(Part of Learnscope 2006: teacherConnect Networked Professional Development)

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Brief - Description of the Project:

PROJECT TAG: tourismhospitalityed

The ‘Tourism Hospitality NetworkED (THED) ’ project covers the latest technological developments in the world of tourism & hospitality education and training. The project focuses on training a teaching team in the use of new technologies to enhance the facilitation of practical learning around the tourism & hospitality workplace. The project is tied to the Professional Development project Teacher Connect as well as funding from CSHT&H division (Nerolli Cassidy).

During the project the Teaching and Learning Resource Unit and a group of mentors (Hunter Institute, Otago Polytechnic) will support and work with the teachers in the classroom on:

The use of online technologies to teach including web2.0 technologies. For example,

• http://blogger.com - For publishing resources
• http://flickr.com - For sharing photos and training
• http://del.icio.us.com - For sharing hospitality websites,
• Podcasting - For delivering audio lessons…
• The development and use of video technology for training and student learning; delivered via the internet , Mobile Phone PDA and/or video iPod

The target group is Wollongong Otago and Hunter TAFE Hospitality students.

Tourism & Hospitality NetworkED (THED)

The project will lead to the creation of a tourism and hospitality network for further teacher professional development and cross Institute databank to share hospitality resources, http://teacherconnect.wikispaces.com