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6 simple web-based study tools -> Papers, Notes, Teams, Research, Lessons, and Review When combined in an application suite that is intuitive and fun to use, they coalesce into an environmental context that supports and encourages critical thinking, the social exchange of ideas and information, and a learning process that takes full advantage of the vast potential of our digitally connected world.
Tanner - 01/25/2012
An activity portfolio tool enabling the measurement, visualisation and analysis of an individual’s transferable knowledge and skills.
Neil - 01/25/2012
MeshDays offers a unique opportunity for young people to ‘taste’ their potential careers. These employer-led insight days will give individuals the chance to learn, be inspired and network.
Megan - 01/24/2012
Blastbeat in a Box creates and gameifies the existing Blastbeat programme and develops an online tool kit, built around the Blastbeat programme. Blastbeat wraps the learning experience in music, dance or sport, that leverages young peoples interests and passions to engage NEETs back in the learning process and enhances their positive learning experience teaching business and life skills in a very compelling way. Blastbeat in a Box helps to empower young people to be event creators and social entrepreneurs, programming and selling out live events and creating performance opportunities for other young people that are intense yet cool and FUN. Blastbeat has a programme and an expertise that has proven very successful at engaging these young people, NEET's in particular will benefit young people NEET
Robert - 01/24/2012
An online platform that levels the playing field for both young talent looking to launch their careers and employers looking to attract the most relevant talent. Young people leaving school and university are given access to the best information from the people that really know what they are talking about, as well as career opportunities at companies beyond the famous household names. The employers are able to showcase their employer brand to groups of diverse and relevant young talent they would not otherwise be able to reach.
Alex - 01/23/2012
Help From Home is a volunteer driven initiative that runs a free community service to promote and encourage participation in easy, no commitment microvolunteering opportunities where a spare 10 seconds to 30 minutes is all that is needed to help out worthy causes - even in your pyjamas!
Mike - 01/22/2012
Software designed for teaching and learning on the web. Free education and qualification for anyone with the Internet.
Michael - 01/22/2012
EntrepreneurFinder is a free interactive resource designed around the needs of entrepreneurs, students, skilled individuals, professionals and investors. The idea behind the site, is to give our users the ability to take control of their professional and entrepreneurial careers from start to finish. And, provide them with tools to find employment or create ways to become self employed. The site assists everyone from students looking for mentors to recruiters and entrepreneurs looking for professionals to investors looking for the next great company in search of funding. By bringing these people together, EntrepreneurFinder will start to act as an online feeder system for entrepreneurship, funneling all the key resources needed to a single freely accessible platform. 20% of new jobs come from start-ups. We need to do all we can to give motivated individuals the tools that they need to build a successful company and employ others.
Luke - 01/19/2012
Collaor8 is an idea for website that allows quick and easy educational collaboration. A place to share ideas, problems, questions, answers and anything else to do with UK education (whether you're in or out of education).
Lewis - 01/11/2012
A method for making freelancing in the web industry a viable career path
Jonathan - 01/10/2012
Email : yasmin@byoconsulting.com
Organization : byo consulting
Role : partner
Interests : government, technology, arts, education, arts education, public policy
Email : gemmillvictoria@gmail.com
Organization : graduatesforgraduates
Role : Co-Founder
Interests : Graduate Employability; youth empolyment; quality careers advice for young people; mental health; cognition; education.
Organization : Hackney Council
Role : Councillor
Interests : Education, Social Enterprise, International Development
Organization : Housing trust
Role : IT Engineer
Interests : information architecture, information technology, innovation for inclusion, innovation platforms, innovation problem solving, internet solutions, knowledge management, local, localgov, local government, local government communities, london, network society, networks, older people services, older people, old people, online learning, operating system, problem solving, public, public access computing, public administration improvement, public and voluntary and community sectors, public engagement, public participation, public sector improvement, public sector innovation, public service, public service transformation, public technology education, social media and other innovative channels of communication, social interaction design, user experience and usability, user experience design, user involvement, web, web accessibility, web development
Email : morgantim111@gmail.com
Organization : Active Enterprise
Role : Director/Owner
Interests : education, ICT, Physical Education
Email : tim@intellitics.com
Organization : Intellitics, Inc.
Role : Founder and CEO
Interests : public participation, online consultations, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, participatory budgeting, ncdd, iap2, iap2 usa, public engagement, crowdsourcing, edemocracy, education, gov20, open government, social media
Organization : Open Spectrum Studios
Role : Web designer/developer
Interests : rethinking education, social/enviro justice, creative tech, web design/dev, grassroots political engagement
Email : robert@blastbeat.org
Organization : Blastbeat Education UK
Role : Director General
Interests : Education, Music, Youth Social Enterprise creation, At Risk children, NEETs, Empowering young people, Insirping people to be their best and to become change-makers, music and entertainment's business.
Organization : Marsh Farm Outreach
Role : Director
Interests : activism, affordable homeownership for low income households, asset transfer, big society, catalytic social change, changing the way we grow and manufacture our food., change, citizen engagement/voice, citizen engagement, citizenship, civic engagement, civil rights, collaboration, co-working, collaborative, collaborative decision making, collaborative governance, collaborative technologies, communities, community activism, community assets / transfer, community buildings, community development, community development trusts, community engagement, community engagement; design; youth leadership; personal development; sustainability, community hosts, community management / ownership, community media, community organisation, community solutions, conscious consumers, doing more with less, emancipation, enterprise development, grassroots projects, grassroots projects to empower communities, helping people into work, inclusion, innovation for inclusion, local economic development, local economies, new economics, organisation, outreach, participative design., participatory budgeting, permaculture, public and voluntary and community sectors, renewable energy, self education, social business, social change, social enterprise, social enterprise and giving communities voice, social inclusion, social innovation, social innovation and innovative policy making, social innvoation, social interaction, unemployment, urban co-production, volunteer, volunteering, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurship
We'd be interested in finding out more at Camden Council
Alexander - 04/05/2011