Infocow connects you with useful stuff to help take control of life - sites, stories, information and inspiration. It’s made for and created by young people, aged around 14-19. Infocow links to hundreds of different websites and sources of information that can help make positive changes, whether that’s finding out what to do after GCSEs, or what the first steps are to leaving home. Presentation given by Kieron Kirkland at the Infocow launch event in London, July 8th 2010.

3. How can you? Support young people to develop their aspirations, and engage with their entitlements for lives and learning? Stimulate learner led motivation and engagement with opportunities for learning and development? Connect services for young people in a way that is accessible and relevant to them?

4. Identify core principles relating to young people’s expectations, entitlements and aspirations and examine how digital technologies can help put them into practice

6. And create a resource that connects individuals to tools and networks using existing behaviours... X  Image: Kzero 2010

7. www.infocow.org.uk

8. Free to use resource Aimed at young people aged around 14-19 3 key features : Links to sources of inspiration and information to help young people take advantage of their rights and entitlements Gives specific rights information related to your search Is sociable: people, vote, comment and suggest resources. Can link to Facebook so people share useful sites between friends

9. Audience

10. Work and learning opportunities Play and Recreation Staying safe Identity, Respect, Equality Friendships, relationships and support Creativity and Arts Participation and Voice Health and Well Being Community and environment

12. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search

13. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search Vote and comment on sites

14. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links Vote and comment on sites

15. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links Vote and comment on sites Suggest new sites

16. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links Vote and comment on sites Suggest new sites Offers right statement based on search

17. Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links Vote and comment on sites Suggest new sites Lots of different links, information, video Offers right statement based on search

18. Where can you use ? Large range of possibilities, in and out of ‘formal’ settings Informal tool to support young people in exploring their lives Formal Education - PSHE - Citizenship Extended services – support connecting young people to a ‘varied menu of activities’ Part of youth engagement– connecting young people to opportunities, and extending staff knowledge Organisations to share their own resources www.infocow.org.uk

20. Get in touch to find out more! www.infocow.org.uk kieron.kirkland@futurelab.org.uk twitter.com/kieronkirkland www.futurelab.org.uktwitter.com/futurelabedu