- high standard of visual work presented in an exciting range of digital
formats.
- young people demonstrated excellent communication skills in order
to collaborate effectively with students from another school
- confidence building experience for most students
- speed at which students learned and shared skills in digital technology
was very impressive.
- IT suite at Henbury School was a pleasure to work in.
- points learned from previous years Harbourside projects were integrated
into programme to give a better introduction to visual skills required
for the photographic element of the project.
- valuable initial gathering of all staff and students at start of project
to discuss aims, ask questions and meet each other.
- students enjoyed the project,
- project aims achieved on time.
- sponsors were happy.
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Low Points
- the Launch - SMRT Business students did not receive enough support
to enable them to organise the event effectively.
- technical support at SMRT was not sufficient. email, Photoshop, and
digital printing were often unreliable.
- communication between schools and within the schools was a major problem
that had been foreseen; it had been hoped to keep communication channels
open via email, but in reality this was unreliable.
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How to improve
- defined methods for communication - discuss in advance how to contact
each other quickly and effectively - recognition that it is a problem
trying to contact staff in school during the teaching day.
- protocol for the transfer of information /images / text - discuss
in advance file formats, disk type to use, and always keep copies separate
- technical capabilities need to be sufficient for the job,
- far more support was required for business students than envisaged,
which must be taken into consideration in future,
- tutors roles would have benefited from clearer definition, sometimes
roles overlapped and became confusing
- realistic consideration of workloads, teachers should not be pushed
into taking on too much.
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