makewaves & digital me partner introduction
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The Social Media Platform for Schools
“At the forefront of education social networks” The Guardian
BETT 2012 ICT Company of the year
The leading safe social learning platform
A fun way to engage children & teachers with video, blogging & digital badges
Makewaves homepage screenshot Oct 2012
Publish video, audio, photos and blogs from anywhere
Broadcast stories to users
Mobile App
Vital stats
3,500 Schools
60,000 Students
9,000 Teachers
Monthly Usage*• 694,464 Views• 108,000 Visitors• 8:20 On Site
* Jan 2013
“73% were better at decision
making and responsibility”
—Bradford University Research“Participants’ confidence greatly
improved in other aspects of their life”
—EDCOMS Evaluation 2008
“Participants clearly benefit from the fact that
they are thrust into an arena that whilst
exciting, takes them out of their comfort
zones”—Manchester Metropolitan University report
“Pupils take much pride and also responsibility in undertaking this task.” —OFSTED
Impact on Young People
Project partners
Schools 200Page views 17,500Unique visits 10,000
Schools 87Page views 20,129Unique visits 11,408
Media stories 3,017Page views 23,609Unique visits 13,435
Some Other Partners
Example Project: Safe – the certificate in safe social networking
Practical activities to teach children the skills they need to stay safe whilst using social media
Over 1,500 primary schools reached
Innovative delivery using multi-award winning Makewaves platform
Schools 200Page views 17,500Unique visits 10,000
Example partner page
What are Open Badges?
Organisations involved
Digital media + learning competition winners
Pushed out to Open Badge Infrastructure and have value to a broad audience
Qualitative assessment of skills by peers/leaders
3 sets Journalist, Coach & Producer
3 levels in each set: Bronze, Silver & Gold
DigitalMe Badge Programme
