New training dates 1 day Social Media & Social Networking course for Youth Professionals

Social media can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. There are undoubtedly both positive and negative aspects to social media – but whatever our views – Youth Professionals need to understand the online activities and... Read More

Social Media & Social Network Training

Social Media & Social Networking: Exploration day for Afasic http://www.afasic.org.uk/ Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision for children and young people with speech and language impairments. It works in partnership with local and national government, professional and statutory bodies and other voluntary organisations. Tim Davies and I co-delivered... Read More

Training and information

Social media can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. There are undoubtedly both positive and negative aspects to social media – but whatever our views – Youth Professionals need to understand the online activities and environments young people... Read More

Videos

Below are videos relating to the work I do Google Wave – A communication and productivity system from Google http://wave.google.com/about.html embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Young person talking about how he’s used facebook as a UK Youth Parliament Devon member to engage young people to campaign about local issues in Devon. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube... Read More

eSafety & eSafeguarding Information & guidance

I have collated the reports which have informed my practice and learning on eSafety & eSafeguarding for social networking digital youth outreach.  I shall continue to update this page. Internet sites for Practitioners to review Safety tips for Bebo, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube http://buk.cc/cNwSP9 Yahoo! Safely http://safely.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Safely Handout http://www.scribd.com/doc/20032527/Yahoo-Safely Connect Safely http://www.connectsafely.org/ Recommended privacy settings for young teens... Read More

Helpful information and online activities for young people & children promoting online eSafety

I have collated the web links below which have I have found useful in the development of my practice and learning on eSafety.  They can be used to facilitate group work sessions with young people to encourage learning and self reflection about online eSafety. I shall continue to update this... Read More

Helpful informative links & news articles

I am attempting to collate all the web links, news articles and infromation I’ve used during the last year to understand and plan how to utilize social network sites for digital youth outreach. Hope you find this helpful! This will be updated on a regularity basis. Youth Work in a Digital... Read More

On line social networking tools & applications

I am attempting to collate all the web links and information I’ve used during the last year to understand and plan how to utilize social network sites for digital youth outreach.  Hope you find this helpful! Printable one page guides: Excellent collection of 21 handy one page guides about online tools and... Read More

Reports on Social Networking & digital youth outreach

I have collated the reports which I have found useful when developing my practice and learning on social networking digital youth outreach.  I shall continue to update this page. Meeting of Minds: Cross-Generational Dialogue on the Ethics of Digital Life Today’s youth inhabit new digital social spaces foreign to most adults. These spaces... Read More

Reports – Online digital youth outreach, Devon Youth Service

Below are the reports and consultation document on digital youth outreach and eParticipation within Devon Youth Service.  Constructive comments and feedback are welcomed to continue the development and delivery of online digital youth outreach. Out of the box – plain version Social Network Consultation Strategy – Devon County Council Social Network Consultation Strategy... Read More