Exploring youth engagement in a digital age
Community for youth workers & other youth professionals exploring digital dimensions of their work. Sponsored by Practical Participation.
Latest Activity
From the YWSN Project Blog
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We finished and presented the NYA funded Youth Work and Social Networking report just under a year ago - and whilst this blog has been fairly quiet, lots has been going on to take forward some of the ideas from...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....Welcome to Youth Work Online
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.
Blog Posts
Young People in a Digital World 2010
Posted by Tim Davies on February 9, 2010 at 3:00pm
Dates for 1 day Social Media & Social Network Training for Youth Professionals
Posted by Katie Bacon on January 27, 2010 at 3:11pm
e-Inclusion of Youth at Risk, INCLUSO 2010 conference - Belgium
Posted by Katie Bacon on January 23, 2010 at 7:31pm
It all started......
Posted by Joanne Jopling on January 20, 2010 at 3:14pm
Social Media & Social Networking
Posted by Katie Bacon on January 17, 2010 at 7:28pm
Where to start? One step @ a time...
Posted by Katie Bacon on January 6, 2010 at 10:02pm
An Intercontinental Conversation on Digital Youth Work
Posted by Tim Davies on January 5, 2010 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments
Greater Expectations Update and Branding Competition
Posted by Kieron Kirkland on January 5, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
Two opportunities to explore social media & work with young people
Posted by Tim Davies on January 1, 2010 at 7:08pm
What would you get if you had £500 to spend on a social media toolkit? (hardware)
Posted by Tim Davies on December 31, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments
Forum
Zen and the Heart of Social Media
Started by DK in Open discussion Feb 5.
Good examples of online video for young people with learning difficulties
Started by Michael Larbalestier in Open discussion Feb 4.
Young people joining the armed forces
Started by David Gee in Open discussion Jan 21.
Post your policies 10 Replies
Started by Tim Davies in Youth Participation Online. Last reply by Katie Bacon Jan 20.
Belgian Congress on youth seeks good practices on 'e in youthwork' 3 Replies
Started by Sebastiaan De Coninck in Open discussion. Last reply by Sebastiaan De Coninck Jan 19.
Policies, guidelines and boundaries for interacting online 40 Replies
Started by Jon Jolly in Youth Participation Online. Last reply by Diane Law Jan 8.
Conference about marginalised youth and social software
Started by Sam Thom in Open discussion Jan 7.
starting a webzine 8 Replies
Started by Barnabas Shelbourne in Open discussion. Last reply by mas Jan 3.
hi 5 Replies
Started by Neal Crowley in Open discussion. Last reply by Neal Crowley Dec. 20, 2009.
Please could you mention ITV Fixers media campaign for 16-25 year old to the young people you work with?
Started by Jacqueline Mellor in Open discussion Dec. 18, 2009.
Article in yesterdays Guardian 1 Reply
Started by Diane Law in Open discussion. Last reply by Tim Davies Dec. 14, 2009.
hi
Started by Neal Crowley in Open discussion Dec. 14, 2009.
Have a Crimbo to remember not to regret! - Any info/link suggestions? 4 Replies
Started by Katie Bacon in Open discussion. Last reply by Katie Bacon Dec. 13, 2009.
Not natives and immigrants, but residents and visitors 5 Replies
Started by Tim Davies in Open discussion. Last reply by Charlie Bluglass Dec. 12, 2009.
Student Question 8 Replies
Started by Martin Mulholland in Open discussion. Last reply by Martin Mulholland Nov. 29, 2009.
Course on working with young people/involving young people 6 Replies
Started by Will Lord in Open discussion. Last reply by Gareth Prytherch Nov. 23, 2009.
A community web site built by young people 5 Replies
Started by Kevin O'Sullivan in Open discussion. Last reply by Andy Appleyard Nov. 17, 2009.
Website builder ??? 3 Replies
Started by Andy Appleyard in Open discussion. Last reply by Andy Appleyard Nov. 17, 2009.
Sharing content between youth websites 14 Replies
Started by Tim Davies in Youth Web Sites. Last reply by Hilary Mason Nov. 4, 2009.
Presentation: Introduction to Social Media for Youth Workers 5 Replies
Started by sherif in Youth Work and Social Networking. Last reply by Gareth Cheesman Oct. 28, 2009.
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