This document discusses developing youth-driven programs to help 11-14 year olds build healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence. It notes challenges like kids being misled online, pressures around sexuality and relationships, and the need to engage kids through social media. The goal is to help kids develop critical thinking around relationships using tools like gaming, blogging and social media to create and share real stories.
A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Why Kids Don't Give a @#$% About Social Media
1. APPS & VIDEOS
ABOUT WHAT MATTERS
IN SEX & LOVE
OR
WHY KIDS DON’T
GIVE A #%@
ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
2.
3. in 2008, sojourner house got the
opportunity of a lifetime to change
teen dating violence prevention
4. the challenge: to develop
innovative, youth-driven programs to help
11-14 year olds build healthy relationships
and prevent teen dating violence.
5. “For months I
thought I was
talking to this cool
guy online. Turns
out it was some
girls from my
school trying to
make me look
stupid. The whole
school found out
and I did.”
6. “I’m a guy
dating another
guy. Yesterday
he put our
relationship
status on fb. I
wasn’t ready to
tell my parents.”
7. “my boyfriend
says that if I’m
not going to
have sex, the
least I can do is
send him nude
pix.”
Millions of years ago when I submitted this presentation abstract and title to sextech,
what is sojourner house? why do we care about digital abuse? because this is a relationship issue. It’s not a problem with the technology, it’s a problem with relationships.
here’s how we involved young people
We heard crickets, we had spent a quarter of our budget and no one liked our stuff
Actually we were this, here are all our bad statistics
Defeated, we did we
Most kids want to have positive experiences in social networks and use interactive media for positive ends. So, craft your interactive strategies with them in mind. Make information easy to share, reduce barriers for feedback. Strongly consider having this stuff happen in real time (sure, things like filtered comments will reduce the possibiity of cruelty, but it will detract from the autnenticity of the experience and prevent kids from being able to tell their story. )
Just because you have a facebook presence, or a blog or making a game doesn’t make you cool and doesn’t protect you from being lame. You can only be cool if you are using these tools to help kids tell their stories and share authentic life experiences.