Prezi.com session at Pendle Vale College are well underway and pupils have been creating their road maps with Beth Barlow. You will have seen an example on the blog of what they have been creating. The pupils have created their own images to represent their goals and ambitions. The Guidance teacher, Ms Riazat have been really supportive of the workshops and is now helping us to create a teachers resource pack which can be left with the school and also sent out to other school for pupils to creatively think and plan their futures. We are developing a DVD resource with the four stories created through the live forum theatre which will have supporting activities for teachers and pupils to have fun with. This pack will be designed to make sure the work contributes to schools assessments and aim to make a lesson good to outstanding in OFSTED's eyes. Check out some of the photos and short film of the sessions with Beth.

Team update

Jen is away now until Monday 6th December - you can still contact either Claire or Warren in the meantime.

(It is TOO QUIET in the office now! Come back soon Jen)

Posted By Claire

Visit to Nelson Town Hall - 24/11/2010

A small group of Inspiring Communities young people joined a group of Connecting Communities Young People on a trip behind the scenes of Nelson Town Hall.
They took a look inside the Council Chamber.
They also listened to talks from Paul Hussey - Chief Executive's Policy Unit Manager, and Sara Mumby - Brierfield Neighbourhood Manager, Connecting Communities.
Claire, Jen, and Warren from Inspiring Communities also introduced the I.C. programme to the group.
The group listened to Role Models Carley and Rachel. Some of the feedback left:

"Cally inspired me to just enjoy your work", Ashley, Young Person.
"Rachel was very inspiring and interesting. I understand that she was a bit bad in her past, but has got her head together" - Chantelle, Young Person.

A prezi example by a Pendle Vale Pupil

Map To Succes on Prezi

Prezi pics

The pupils at Colne Primet and Pendle Vale have created a series of pictures to be used in their prezi's ( you can see all these in the next few blogs and the groups will be able to access their images from this blog page). A prezi is created in a computer programme and allows you to put on lots of information and keep adding to it. Over the next few weeks the groups will be going on to tidy up their images a bit and add them to their very own prezi's the theme of which is Road Maps to Success.

Bags of ideas

The containers here will be used in your Prezi's to store ideas to help you achieve your goals. You can use the pictures in your own prezi's or other documents. To do this right click on the image you want, there are pictures with backgrounds called jpg's or see through backgrounds called png's. Choose Save Image as from the menu. Save the image to a place on your computer where you can find it. Now you can go to insert files in the programme you are using and put the picture in.

We want to travel in the future

The images here were created by pupils at Primet and Pendle to show how important travel will be to them in their future. You can use the pictures in your own prezi's or other documents. To do this right click on the image you want, there are pictures with backgrounds called jpg's or see through backgrounds called png's. Choose Save Image as from the menu. Save the image to a place on your computer where you can find it. Now you can go to insert files in the programme you are using and put the picture in.

We want good friends in the future

Here are the pictures pupils at Primet and Pendle created to show how important friends are to them in the future. You can use the pictures in your own prezi's or other documents. To do this right click on the image you want, there are pictures with backgrounds called jpg's or see through backgrounds called png's. Choose Save Image as from the menu. Save the image to a place on your computer where you can find it. Now you can go to insert files in the programme you are using and put the picture in.

We want family

Here are the pictures pupils at Primet and Pendle created to show how important family is to them in the future. You can use the pictures in your own prezi's or other documents. To do this right click on the image you want, there are pictures with backgrounds called jpg's or see through backgrounds called png's. Choose Save Image as from the menu. Save the image to a place on your computer where you can find it. Now you can go to insert files in the programme you are using and put the picture in.

We want lots of money

Here are the pictures pupils at Primet and Pendle created to show how important money is to them in the future. You can use the pictures in your own prezi's or other documents. To do this right click on the image you want, there are pictures with backgrounds called jpg's or see through backgrounds called png's. Choose Save Image as from the menu. Save the image to a place on your computer where you can find it. Now you can go to insert files in the programme you are using and put the picture in.