Case Study: Gadgetastic! (Wyke Sixth Form College)

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Learner Needs

Our aims for the LLW grant are to improve our students overall life skills, prepare our students for the workplace, improve independent living skills and introduce and facilitate our students in the use of new technology, that will undoubtedly help them in future years.
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Technology

Here you can see the key technologies used within this project.Click on the links to find out more about each of the technologies.

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Our method of providing evidence of student attainment in all aspects of college life had become too ‘paper based’ – even though we do make use of PC’s and voice recorders.

We intend to have students making PC based or ‘online’ and audio/visual Individual Learning Plans and Student Progress Documents, work/project evidence portfolios and diaries. We also intend to challenge students in the learning environment by using various new approaches to work.

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Organisation

Wyke Sixth Form College
Wyke Sixth Form College opened in 1988 and was originally intended for 16 – 19 year olds in the western part of Hull, but it very quickly gained a wider reputation beyond the city.

Today many young people at schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire decide to study at Wyke after they finish t . . . More