In June I began supporting a young people's research group "Digitech" at St. Katherine's School in Ham Green, Pill, in North Somerset. The group formulated a research statement to clarify their aims -
"WE ARE UNDERTAKING A RESEARCH PROJECT INTO THE USES OF DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY (DMT). USING A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL OUR AIM IS TO DISCOVER WHETHER OR NOT DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY COULD BE PUT TO BETTER USE AND INCREASED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE LEARNING WITHIN A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT". DIGITECH, 2007.
Supporting Digitech to develop research skills and knowledge provides an opportunity not only to foster my own understanding of the process of participatory research processes but also to gain a young person's first hand perspective on effective uses of digital media technology for learning.
