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How are you enabling the youth workforce to engage with digital media?
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Tim Davies replied to Sarah Howes's discussion 'Where are we heading?' in the group Researching Youth Engagement in a Digital Age

Hey Liesl This sounds very interesting indeed. I think the questions of both: how are boundaries maintained; and how are boundaries changed, but new social technologies. Look forward to meeting on the 7th May - hopefully we can have an open space…

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Connected Generation 2010: meeting the network face to face

It's here. The 2010 conference for the Youth Work Online network. We've just booked The Watershed in Bristol to host Connected Generation 2010 - a one-day national conference on 7th May 2010 exploring youth engagement and technology in 2010 - and bo…

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Tim Davies replied to Chris Skoyles's discussion 'Use of Facebook - Examples of Good Practice?'

Hey Chris Quick reply with a few links. This guide has lots in on making the case to management around using SNS; putting safety policies in place etc. DCSF just published this guide on using social media to promote positive activities. I've wri…

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Tim Davies replied to Christopher Lewis's discussion 'Facebook and e-safety sessions'

Hey Chris The essence is that, for Facebook to be able to display any content you upload to it (e.g. photos, videos etc.) they need to have permission to display it in different formats. Normally, when you upload any content over which Intellectua…

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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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If you can help us get the word out about the Connected Generation 2010 conference taking place on 7th May, then you might find the following block of text is a useful starting point for putting on e-mails / websites etc. I'll keep it updates in this forum posts with any new elements...

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Connected Generation 2010: meeting the network face to face

It's here. The 2010 conference for the Youth Work Online network. We've just booked The Watershed in Bristol to host Connected Generation 2010 - a one-day national conference on 7th May 2010 exploring youth engagement and technology in 2010 - and booking is now open. Based on feedback from participants at recent training events, and on the p… Continue

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Young People in a Digital World 2010

I had a fantastic time last week at WISE KIDS 'Young People in a Digital World' conferences up in Swansea and Bangor.

The Swansea event was webcast and recorded, and is now online here.

Select 2010 conference to view the recordings, or choose 'Social Reporting' from that drop-down menu to view a number of different videos created by young social reporters working with David Wilcox.

The young reporters sum up their experiences of the day… Continue

Posted on February 9, 2010 at 3:00pm —

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

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments

Two opportunities to explore social media & work with young people

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[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

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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, Leah Williams said…: 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