1. Guns, Knives and Mobile Phones Building Collaboration and Innovation in Vocational Education

2. Original Aims To enhance good working relationships with schools within Wandsworth To prepare for new diploma development To share best practice in vocational education

3. Choice of Theme Anti gun and knife crime campaign Integral part of qualifications BTEC ND students in college working with BTEC 1st students from schools

4. Assignment Ideas

5. The Presentation Event Greater London Authority, City Hall

6. Working With Schools 6 Schools involved

7. 200 Students and LifeWise is Born!

8. MoleNet Bid and Mobile Technology 200 smart phones Borough consultants Communication – Email, Skype, Bluetooth Portfolio building - Video, Sound, Office Research – Unlimited Internet

9. Delivery and Training Phone setup School visits Training workshops Additional project manager Research led intervention

10. Smartphone Resources

11. LifeWise Website http://www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife

12. Industry/ External Involvement Successful rapper/ Independent record label Working music producer Channel Four documentary contributor Sound engineer Video editor Additional input

13. Final Project Aims To raise the awareness and participation of young people in Wandsworth in positive action against gun and knife crime To enhance working relationships and collaboration between South Thames College and Wandsworth schools To stretch horizons of learning through use of mobile technologies To share best practice in vocational courses

14. The Presentation Event

15. Video Promos

16. Evaluation

17. Prior to the smartphones 6.71% of respondents had communicated with teachers using a mobile device 29.53% had shared work with teachers using a mobile device. 13.42% of all respondents had emailed a teacher. With the smartphones 42.19% of respondents stated that they had communicated/ shared work with teachers using their smartphone. 21.87% said that they had sent an email to their teacher using the smartphone.

18. Recommendations Be certain that technology is fully tested Use a pilot group of staff and learners before rolling out the technology Ensure that staff are involved and receive training Respond to learner’s needs and develop resources with them Appoint student mentors and be open to suggestions and new applications of the technology

19. What Next? LifeWise into primary schools STC BTEC First Media with Year 11 Educational DVD Toured to other primary schools Updated website

20. http://www.wandsworthclc.org/gunandknife http://www.south-thames.ac.uk http://music.south-thames.ac.uk/ mary.zinovieff@south-thames.ac.uk