what is digital youth work?
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What is Digital Youth Work?Suvi Tuominen
@suvimt
Verke - National developement centre for digital youth work
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What is Verke?
Our long-term goals:
• Knowledge of how to use digital media and technology will increase in youth work
• The structures of youth work will support the use of digital media and technology in youth work
• Innovative services and concepts will be created in the field of youth work, using digital media and technology
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Digital youth work has the same goals as youth work in general
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Purposes of youth work
• To support young people's growth and independence
• To promote young people's active citizenship and empowerment
• To improve young people's growth and living conditions
Youth Act (72/2006)
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In practice
Youth work
• helps to find new friends
• helps to find new hobbies
• offers reliable information and guidance
• encourages to develop new skills
• helps to find something meaningful to do
• encourages to take responsibility
• helps young people to get their voice heard
• offers reliable adults
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How does digital media and technology help us to achieve our
goals?
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Digital media and technology can be used in youth work
As a medium As an activity As a content
- Online councelling - Gaming - Young journalists
- Informative web sites - Maker culture, robotics - Discussions about media
- Marketing on social media - GPS based activities - Learning coding
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www.youth.ie/screenagers
• Research conducted in 2015 in five countries: Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Austria
• Statistics, focus group interviews, case examples • Joint recommendations
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Kiitos!