Preparing, Inspiring and Supporting Young People in a Digital World

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(Part 7) Personal highlights: innovation and inspiration

Having heard all the stats about children and young people's media literacy (see my blog post part 6), it was time for grown-ups to check how they measured up.

How well equipped are we, adults, parents, guardians, educators and youth workers to support and inspire the…

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Added by Chie Elliott on February 27, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

(Part 6) Personal highlights: stats and safety

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

Added by Chie Elliott on February 22, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

(Part 5) Digital and ageless: social reporting and our young reporters

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

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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

Added by Chie Elliott on February 22, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

(Part 4) All the world's a stage: Ysgol Preseli brings the house down

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

Added by Chie Elliott on February 17, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

(Part 3) So what do young people really think?

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

Added by Chie Elliott on February 11, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

(Part 2) The keynote: everything starts with Tanya Byron

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

Added by Chie Elliott on February 10, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

(Part 1) A Social Reporter's guide to the WISE KIDS - WISP Conference: Young People in a Digital World - Preparing, Supporting, Inspiring

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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Added by Chie Elliott on February 10, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

1 day introduction Social Media Training for Youth Professionals

Social media can amplify the positives and negatives of everyday life for young people, and can expose them to new opportunities and new risks. There are undoubtedly both positive and negative aspects to social media – but whatever our views – Youth Professionals need to understand the online activities and environments young people are engaging with. Explore both how to support young people as they engage in these environments; and how to creatively use social media and social networking to… Continue

Added by katie bacon on February 1, 2010 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Introducing our reporters

At today's conference in Swansea on Young people in the Digital World we have four students from Trinity College Carmarthen acting as social reporters. Here they introduce themselves, and ask Sangeet Bhullar, director of Wisekids, about the programme, just before she starts her opening… Continue

Added by David Wilcox on February 1, 2010 at 9:32am — No Comments