Exploring youth engagement in a digital age
Exploring how youth work and informal education professionals can support young people in a digital world.
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From the YWSN Project Blog
Online interventions can change online behaviour
One of our suggestions in the Youth Work and Social Networking research was that youth workers who find young people to have risky or 'unsuitable' information on their Social Network Site profiles, or finding profiles where the privacy settings have...Opportunity Links: research presentation
I recently presented the findings of the Youth Work and Social Networking research at a conference organised by Opportunity Links. The presentation was videoed and at 20 minutes is probably the best brief overview of the research available to watch...danah boyd on 'online street workers'
danah boyd, whose work leads the field when it comes to understanding young people's interaction with and experiences of Social Network Sites has just shared on her blog an exploration of the Lori Drew online bullying case in the US...Voices from practice: how to get started with SNS in youth work...
Much of the learning for the Youth Work and Social Networking project cam from the fantastic work going on in Devon to pioneer and explore new approaches to online engagement with young people, driven forward by the brilliant Katie Bacon....WiseKids Webcast: youth work and social networking workshop
Cross posted from Tim's Blog If you prefer listening to a presentation over reading a report (PDF) - then you can catch some of the key learning from the Youth Work and Social Networking project in this video from Tim...Connected Generation unConference
The next unConference face-to-face gathering for members of this network (and anyone else interested in youth engagement in a digital age) will be on the 11th July 2009 in central London.
Booking is now full. If you are registered to take part - please do suggest possible session topics in the forum.
Follow on the twitter hashtag #cgen09 or via blog posts here afterwards.
Youth Work Online is an evolving network of practitioners sharing their learning, their questions, their visions and their ideas about the future of youth work and the web.
Members come from a wide variety of backgrounds - and are brought together by a shared interest in using technology in positive ways to support young people's positive personal and social development.
This is an open network - and new members are welcome to join in and take part.
Blog Posts
Youth Volunteering opportunities via Twitter
Posted by Tony Cisse on July 7, 2009 at 10:37am
Access to free or heavily discounted training
Posted by Tony Cisse on June 25, 2009 at 12:27pm
Weekend working survey flying
Posted by Andy Hillier on June 24, 2009 at 11:30am
Nominet Trust
Posted by Tony Cisse on June 23, 2009 at 10:27am
New self-harm posters available from YouthNet
Posted by Tash on June 10, 2009 at 5:22pm
Forum
Case study: social network apps. for youth engagement
Started by Harry Harrold in 2009 unConference - Connected Generation 1 day ago.
How are you enabling the youth workforce to engage with digital media?
Started by Tim Davies in Open discussion 1 day ago.
Facebook Fan Pages 3 Replies
Started by Tim Davies in Open discussion. Last reply by Mark Schreiber Jul 2.
Policies, guidelines and boundaries for interacting online 36 Replies
Started by Jon Jolly in Youth Participation Online. Last reply by Jon Jolly Jun 26.
Session Idea: Youth Engagement and Social Media Guide 1 Reply
Started by Tim Davies in 2009 unConference - Connected Generation. Last reply by Tom Gaskin Jun 25.
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