Tim Davies wrote a great article about digital youth work which was published in Children & Young People Now last week. As well as highlighting the many ways in which youth workers are engaging digital media to connect with young people, Tim quotes my previous articles about using text messaging with youth groups. Here’s the beginning of the article:

Young people are growing up in a digital world. Blogging and video sharing platforms give young people the chance to access and publish content in ways literally impossible just a few years ago. Mobile phones and games consoles are increasingly internet-connected. And with more than 80 per cent of 11- to 25-year-olds using one or more social networking sites, according to research consultancy NFP Synergy, high-speed digital communication has become an essential part of most young people’s lives.

Some people have seen the digital world as a threat to youth work as we know it – but digital technologies offer youth workers a whole new set of tools to work with, and create opportunities that youth work cannot afford to miss.

Thanks for the mention, Tim! To read the rest of the article online, click here.

UPDATE: Time has posted an earlier and lengthier draft of the article on his blog here.

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