Entrepreneurship With A Green Focus

Social Media In Teaching

Hello!

Cherish Watton Malene Melbye

What social media do you use?What social media do you use?

To begin….

Why do you use …..?

Talk about in pairs.

Why do you use …..?

Talk about in pairs.

A couple of useful sites…

Edmodo

AboutAbout

A social networking tool A social networking tool used worldwide to connect used worldwide to connect students and members of students and members of staff together in a safe and staff together in a safe and controlled manner.controlled manner.

Professional and safeProfessional and safe

Similar style to FacebookSimilar style to Facebook

Online classroom Online classroom community community

VENN ProjectVENN Project

Bought in towards the end of Bought in towards the end of project, not used as much as project, not used as much as other communication toolsother communication tools

Hoping it could be further Hoping it could be further developed to link students and developed to link students and teachers in Norway and Norfolkteachers in Norway and Norfolk

Has been successful on other Has been successful on other projects e.g. connecting projects e.g. connecting students with business mentorsstudents with business mentors

Edmodo

Google SitesAboutAbout

Makes creating a group website easyMakes creating a group website easy

Customizable templatesCustomizable templates

Easy to change and amendEasy to change and amend

Different sharing optionsDifferent sharing options

PublicPublic

Closed group of peopleClosed group of people

Only need a Google Account to get Only need a Google Account to get started started

VENN ProjectVENN Project

Share progress and outcomes of Share progress and outcomes of VENN project with wider audienceVENN project with wider audience

Share news articles written on the Share news articles written on the projectproject

Sharing information with project Sharing information with project partnerspartners

Needed some guidance in order to Needed some guidance in order to use effectively – works most efficiently use effectively – works most efficiently when everyone is engaged with the when everyone is engaged with the platformplatform

The VENN Project Website

Our journey in the VENN

Project

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!

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.

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

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.

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%.

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.

ANSWER: Bringing

together young people across international boundaries

(UK, Norway and Sweden) to inspire carbon

reduction.

Met Malene as part of the

VENN Project

My Journey :How I have

engaged with low-carbon enterprise

opportunities

Cherish WattonYoung

Consultant

Joined Eco Team

Presentation in Cambridge

(Sustainable Schools)

Audit at County Hall

Big Switch Week

ANSWERConference

In Suffolk

Develop low-carbon

enterprise opportunities for

young people

Setting upCherish Watton

Enterprises

International Programmes

Represented UK schools involved in this EU low-carbon

project.Started linking up with young people at a regional level.

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.

Green Economy Pathfinder Manifesto

Represented Norfolk young people at the

opening of the Sheringham Shoal

Windfarm at Holkham Hall. Met the Crown

Prince of Norway.

Water and Enterprise

Programme

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.

Representative from Nature and Youth came to

Grimstad ungdomskole

Always been interested in the

environment. Finally found an

organisation (Nature and Youth) that could help me work with this area

even more.

After a month, I got a phonecall from the

regional secretary and she asked me if I

wanted to form a local group.

My Environmental

Journey

Malene Melbye

Nature and Youth

Inspiring presentation in

school

Formed a local group in Grimstad

Signed up to Nature and Youth

Running the local group

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.

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.

Voted in to become regional leader of

Nature and Youth in Aust-Agder

Saving LoVeSe (an area in

Norway) from oil rigging

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 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.

Young person representative in the VENN Project

The Outcomes

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.

What five tips would you give adults when they are

communicating with you?

What five tips would you give adults when they are

communicating with you?

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

 

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

 

The Future?

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

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

What I have learnt?What I have learnt?

•More about environmental More about environmental organisation Nature and organisation Nature and Youth Youth

•Norwegian schooling and Norwegian schooling and cultureculture

•The similarities and The similarities and differences in how differences in how environmental issues are environmental issues are perceived and dealt with by perceived and dealt with by young people.young people.

•Activism of young people Activism of young people in dealing with issues.in dealing with issues.

What I have learnt?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!

Thanks for listening

Are there any questions?