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I, as many other delegates must have done, first attended the WISE KIDS-WISP conference expecting it to be mainly about internet safety.



A pivotal part of the dicussions did revolve around online safety. But the general consensus was that a safe web environment is only the groundwork, the basic foundation on top of which innovation and inspiration… Continue

Huw Bryant, Lowri Fflur Davies, Eleri Fflur and Lowri Jos were third year media students from Trinity University College Carmarthen .

They kindly volunteered their time at the WISE KIDS - WISP conference to work as social reporters (see blog post 1), and after only a very short induction by Tim and David, in which they were shown how to use Flip cameras (photo right) and upload videos, they were thrown straight into the deep… Continue

Having been involved in amateur theatrics in my youth, I must admit I am partial to stage performances of any kind. But even those who do not share my taste for thespian activities were visibly impressed by the performance of a group of young people at the WISE KIDS - WISP conference.



Half-way through the day in Swansea, pupils from Ysgol Preseli put on a dramatised presentation reflecting what it means to be young and live their lives through a virtual world, which is as real as the… Continue

If you ask any of the conference delegates what the highlights were for them at the WISE KIDS - WISP ' Young People in a Digital World 2010 (YPDW2010), you can bet the majority will respond "the young people". The event was heavily child-centred, with young people presenting, answering questions, performing and interviewing each other.



As chairman and MC Alan Davies said, "They are… Continue

Professor Tanya Byron kicked off the WISE KIDS - WISP conference in Swansea with a video-taped Keynote address, as she was unable to attend in person.



Tanya Byron is a clinical psychologist and child therapist, who, in 2007, was commissioned by the Prime Minister to conduct an independent review on inappropriate material for children and young people on the internet… Continue

If you missed the WISE KIDS-WISP Young People in a Digital World 2010 conference, you will hopefully find this series of blog posts useful in helping you catch up with all of the activities of the conferences in Swansea and Bangor on the 1st and 3rd February 2010.



WISE KIDS organised a team of social reporters to cover the event, with David Wilcox, Tim Davies and…

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