Digital Futures - Trends in Technology and Work with Young People
1. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Digital Futures & Work With Young People
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...trends in technology and policy
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4. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Going mobile
Advertising
Access Facebook on your
Blackberry or iPhone
Everything is Internet connected
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5. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Going mobile
Advertising
Access Facebook on your
Blackberry or iPhone
Everything is Internet connected
on
ll ion mobiles
ith over 5 bi o
W
he Internet is n
the planet - t ed
thing access
longer some en
ard and scre
with a keybo ..
sittin g on a desk.
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6. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Device identification quiz...
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Device identification quiz...
ou
f these can y
How many o fy?
identi
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8. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Device identification quiz...
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9. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Device identification quiz...
The iPad
Expensive, but there are also cheap
imitations on the market from £100
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Device identification quiz...
Phones
iPhone, Android, Blackberry - there
are
many different mobile platforms.
From new, to second hand,
smartphones
are increasingly accessible to young
people.
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Device identification quiz...
Nintendo DS
Gaming device - but with a web
browser in too...
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Device identification quiz...
The one th
in
devices hav g they all these
e in comm
all connect on? They
to the Inte
mobile net rnet - by
works or W
they are in iFi. And
creasingly i
people’s po n young
ckets...
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13. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
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b oundary
Mobile blurs the digital and
re between s.
even mo sical world
phy
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Look for a ‘QR Code Re
ader’
application for your pho
ne -
and use it to take a pictu
re of
this code.
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The world is becoming
hyperlinked...
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18. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
Talking of loading Apps on your
phone - have you noticed how
just about everyone has an
‘App Store’ now?
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The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
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20. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
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The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
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The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
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The age of apps
Small, focussed, connected
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24. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
As I was putting together this
presentation last night I
noticed a Tweet about this
report..
http://joanganzcooneycenter.org/Reports-27.html
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is a
It re-enforced the perception that there
ceive
paradigm shift going on in how people re
content. A switch from thinking just about
too.
w ebsites - to thinking about apps
http://joanganzcooneycenter.org/Reports-27.html
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27. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
The top apps (not just for
young people) seem to be
games.
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?
The top apps (not just for
young people) seem to be
games.
What apps are the young
people you work with using?
But there are other spaces
where apps are gaining traction.
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Location, location, location
Mobile + Apps = Location Based Services
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Location, location, location
Mobile + Apps = Location Based Services
This screenshow shows
‘FourSquare’ - a tool that
allows users to ‘check in’ to
venues - using the location
features of their phone to let
friends know where they are.
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into
Location features are being built
s. For
m obile phones and social network
k-
exam ple, Facebook Places allows chec
s
ins. See http://www.facebook.com/place
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http://goo.gl/GpUW7
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There’s not a lot of guidance on lo
cation based
services in the youth sector yet.
http://goo.gl/GpUW7
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This draft pa per tries to look at how location based
positive
services could be useful for promoting
- with
activiti es - with the need to balance the risks
g
potent ial benefits and the need to equip youn
people w ith skills to understand location based
services they may encounter
http://goo.gl/GpUW7
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This draft pa per tries to look at how location based
positive
services could be useful for promoting
- with
activiti es - with the need to balance the risks
g
potent ial benefits and the need to equip youn
people w ith skills to understand location based
services they may encounter
http://goo.gl/GpUW7
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Digital public services
Cheaper, quicker, faster, better?
*Not real figures - though similar numbers have been presented at digital-focussed conferences. Search/ask on IDEA Communities of Practice for up-to-date data.
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Digital public services
Cheaper, quicker, faster, better?
*Not real figures - though similar numbers have been presented at digital-focussed conferences. Search/ask on IDEA Communities of Practice for up-to-date data.
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Digital public services
Cheaper, quicker, faster, better?
That’s a photo of Martha Lane Fox
-
founder of LastMinute.com - but no
w
driving forward digital strategy in
the
Cabinet Office.
*Not real figures - though similar numbers have been presented at digital-focussed conferences. Search/ask on IDEA Communities of Practice for up-to-date data.
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Digital public services
Cheaper, quicker, faster, better?
ing
Visions of technology driv
efficiencies play a big implicit or explicit
r cuts
role in thinking about public secto
Cost of handling enquiries *
£5.00
£3.75
£2.50
£1.25
£0
Medium
Telephone Online
*Not real figures - though similar numbers have been presented at digital-focussed conferences. Search/ask on IDEA Communities of Practice for up-to-date data.
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We know it’s
not that simp
do need a mo le - but we
del for thinki
different way ng about the
s digital chann
used in delive els can be
ring public se
rvices.
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45. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Person
to
person
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Person Person
to to
person professional
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47. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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There are online
communities where people
can access peer support
directly.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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NetMums
There are online
communities where people
can access peer support
directly.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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NetMums
The Site
There are online
communities where people
can access peer support
directly.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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NetMums
The Site
Student Room
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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NetMums
The Site
Student Room Digital channels can
be used
to provide services.
Including out-of-hours or
across large areas.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Anonymous Chat
NetMums
The Site
Student Room Digital channels can
be used
to provide services.
Including out-of-hours or
across large areas.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Anonymous Chat
NetMums
The Site
Student Room
YoungCarers.net
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Anonymous Chat
NetMums
The Site
Student Room
YoungCarers.net Internal social networks,
data portals and a range of
new ‘consumer’ tools can
help organisations
collaborate internally.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
The Site
Student Room
YoungCarers.net Internal social networks,
data portals and a range of
new ‘consumer’ tools can
help organisations
collaborate internally.
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
The Site
Data Sharing
Student Room Systems
YoungCarers.net
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
blic
Different models of digital pu
and
serv ice need different approaches,
different critical responses...
