These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 7th December to 23rd February. For more related links, check out my links page
Aiming High for Young People: Engaging through social media - Every Child Matters - DCSF have created a set of materials to help communicate and collaborate with young ...
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 1st October to 22nd October. For more related links, check out my links page
Youth work in a digital age - Children & Young People Now - Digital media opens up a host of opportunities for youth workers to engage with young people. Tim Davies ...
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 8th March to 2nd April. For more related links, check out my links page
Stuck in the Middle - serving Middle school students and equipping people who love them
'Acne lights' used to stop young people gathering - Youth Work - Children & Young ...
I noticed this short news article about how a British Neuroscientist is concerned that Social Networks such as Facebook, MySpace, et al can permanently alter the minds of young people.
Greenfield said while the government was looking into issues around online child safety and privacy, the issue of how sites such as Bebo and MySpace ...
One of the many great blogs that I regularly read is that of Dana Boyd. She posted at the weekend about the outcomes of the Lori Drew trial in the USA. For those who might not remember, wikipedia explains:
Megan Meier was an American teenager... who committed suicide in October 2006. Her suicide was attributed to cyber-bullying ...
MAS over at The (Late) Breakfast Society has posted a collection of predictions for how online youth work could develop over the next 12 months. Below is a slideshow of some of the predictions, but it's worth clicking through to the post to read the rest of his comments. He says:
Overall there’s a sense of hope that Youth Work ...
I know that the last few posts have been about the developments at UKYouthOnline and I don't want to keep banging on about the same thing, but a great video has been posted on the site by Katie Bacon where a centre-based youth worker explains the journey they have been on in using Bebo to promote their work. It's 5 minutes long and not ...
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OK, so I just got back from the first ever UkYouthOnline UnConference and I have to say it was an excellent day! Organised by Tim Davies, around 70 people from various youth work, participation and technological backgrounds looked at the issues and opportunities of engaging with young people online. It was really exciting to see what and how others were doing.
I think I was pretty up to speed with the use of online media (others came to ...
There's a great conversation happening over at UK Youth Online about practical steps for youth workers to take while interacting with young people online.
Most people are taking the view that to ensure accountability and transparency, workers should have a different profile or login for work and personal.
I'm interested in ...
There's lot of talk at the moment about the future of youth work. Marko's been blogging extracts from his new book 'Youth Ministry 3.0...' looking at how we’re missing the mark in [US] youth ministry, and what needs to change in order to more truly live into our calling as youth workers.
Over this side of the Atlantic, Tim Davies has been running a survey on Youth Work and Social Networking for the NYA and has set-up an online network for looking ...
