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Youth Work goes Digital!
Digital youth work uses technology and digital media in youth programs and services. It helps young people understand and engage with an increasingly digital world while also digitalizing youth work itself. Strategic support is needed for organizations to fully utilize digital tools in their work. At the European level, an expert group is identifying training needs and recommending policies to support digital youth work, and several trainings on topics like digital literacy and online safety will be offered across Europe in the coming years.
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Youth Work goes Digital!
- 1. Youth Work goesDigital! Suvi Tuominen / Verke / Finland @suvimt / @verkeorg
- 2. In this presentation 1.Why is digital youth work needed? Digitalisation in society 2. What is digital youth work? Definitions & practical examples 3. How to support organisations in digital youth work? Strategy building tools & training materials 4. What is happening at European level? COM expert group & forthcoming trainings
- 3. 1) Why isdigital youth work needed?
- 5. Every new developmentin technology can be bigger than all the previous ones together
- 10. ”The goal isto have computers start to interact in natural human terms across a range of applications and processes” IBM
- 13. We can notescape the future • Technology has changed the world we live in - and will change in the future, too • Technology will become invisible • Technological skills will be needed in almost every occupation • Development of technology should not be left to engineers only • We should not only adapt ourselves to technological development, but actively participate in creating it
- 14. 2) What isdigital youth work?
- 15. DIGITAL YOUTH WORKmeans using / addressing digital media and / or technology in youth work
- 17. Digital youth workis not a niche nor a specialiced area in youth work
- 18. Digital youth workhas the same goals as youth work in general
- 19. Fostering personal, social,and educational development of young people through the use of digital media and technology
- 20. “Youth work valuesare what’s most important, and then we build the technology around that: It’s less about building technical skills and more about being a tool to express themselves.” - Youth Worker, Northern Ireland
- 21. Two dimensions 1. Helpingyoung people to understand digitalisation 2.Digitalising youth work services
- 22. Storytelling in digitalplatforms
- 24. Hackathons encourage tocreativity
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- 27. Gaming with youngpeople
- 28. Vlogs by youthworkers
- 30. 3) How tosupport organisations in digital youth work?
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- 32. Why is strategicdevelopment needed? • Digital issues are not included in youth policy / strategy papers • Digital media is seen only as social media, and it’s full potential is not yet discovered • Many projects concentrate on one activity / method —> a larger view to digital youth work is needed
- 36. 4) What ishappening at European level?
- 37. ”Young people areincreasingly engaging with new technologies and digital media. There is clearly a role for online youth work practice, in terms of exploiting a new space for youth work in a meaningful way, supporting digital literacy and enabling young people to deal with some of the associated risks. The practice implications for youth workers lie in new competencies required and new forms of boundary maintenance in relationships with young people.” (Declaration of the 2nd European Youth Work Convention, Brussels, April 2015)
- 38. The EU expertgroup on youth and digitalization • A group of experts from almost all member states • Appointed by the European Commission in June 2016 • Two outputs: list of training needs & draft policy recommendations • Will conclude work by the end of 2017; the next step will be national implementation
- 39. Training needs fordigital youth work Planning and designing digital youth work Digitalisation & society Digital literacy Communication Creating digital content Safety Reflection
- 40. Trainings to come •Make Space not War! Maker Spaces in Youth Work (Luxemburg, July) • Digital Youth Work Conference (Austria, November) • Developing Digital Youth Work (Hungary, March) • Strategies for Digital Youth Work (Finland, beginning of 2018) • Dig It Up! (Italy, April 2018)
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