LGIU Social Network Sites and Youth Participation - Action Learning Set

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Huddle Workspace

Dear all,

Just to let you know that I am in the process of uploading information and materials from our first meeting (4th of March) at my Huddle Workspace. Hope it provides useful to you.

Mark

Intern - LGIU
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Added by Mark Warburton on March 11, 2010 at 11:37am — No Comments

Children in Care roundtable update!

Hello all,

My first blog here! I would just like to let you all know about the progress LGIU and the Audit Commission have made with the Children in Care project.The project looks to be moving along steadily, and if you are uninitiated, click below (on the picture) for the project's overview:

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Added by Mark Warburton on February 23, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

2010 - What are your social network participation projects for the coming year?

Happy New Year! It's 2010. Six months since the end of the first Action Learning Set on youth participation, and lots has been going on across the country. What have you been up to recently in the use of social media for youth engagement, or in wider contexts in your local authority? What have you got planned for 2010? Continue

Added by Tim Davies on January 5, 2010 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

2010 Action Learning Set

Building on the learning from the 2009 Action Learning Set LGIU are running a second Action Learning Set this year - with a slightly wider focus on Social Media and Youth Participation (looking beyond just Social Networking). You can find more details and how to book on the LGIU Website. Please do forward details to colleagues who you think may be interested. Continue

Added by Tim Davies on January 5, 2010 at 11:12am — No Comments

Social Media: youth participation in local democracy

The final report of the 2009 Youth Participation and Social Network Sites action learning set is now available to order from the LGIU. An online copy will be coming in the near futures. Members of this network who participated in the Action Learning… Continue

Added by Tim Davies on November 9, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Survey on ICTs and young people

I'd love help in circulating a survey that The Youth of Today is conducting. We are interested in how young people use information and communication technologies (ICTs). Respondents should be aged 13 to 25 Please click here to access this survey. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. Participation is very important and will influence th… Continue

Added by Mary Abdo on November 4, 2009 at 10:40am — No Comments

HUWY launch: Young people's experience and advice on Internet Policies

I'm writing this post to you to invite you to the launch of the HUWY project. The event -“HUWY: Young people's experience and advice on Internet Policies” -marks the launch of the HUWY project’s online phase. It will be held at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh on 3rd December 2009. The HUWY project is an EU-sponsored eParticipation project, aiming to gather input from young people and channel it to policy-makers, at a national and EU level. The focus of the project is policies and laws whic… Continue

Added by Ella Taylor-Smith on November 3, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments

Action Learning Set Report Update

A quick update on the report due out from the Action Learning Set... The draft was sent to LGIU in July & is currently going through their internal systems. I was hoping it would be out by the end of August - but still waiting for final proof reading etc. I've captured as much as I can of the wider learning from the Action Learning Set online here. Continue

Added by Tim Davies on September 25, 2009 at 11:16am — No Comments

Applications to extend your Ning network

A development that might be of interest to everyone who has been exploring Ning as a platform for youth participation: you can now add a selection of third-party applications that integrate tightly with your network. Ning has had the capacity to add 'Open Social' applications for a while - but these tended to sit on users own pages, rather than integrating tightly with the network as a new feature for everyone to use. Now wit… Continue

Added by Tim Davies on September 13, 2009 at 6:03pm — No Comments

We won!

Tower Hamlets Summer University is the proud recipient of Best Education Project 2009 in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2009. Thanks to everyone who voted and made it happen, it's much appreciated. Continue

Added by Denise Drake on September 6, 2009 at 8:43pm — 2 Comments

Bradford Connexions Consultation

I've just launched a pilot project with the Commissioning team for Bradford Connexions - making use of an online space to get young people's views on the Connexions service. You can read about it here, and find it here. At the moment I've got integration with Facebook Connect, MySpace and Twitter - and I'm using Facebook Ads to promote th… Continue

Added by Tim Davies on August 18, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Some SNS news stories...

Hi all I thought these articles may be of interest to you, from the social networking and on-line engagement agenda: Young people are taking refuge from reality in cyberspace, with more than a third feeling better able to talk about themselves online, new research has indicated. http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149087913&ocid=hotmail http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/its+easier+to+talk+online+youths/3302357 Facebook is buying a web service call… Continue

Added by John Addicott on August 14, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments

Teens don't Tweet

A recent Nielsen report shows that only 16 percent of Twitter users are under 25. Read about the statistics behind this claim on Mashable, the social media guide. Continue

Added by Denise Drake on August 7, 2009 at 5:36pm — No Comments

Please vote for us to win a Best Education Project award

You may remember that I blogged about my organisation, Tower Hamlets Summer University, being nominated for a National Lottery Good Causes Award for best education project. Well, thanks to everyone's vote, we've got through to the finals! A big thank you for voting for us. We now need everyone to vote AGAIN for us to win. This prestigious award would help us in our plans to expand nationally and enable us to reach thousands more young people across the country – this means that a vote for us re… Continue

Added by Denise Drake on August 5, 2009 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments

Hi - you may have already seen this, it's a 20 page template to help Government Departments thinking of using Twitter: http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/file.axd?file=2009%2f7%2f20090724twitter.pdf. The template has been developed by Neil Williams, head of corporate digital channels at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). For more info see: http://blogs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digitalengagement/post/2009/07/21/Template-Twitter-strategy-for-Government-Departmen… Continue

Added by Jo Brocklebank on August 5, 2009 at 12:18am — No Comments

Help with a dissertation study...

Hi everyone Apologies if this counts as mis-use of the network - but its all in the name of research, so that can't be a bad thing! I'm helping a Masters student gather some data for her dissertation, and we're finding it quite hard to get people to fill in the on-line survey... well, I guess we're all familiar with that feeling... The focus is on public sector employees, in the widest sense (including NHS, teachers, lecturers, MOD etc.) so if you could forward to anyone you know in such emplo… Continue

Added by John Addicott on July 21, 2009 at 8:59pm — No Comments

Joining the conversation: a guide to neighbourhood media

Some information and examples of the practical use of social media by Councils and communities http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/c/178268/doclib/get-file.do?id=1660563 Continue

Added by Jess Linacre on July 17, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

European Funding to Encourage Innovation in Non Formal Education and Youth Work (UK) - E-Youth work and media literacy

The European Commission has announced that it is inviting applications from non-profit organisations such as non-governmental organisations (NGOs), networks and public bodies under Action 4.4 of its Youth in Action Programme (2007 – 13). This action seeks to support projects that encourage creativity and innovation in non-formal education and youth work. In 2009, priority under this call will be assigned to projects focussing on the themes of media literacy of young people and e-youth work.… Continue

Added by Petra Roberts on July 15, 2009 at 6:39pm — No Comments

How Teenagers Consume Media

A research note written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern that described his friends' media habits has generated a flurry of interest from media executives and investors. here is the research note/ report. and the story is from the Guardian Twitter is not for teens, Morgan Stanley told by 15-ye… Continue

Added by Ella Taylor-Smith on July 13, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

SNS and Social media survey for local authorities

Hi, This the final version of the SNS survey to gather information on the use of social networking and social media within local government: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=ckk5aXhjOW9pam91MDlVQXRsUDJzMUE6MA.. John and I (in Hampshire) will be collating results on behalf of the Action Learning Set. Regards, Jo PS - Please do let us know if you publish this to your authority. We will then be prepared for the responses to come flooding in... Continue

Added by Jo Brocklebank on July 10, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

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