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How are you enabling the youth workforce to engage with digital media?
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This is fantastic! Amazing amount of practice advice and wisdom - and in full colour :)
Thanks for sharing this...
For anyone involved in research around young people, youth work and social technology.
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.
For anyone involved in research around young people, youth work and social technology.
Young People in a Digital World at Swansea
February 1, 2010 from 9am to 5pm
The WISE KIDS - WISP Young People in a Digital World conference is taking place on 1st February.
Join the live-stream of content, or view recorded content, at http://digitalyouthwales.ning.com
- Young People in a Digital World on February 1, 2010 from 9am to 5pm
- Young People in a Digital World on February 1, 2010 from 6pm to 7pm
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- http://www.timdavies.org.uk
- Brief bio: tell us a few facts about you & your interest in digital aspects of work with young people
- I'm an independent researcher / consultation / participation practitioner who has found himself working a lot around young people and technology.
A typical working week (not that such things exist) might find me writing a guide on using social media tools for youth engagement, training youth workers in making the most of social networks, running an online course for activists in campaigning with internet video and researching something completely non-internet connected on youth policy or participation practice.
A typical week outside of work might find me spending a lot of time in the kitchen cooking, trying to get out for a good long walk somewhere or staring out of train windows at canals..
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An Intercontinental Conversation on Digital Youth Work
People are exploring Digital Youth Work all over the world - but often there are not many opportunities to bring the conversations together.
To link up some of the work going on in different places, I've been talking with Merlyn Horton of Safe Online Outreach in Canada about holding a conference call between youth workers from the UK, and workers from Canada.
The idea would be to spend about 90 minutes with up to six people on a call, exploring… Continue
To link up some of the work going on in different places, I've been talking with Merlyn Horton of Safe Online Outreach in Canada about holding a conference call between youth workers from the UK, and workers from Canada.
The idea would be to spend about 90 minutes with up to six people on a call, exploring… Continue
Posted on January 5, 2010 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments
Two opportunities to explore social media & work with young people
(Reposted from Tim's Blog)
[Summary: Two day course, and six-month action learning set on social media in youth work and youth participation]
Getting started with digital youth work, or with using digital tools in youth participation, can seem daunting to many. It's not enough to just talk about how digital skills are essential assets… Continue
[Summary: Two day course, and six-month action learning set on social media in youth work and youth participation]
Getting started with digital youth work, or with using digital tools in youth participation, can seem daunting to many. It's not enough to just talk about how digital skills are essential assets… Continue
Posted on January 1, 2010 at 7:08pm —
What would you get if you had £500 to spend on a social media toolkit? (hardware)
I'm putting together a guide for the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council on using social media as part of a youth exchange, and I wanted to include in there an idea of what sort of social media kit you could put together if you had £500 to spend.
Below is the list I've put together so far, but I was surprised to find it only comes to £440, and I think covers all the essentials I use in day-to-day social media work.
What would you add? What would you social… Continue
Below is the list I've put together so far, but I was surprised to find it only comes to £440, and I think covers all the essentials I use in day-to-day social media work.
What would you add? What would you social… Continue
Posted on December 31, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
Your insights needed: Click Clever, Click Safe (UK Child Internet Safety Strategy)
Posted on December 10, 2009 at 1:25pm —
Studying youth work and social networks/social media?
A number of people have asked me recently about recommendations for reading linked to Youth Work and Social Media.
When I was working on the Youth Work & Social Networking report (which has a pretty broad bibliography of things worth looking at) I wrote up a summary of 10 Articles that had influenced my thinki… Continue
When I was working on the Youth Work & Social Networking report (which has a pretty broad bibliography of things worth looking at) I wrote up a summary of 10 Articles that had influenced my thinki… Continue
Posted on November 29, 2009 at 8:00pm —
Comment Wall (29 comments)
- At 10:17am on December 9, 2009,
Sarah Howes said… - Thank you very much for the reading list, I'm looking forward to getting started, just wish I had time to start reading now.
Sarah
- At 10:35pm on November 27, 2009,
Sarah Howes said…
- Hi Tim,
I've been following your online updates and am really interested in the future of youth work online. I'm currently studying an MA in youth work at Brunel and intend to write my dissertation on the topic. Do you possibly have any tips on directions for reading? Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks,
Sarah
- At 10:57am on November 10, 2009,
Adam Williams said… - Morning Tim,
Indeed, the NYA being the hub of youth work in the UK, and i am feeling quite privileged to work here! I am looking forward to engage with this network and add my pennies worth.
Adam
- At 4:49pm on July 14, 2009,
Tim Howell said…
- I am keen to enable online contacts to be recognised for their impact, and am exploring designing simple quizzes for young people to complete using the 'rate your youth worker' headline, but very much about recognising any difference we have made on line; once printed out, I would propose that they could form the evidence for our performance returns.
the questions would be framed on the ECM outcomes. I am keen to find out of any other youth workers have made headway in evidencing on line work.
- At 10:20pm on May 7, 2009,
Liesl Conradie said… - Hi Tim
Yes, I am looking at how the use of Social Networking Sites influence the self-perception of young people and also the implications for leisure pursuits and academic attainment.
What are you going to do back in full-time education?
- At 10:36am on April 1, 2009,
Mark said… - That's a great idea Tim,
I know it's eaisly done with the software i am using but to be honest a lot of people are signing up and don't know how to use the forums so i think i need to do a piece of work on showing them the ins & outs of how it works.
I have had a great response from people working on the ground all over the country but as i suspected the main Irish youth orgs are reluctant, there more interested in who the site is affialated to.
If you provide me with a logo i'll stick it up on my links page.
Great idea about going mobile.
If you had an rss feed for your forums 'd be interested in setting up a seperarte YOUTH WORK ONLINE forum?
Cheers
Mark
- At 1:41pm on March 9, 2009,
Chris Cook said…
- Hi Tim
Somehow I seem to have forgotten the email I used to setup my original account. Could you tell me what I used and I'll track back from there.
Thanks
Chris
- At 9:15pm on March 2, 2009,
Deni Riach said… - Hi Tim
We are looking at the practical issues involved for a rural area like ours at the moment but are very interested in looking at social networking and online methods of participation. Some of the group have put forward a big bid to the lottery which includes setting up blogging....most of us are still really getting to grips with what opportunities are out there. I would be very interested to look at other areas and find out how they are doing it!
Deni
- At 5:53pm on January 9, 2009,
Leah Williams said…
- Thanks - I'll definitely be in touch with you and the Gateshead project!
And I'll post a forum question shortly...
Leah
- At 5:26pm on January 9, 2009,
- Hi Tim
I don't have any great examples to share at the moment, but I'm looking into it. That's partly why I joined this network - to see how other sectors are using social media and networks etc. Did you set up the Youth Work Online network? If so, it'd be great to chat offline / meet up to talk about your experience of doing that.
Quite a lot of women's organisations are using facebook (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2451312346 and http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6812316699) and I also use Twitter (http://twitter.com/whywomen).
I'll keep an eye out for anything useful I can share with the network!
Leah
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