NCFE - New for 2008!
GCSE Work Experience in Interactive Media
An exciting new work experience opportunity is now available at Newcastle City Learning Centre (CLC) which will enable your students to gain an additional GCSE Grade B in Interactive Media in two weeks.
This project will be an alternative to the standard work experience placements. Media industry placements are popular with young people but are limited in terms of availability. The Design IT project will create 24 placements for young people.
We will be particularly looking for young people who have a specific interest in English, Journalism, Art or Media and a genuine enthusiasm to participate in this experience. Young people interested in this work experience must complete an application form and will be required to attend a selection interview.
Design IT
Will be an opportunity for young people to work with professional media specialists to produce a young people’s magazine. This creative work experience has been designed so that all participants will be exposed to a range of technologies and media genres. They will work with a number of creative writers/journalists, professional photographers and designers.
Students will be expected to:
• Research their own ideas for articles
• Write their own articles
• Arrange and conduct interviews where appropriate
• Take relevant photographs and use software to manipulate images where necessary.
• Design the layout of their own page in the Magazine
• Act as proof readers for other students work
• Work as a team to produce an interesting magazine which will attract young people.
The work experience will run in 2 week blocks, please contact the CLC for the full programme of dates throughout the academic year.
There will be 12 places available on each work experience placement. The places allocated to each school will depend on the number of schools offering work placements in these weeks. Students will be based at Newcastle CLC but will also work on location for some of the time. The cost to schools would be £300 per student.