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Predictions for 2009
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Started this discussion. Last reply by mas Nov. 11, 2008.
Voluntary Codes for Online Youth Work - useful or not?!
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Tim Davies Aug. 18, 2008.
Future Innovation in Youth Work
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Dave Briggs Aug. 12, 2008.
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I think I'd have to turn the question around and ask if never being allowed to use technology would help or hinder young peoples growth in society or their social skills? From that I'd also want to explore whether or not this is a question that wi...
a different approach could be to use sites like issuu or scribd and just use a basic wordpress type site to promote each issue - then you also have the advantage of being able to email copies to people (if you have/set up a mailing list too)
you get up to all sorts of strange things down there! Hope parenthood is treating you well Katie :-)
Thanks Charlotte - I'm really torn with it as a concept! Partly I think there are more efficient ways of achieving the same aims - I wasn't thinking wasteful just in terms of paper, but also in terms of time and related cost in managing the proces...
Maybe some positive stuff - like how new opportunities are being presented, how increased connectivity benefits those otherwise in isolation (geographical, health etc.), how young people enjoy spending heir time online, what potential there is for...
sorry to be bah, humbug but what's the point? Is it that MP's are more likely to take messages written on paper more seriously? otherwise I don't get the advantages of doing this rather than presenting them electronically, isn't it just a bit wast...
lol I don't think many of us call them 'Shires' - local council here usually means Town, County Council would be the Shire bit ;-)
Thanks for sharing Sherif, looks cool
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- I'm interested in the use of the internet as a positive development tool to support young peoples development & community participation.
I develop training and resources for youth participation both in the UK and Ireland and have worked over in Donegal and a few other places in between there & Belfast! Previously I set up and ran YoMo Community Interest Company and before that I set up the National Young Movers programme supporting young people in areas of deprivation throughout the UK to organise community activities.
Currently I'm Chairperson of The YoMo Foundation, supporting children in Malawi to have the opportunity to attend secondary school.
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How will Youth Work use the Web in 2009?
I've put up a slideshow of thoughts from different people about how Youth Work will use the web in 2009 - you can also listen to DK's (Mediasnackers) ideas in a youtube film too.
Please add your own thoughts or comments about the predictions
View the slideshow and film here
Please add your own thoughts or comments about the predictions
View the slideshow and film here
Posted on November 27, 2008 at 10:36pm —
Digital Youth Work - Appreciating the Environment
I've stuck up my thoughts about how the framework for the first of the Digital Youth Work Courses could work. The first course has the theme of 'Appreciating the Environment'.
What we need now is ideas for the practical activities that make the connection between online resources and using technology to help yo… Continue
What we need now is ideas for the practical activities that make the connection between online resources and using technology to help yo… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2008 at 9:55pm —
Why Bother?!
I've done a summary of the responses from the session that Jon Jolly and myself did - the summaries are just from the bits that people stuck onto my impromptu 'interactive bar chart sheet!' - but I've added some personal thoughts about the subsequent discussion over on my blog too
If you just want to get straight to the responses heres a copy of the summary....… Continue
If you just want to get straight to the responses heres a copy of the summary....… Continue
Posted on September 28, 2008 at 8:06pm —
Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 11:03am on March 11, 2009,
Andy Hillier said… - Hi Mike, we've had this guy post a message on the CYP Now website. We don't currently have a dedicated resources section but my head of online content is looking at what we can do. Do you know of anything that already exists? Here's the discussion.
http://community.cypnow.co.uk/forums/p/939/2291.aspx#2291
Many thanks,
Andy
- At 12:58pm on October 24, 2008,
Katie Bacon said… - brillaint I shall get on teh case - will aim for 2nd week of nov to alow tim time - he;s alays busy. Makes sense to get him down for 1/2 a day (lives in oxford) I shall get back to you end of next week with a date.
- At 12:52pm on October 24, 2008,
Katie Bacon said…
- sound - I shall organise carl haggerty (communcation lead for devon county council), John Calvert (senior team leader devon youth service) and Tim Lowthern (Connexions) to tag along - is that ok, not an issue if it is. John maybe able to cover the cost from Tim Davies to come join the coffee session mmmmmmmmmm what are you thoughts?
- At 12:41pm on October 24, 2008,
Katie Bacon said…
- wow if your living in devon - that meet up for anatter and exchange of ideas?
Go on - It will be my round! I can get carl and john to come along as well.
- At 12:04pm on October 24, 2008,
Katie Bacon said…
- ARGH! You’re linked to yomo training.
i attended NYA participation works conference in Sep and the BEST speaker by FAR was a young person presenting on yomo (apologies forgotten her name). Her presentation was the best in regards communicating clearly to the audience, content was relevant and informative - kick arse!
- At 2:53pm on October 7, 2008,
Charlie Bluglass said… - That would definitely be useful - I can see situations where groups might want to have discussions not viewable by the rest of the centre - the equivalent of a group confidentiality policy.
Thanks
Charlie
- At 10:50am on August 19, 2008,
Mog said… - Hi Mike,
Thanx for shaving my yeti!!!! I've stopped using that site at the mo as we've found in work that .asp sites are becoming victims of malware attacks form some dodgy gambling site in Russia!!! Loving the blog tho....
- At 4:14pm on June 17, 2008,
mas said…
- Hi Alex - thanks for the comment. Interestingly no we don't have a good practice document - this is because of the way we've evolved - we originally had our own online network that we used to keep in touch with volunteers and to manage opportunities for courses etc. About a year ago we moved to google groups but didn't like it) and then to Facebook. We're only a very small organisation and only myself and the Directors & Lead Trainers have access to personal details etc. (all required to have Criminal Record Checks) but because in effect we've always operated online we've never had that moment of thinking we need to put a policy in place (+ of course we don't have the same issues as local authority groups).
It is something I'd be interested in developing though - not just from a safety aspect but also for good practice in making it effective - we have had issues in the past with previous staff perhaps wasting too much time or not being effective in online communications so it would be interesting to explore that. Facebook is actually probably safer than when we had our own network running of our server because Facebook is quite limiting in the data we can access about users anyway, so that would also be an interesting thing to explore in terms of data access and child protection etc.
It'll be a little while before I can give it proper thought but I'll stick it on my todo list - not least because it would be handy to be able to provide local authorities with a model they can use for some of the stuff we're trying to develop at the mo - I'm sure its the sort of thing Tim Davies would be interested in looking at too.
best wishes - mas
- At 1:35pm on June 17, 2008,
Alex Dowding said… - Hi Mike,
I've been reading loads on your blog as well as Tims over the last few days and have a question about your entry on Bored With Facebook! You mention you already have a Facebook group set up for YoMo. Do you have a good practice document for interactions with young people online? It's something the local authority I work for is struggling with!
Alex
ps. really enjoyed your blog!
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