Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘social media’

One Page guides on Social Media

For the past few weeks, I had been planning a series of posts about the various online Social Media tools explaining what they were and how they could potentially be used within youth work. However, I’ve realised that rather than re-invent the wheel, I should just point out the excellent One Page Guides written by [...]

Using SNS with Young People

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 [...]

Youth Work and Social Media: Boundaries and Guidelines

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 this debate as I currently [...]