus on using the context of water conservation and management to develop young people’s leadership, teambuilding and mentoring skills. Set up my own low-carbon business on the back of my experiences of environmental work at high school and college.Began working as a young consultant on the ANSWER Project. • What’s needed in the future? • Support and encouragement to develop young people’s confidence in their eco skills • Opportunities to take this work into businesses and other schools • The appropriate support for business start-ups in the area of young eco-consultancy • The development of networks and communications to link like-minded individuals and businesses Represented Norfolk young people at the opening of the Sheringham Shoal Windfarm at Holkham Hall. Met the Crown Prince of Norway.

  14. Formed a local group in Grimstad Inspiring presentation in school Signed up to Nature and Youth Running the local group I had never led anything like this before and so I found it quite scary, but after a while I learnt from the people around me and from going to different meetings and camps. After a month, I got a phonecall from the regional secretary and she asked me if I wanted to form a local group. Always been interested in the environment. Finally found an organisation (Nature and Youth) that could help me work with this area even more. Representative from Nature and Youth came to Grimstadungdomskole My Environmental Journey MaleneMelbye Nature and Youth Saving LoVeSe (an area in Norway) from oil rigging Voted in to become regional leader of Nature and Youth in Aust-Agder Young person representative in the VENN Project Nature and Youth, with help from other organisations, influenced the politicians to not open the area in Northern Norway for the extracting oil. This is an issue we still fight today as they only delayed this for 4 years. As I am interested in finding other resources to oil, this is an important fight in the right direction regarding renewable energy. In Fall 2012, we had the yearly meeting at Nature and Youth where I was chosen to be the regional leader in Aust-Agder. This means I am now also on the National Board. In February 2011, I got a phonecall from Aust-Agder Council asking me to attend the first VENN (Vital Education Norway Norfolk) meeting. I met with key partners to set the goals of the project.

  15. The Outcomes

  16. Outcomes of Work Together • Producing a Norwegian guest perspective article for the Secondary Environmental and Energy Newsletter • Producing case-studies of our journeys into environmental work • Developing a communication network for young people in Aust-Agder, Norway and Norfolk • Compiling top 10 tips for communicating effectively with young people.

  17. What five tips would you give adults when they are communicating with you?

  18. 10 Top Tips for Communicating with Students / Young People Keep it simple Use humour that students will find funny Don’t push students too far – give them the information, but don’t overwhelm Put things into perspective - make relevant to a student on a personal and/or local level Make it powerful - make them think about your message. Give presentations to students by students Use pictures/photos - students will be more interested if there are pictures and not just text Include the students – make sure they are actively in the conversations and/or activities Make it dynamic - use a variety of methods to get your point of view across Show your enthusiasm – students love to see you are excited about something

  19. The Future?

  20. The Future? • More young people connecting between Norfolk and Norway • Young people working together on international projects – more funding is becoming available • Allowing other young people to see the wide variety of opportunities! • Working on environmental issues/cases in our communities

  21. Conclusion • Looked at social media and a couple of useful sites • Discussed some communication tips • Summarised the work that Malene and I have done as part of the VENN programme

  22. What I have learnt? • More about environmental organisation Nature and Youth • Norwegian schooling and culture • The similarities and differences in how environmental issues are perceived and dealt with by young people. • Activism of young people in dealing with issues.

  23. What I have learnt? • British schooling and culture in regards to environmental work • The different ways young people can work with the environment on a higher level • How we can inspire both young and older people in the UK and Norway to see the problems we are dealing with and how we can solve them!

  24. Thanks for listening  Are there any questions?

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