Youth SNS Outreach - next steps..

Gaining permission to utilising social media to engage with young people online can be a challenge as ‘some’ organisations and managers are resistant due to lack of knowledge or experience of social media. Also as it’s such a new methodology to engage with young people funds may have not been allocated in current annual budgets to invest in exploring the potential and p… Continue

Annotations Man, & How to use YouTube annotations are many user-created tutorials about annotations, you would have learned that interactive video annotations are a set of simple tools that enable you to add text and hyperlinks directly onto your youtube videos. There are so many creative ways this tool could be used within a youth work setting wit… Continue

7 young people from across Devon, meet at Devon County Hall and took part in reviewing the first induction training workshops tools/tasks for young people to ‘co-manage/setup’ groups with Devon Youth Service staff. Session was delivered by Katie Bacon & Kristy Miller.
Young peopl… Continue

Annual review of work completed in 2008 on Social Network eParticipation

Policy/practice framework - sections completed to date:

 Completed risk assessment
 Code of conduct for SNS profile between staff and young people
 eSafeguarding -Disclosure of information Child Support Legislation
 Verification of identities of practitioners & young people SNS profile
 E-mail disclaimer – fair processing information guidance
 Guidance for youth practitioner(s) to prevent and respo… Continue

Fostering Network Magazine - encouraging practitioners and organisations to consider the benefits of SNS as a communication/learning application. Article includes examples of Devon County Councils application of SNS with young people & Norfolk Blurb - Tom Gaskin.

http://fcm.fostering.net/issues/winter-2009/banishing-internet-demons