Youth Work(ers) Challenged
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(GBR) Michael Bracey leads youth support services for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and also writes for Youth Work Now.
His latest piece entitled Conquer your technology demons is a great challenge to his colleagues:
But where are we? Ready to take non-formal education forward into the digital age? Prepared to use all this new technology to empower young people? In a word, no. We're to be found somewhere at the back.Check out YouTube and do a search for 'youth work'. Apart from an entertaining clip of Tom Wylie, former chief executive of The National Youth Agency, in a hoodie and a great film from Liverpool Youth Service, it's not great. And it's even worse over on MySpace. These sites should be bursting with content showcasing young people's achievements.
An issue reflected in our posts listed below—fancy joining the discussion/campaign Mike.
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