Youth SNS Outreach - next steps..

Social media can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. There are undoubtedly both positive and negative aspects to social media – but whatever our views – Youth Professionals need to understand the online activities and environments young people are engaging with. Explore both how to support young people as they engage in these environments; and how to creatively use social media and social networking to enh… Continue

Computers and Internet are omnipresent in our society. Social software sites like Facebook, Netlog, Twitter .. are well known and are frequently used for the development of social contacts.
Educators and governments have rightly questioned the impact of these online social networks. The potential adver… Continue

Social Media & Social Networking: Exploration day for Afasic http://www.afasic.org.uk/

Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision for children and young people with speech and language impairments. It work… Continue

One step @ a time....I have had numerous conversations with youth practitioners who have expressed frustration about the resistance and lack of interest from colleagues/local authority. Other professionals have expressed interest but feel overwhelmed about how and/or what level of ‘online engagement’ to start with and where to aim… Continue

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One of the areas I am currently exploring is how social media platforms can be creatively utilised to eng… Continue