2. We are now the Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre
3. computer skills We do many things including teaching and multimedia to adults in the community
4. Our most popular are Multimedia 1 and Office Skills 1 computer classes
5. Some of our best students are women who have young children... But we had a problem: They miss some classes and fall behind... so they get discouraged... and they don’t come back to class...
6. AccessACE came to the rescue: with some funding & some advice... we made our plan to help retain our students
7. Our plan was approved: Tutorials on line ESL Linux for Sale Open Source Logins VPN Project Photostory by our Multimedia 3 students: http://users.tpg.com.au/adslsrxj/accessACE/index.html
8. Tutorials on line Our best tutorials are now accessed from our website: frwp.org.au Status: Completed Value to the project : Very high
9. ESL: English as a Second Language ESL: English as a Second Language ESL: English as a Second Language ESL: English as a Second Language ESL: English as a Second Language We now have a separate virtual network with ESL logins, ESL software and laser printer just for ESL students. This keeps the work of all computer and ESL students safe Status: Completed Value to the project : Very high
10. Linux 4 Sale Open Source software Our Wokshop class rebuilds old computers into Puppy or Ubuntu Linux desktops. We sell them to students for $20 each We give Open Source software discs to our students, with advice on installation. We don’t encourage them doing OSS downloads because they are just too big Status: Completed Value to the project : Moderate
11. Logins We set up different logins for teachers and for different student levels Each login provides a different desktop configuration, and different software, appropriate admin authority and preferences with access to their separate folders on a network server sysadmin fnh adv student esl Status: Completed Value to the project : Very high
12. VPN: Virtual Private Network To give students access to their work on our server from home or anywhere But there are major security issues: We don’t want our server attacked So we are building a new Linux server just for student VPN access Status: In progress Value to the project : High
13. Some other results from this project: PhotoStory very popular with students Status: In progress Value to the project : Very high More video editing More complex student projects Better performances, higher expectations Better employment prospects
14. How did we do? Did we retain our target students ? Yes !
15. How did we achieve this? Some preliminary ideas... We had more time for teachers to plan lessons. Each lesson now has clearer objectives Tutorials and homework class have proven very popular at all student levels AccessACE gave us some extra teacher time resources... Students have understood our project aim and they feel more supported. They are less afraid to return to class. There is a stronger community understanding that we care for our students and that we want them to succeed Students have understood our project aim and they feel more supported. They are less afraid to return to class.
16. Thank you for your help & support Robbie, Manrico & Chiemi Farnham Street Neighbourhood Learning Centre frwp.org.au fnhouse.org.au November 2007
