Flip camera and Project PALM metaphors - Rough!!

I have just put together a short video using a cheap flip camera, to add to the VET Futures presentation on Tuesday in Brisbane.  Took about 30 minutes and yes it is rough, but does visualise the metaphors we used for this Project PALM Problem based active learning model.  Palm trees, fronds and coconuts.


The PALM ( Problem based active learning model) acronym was represented with the Palm tree.  Aligning the trunk, coconuts and fronds enable us to market and have some fun with how we talked about this project!  Plus... with so many other VET Futures initiatives out there we needed to differentiate ourselves as the FIRST TQR VET Futures focused project.

The fronds on our visual metaphor represent the 6 Institutes we worked with in this project as well as the TQR facilitators, Julie, Nicole and Peter as key connecting fronds and linkages between participants and Institute management and our Project PALM team.  The trunk as we moved up the tree signified the progression of activities that we as a team had developed to progress the project and achieve our aims in supporting professional development for teachers focused on three core priority areas; e-learning, assessment and instructional design. The bunches of coconuts coconuts represent the learning are all of the possible tools, technology and criteria that encapsulate what needs to be explored, and reinvigorated and applied in teaching practice for the 21st century VET teacher and associated support staff.  The whole coconut represents the learning criteria and the husks within the coconut illustrate how intertwined much of this learning needs to be.  How job was to collaboratively break open this coconut (dehusk) and negotiate with participants realistic just in time learning activities and options in a project Palm action plan.  We have broken the core priority areas down into focused manageable timely learning activities and identified and connected key support methods to assist in the learning process.

So now I am going to attempt to upload this video to Youtube and share this short video of our project that will enable the metaphor to be visualised, 30 minutes work... any feedback gratefully received!