Youth Work Online - Exploring youth engagement in a digital age

Exploring youth engagement in a digital age

Community for youth workers & other youth professionals exploring digital dimensions of their work. Sponsored by Practical Participation.

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anna bone can anyone help me with questions I have relating to youth work?

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nancy shakerley is now a member of Youth Work Online

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Chie Elliott is now a member of Youth Work Online

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anna bone can anyone help me with questions I have relating to youth work?

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Sangeet Bhullar joined Steven Flower's group

Promoting Positive Activities

Interested in the PPA agenda? Want to get beyond websites and leaflets? Or - want a website and a leaflet?? Plings is about exploring this issue and finding creative, practical and appropriate ways to collect, collate and distribute.

March 12

Sangeet Bhullar joined Dave Briggs's group

Social Media Surgery

The online version of the unconference place for advice and guidance on using social media to engage with young people. NOT a clinic!

March 12

Jeremy Day commented on Jeremy Day's photo 'Visio-how-to-page-setup'

Worker flow chart on what to do if a young person has set up a Facebook page (or similar) for a youth session you have resaponsibility for. This is one of the oldest issues, been going on since Myspace days! Would welcome any feedback, experiences,…

March 12

Jeremy Day commented on Jeremy Day's photo 'Visio-how-to-young-friend'

Worker flow-chart on issue: friended on Facebook by a young person aged under 13. Would welcome any feedback!

March 12

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March 12

Gil Gillies updated their profile photo

March 12

Gil Gillies is now a member of Youth Work Online

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March 12

Sarah Howes Has managed to get Wiltshire on Facebook, and the youth centre I'm running - Canberra. Big Grin of Pride

March 12

Micki Willows and anna bone are now friends

March 11

Xcentre, emma-jane cross, Alistair Baggott and 1 more joined Youth Work Online

March 10

Sarah Howes replied to Sarah Howes's discussion 'Where are we heading?' in the group Researching Youth Engagement in a Digital Age

Hi Liesl, I think your right to flag up the need to maintain professional youth boundaries in an online setting, and my belief that this will come from policy; that should be informed by those on the ground and practice of online working. (So a bot…

March 9

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Welcome to Youth Work Online

The network for exploring youth engagement in a digital age.

This is a space where you can:

Share your questions about the impact of digital technologies on work with young people; and about the policy or practice of digital youth work
Update colleagues about new developments and share your latest work.
Join in in-depth discussions about working with young people and new technologies.
Find out about face-to-face events and activities.

Whether you are looking at youth outreach on social network sites; policies for digital youth engagement; practical tips on e-safety; or ideas on the latest or best digital tools to use - we invite you to join and participate in the network.

(Plus, sometimes we get together in person at events like this one: Connected Generation 2010 on Friday 7th May 2010)