E-mentoring Newsletter No 1

Welcome to our first E-mentoring newsletter created to give you the latest news on the project you are a part of.

The newsletter will also give you all the chance to tell each other what you think of the project, what it has meant for you and to spread your word to everyone involved.

We will be sending you emails to tell you when there is a new e-newsletter.  In each email will be a weblink which will take you to your special on-line newsletter.  Just click it and it will take you straight to the newsletter  page.

We need your ideas

We'd like you to tell us what you think - just use the special e-mentoring web tool to keep us informed.  If you've got some useful websites you think would be helpful to others involved in the project - Mentors or Mentees - then let us know.

Happy reading.

Did you get switched onto new technology?

Lots of our Mentees attended the official launch of the programme which took place in the Quayside Exchange in Sunderland.  

The day saw our Mentees getting the chance to use a range of computer equipment.

All the activities they did showed them why staying switched on with ICT at school is important for them when they become adults.  

They had the chance to try different software and different equipment as well as registering themselves on the E-mentoring on-line tool.

We took photographs of all the pupils at work during the  day and some of them arte shown here.  Are you in our photographs?

You can take a look at more of our photos by clicking this link

Mentees work on-line

At the event our Mentees were set the task of coming up with some designs for our newsletter - and ideas for content.

They were asked what questions they would ask of their Mentors and also how a Mentor could help them. 

Some even created draft page designs for our newsletter.

The contents of this newsletter is based on their work.

See you soon

As well as using the internet to talk to Mentors our Mentees will be meeting up again soon to take part in other activites.  Get your diary out and make a note of these dates:

• Enterprise and Skills Day – June 3 2009 - get a taste of running a company and producing a product from start to finish - and try and make a profit.  Mentees will go through all stages of product production – from initial development, purchasing raw materials, production, costing, marketing, selling and making a profit.
• First Class Careers – July 1 2009 - A carousel event giving Mentees the chance of working with a range of businesses, including those in the third sector, to explore a wide range of careers through getting a taste of typical workplace activities.

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