The Site
Data Sharing
Student Room Systems
YoungCarers.net
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
blic
Different models of digital pu
and
serv ice need different approaches,
different critical responses...
The Site
Data Sharing
Student Room Systems
YoungCarers.net
Signposting
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
blic
Different models of digital pu
and
serv ice need different approaches,
different critical responses...
The Site
Data Sharing
Student Room Systems
YoungCarers.net
Signposting Service provision
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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Internal Networks
Anonymous Chat
NetMums
blic
Different models of digital pu
and
serv ice need different approaches,
different critical responses...
The Site
Data Sharing
Student Room Systems
YoungCarers.net
Knowledge
Signposting Service provision management
& collaboration
Person Person Professional
to to to
person professional professional
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62. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Open Data
Transparency, accountability, engagement
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
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63. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
Open Data
Transparency, accountability, engagement
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
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Open Data
Transparency, accountability, engagement
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
e
That’s Tim Ber ners-Lee, inventor of th
WWW. More re cently he’s been telling
and
people to stop hugging their data -
sh
working w ith governments to publi
data openly online.
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All sorts of da
ta. Performanc
Location of se e data.
rvices. Spendin
loads more. C g data. And
entral governm
mandating tha ent is
t some data m
published - an ust be
d encouraging
publish other services to
datasets.
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hould all be for
orities s his year -
L ocal auth ing data t .
ng spend pend over £500
publishi tem of s
every i
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Once data is
visualised an available - it
d explored i can be
- and the ava n different w
ilability of la ays
open data is rge sets of
stimulating a
driven journ ction on dat
alism; data a a-
visualisation nalysis; data
and data-bas
campaigning ed
.
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Once data is
visualised an available - it
d explored i can be
- and the ava n different w
ilability of la ays
open data is rge sets of
stimulating a
driven journ ction on dat
alism; data a a-
visualisation nalysis; data
and data-bas
campaigning ed
.
- it
This is Schoolosc ope.com by the way
boils some stacks o f school performance
d isplay - helping people
metrics into a simple
to choose schools.
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And this is a data visualisation built in
an
afternoon at ‘Oxford Open Data Day
’-
where local civic-minded developers
got
together to explore public data.
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Armchair auditors?
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as part of ‘transparency
Government are ta lking about open data es -
rvice s are delivered chang
and accoun tability’. As the way se sm and funding based
on
locali
with more com missioning, increased pen data becomes an
ith o
evidence and o utcomes - working w n.
importa nt part of participatio
Armchair auditors?
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as part of ‘transparency
Government are ta lking about open data es -
rvice s are delivered chang
and accoun tability’. As the way se sm and funding based
on
locali
with more com missioning, increased pen data becomes an
ith o
evidence and o utcomes - working w n.
importa nt part of participatio
But is ther
e space (an
people as p d support)
art of the i for young
‘armchair a
uditors’ wh magined army of
o will use n
hold servic e
es to accou w data to
nt?
Armchair auditors?
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That’s all the trends for now...
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So, what difference does it make to
young people?
Search
Name
Advertising
Name Age Town Access Facebook on your
is aged and lives in Blackberry or iPhone
School/college:
Draw in a profile
photo
Favourite subjects:
Music Books Movies TV Games
10 of your friends are on
mobile chat
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
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So, what difference does it make to
young people?
Search
Name
Advertising
Name Age Town Access Facebook on your
is aged and lives in Blackberry or iPhone
School/college:
Draw in a profile
photo
Favourite subjects:
r on.
file you created earlie
Look back at the pro Music Books Movies TV Games
s?)
e cu t-out-and-keep extra
(Have you added all th
10 of your friends are on
mobile chat
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
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So, what difference does it make to
young people?
Search
Name
Advertising
Name Age Town Access Facebook on your
is aged and lives in Blackberry or iPhone
School/college:
Draw in a profile
photo
Favourite subjects:
r on.
file you created earlie
Look back at the pro Music Books Movies TV Games
s?)
e cu t-out-and-keep extra
(Have you added all th
10 of your friends are on
mobile chat
Advertising
Find out how your council is
performing through open data.
Visit www.data.gov.uk for
more information.
Think about all the trends we’ve
explored. How might they affect th
Be an 'armchair auditor'.
e
young person you imagined?
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New contexts
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82. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
New contexts
New risks
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83. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
New contexts
New risks
New opportunities
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84. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
New contexts
New risks
New opportunities
New Tools
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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ti o
ov
ec
isio
ot
Pr
n
Participation
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
ights
The Convention on the R
ups
of th e Child has three gro
;
of rights: protection rights
provision rights and
participation rights.
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ti o
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isio
ot
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Participation
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
We have to
keep them
mind as we all in
n
technology respond to
Pr
ti o trends. We
ov
just focus o can’t
ec
n risks and
isio
do ‘protect tr
ion’ by res y to
ot
tricting
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access.
n
Participation
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
ited
And we can ’t just get exc t
rgetting abou
n
’ fo
ut ‘cool tools
Pr
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the need to
ti o
create a safe
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porting young
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Participation
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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ti o
We need t
o provide a
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promote p nd
ec
ositive
isio
opportunit
ot
ies; develop
young peo
Pr
ple’s resilie
n
and promo ncy;
te a voice f
young peo or
ple in affec
digital chan ting
ge.
Participation
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Same foundation
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Pr
ti o
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ec
isio
ot
Pr
n
e
(W e’ll be exploring thes
theme s more in the Youth
th of
Work Online mon
Participation action) later in the yea
r...
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Group discussion...
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92. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
This is the
part of the
we go com workshop
pletely into where
discussion. open
.. and as go
notes are.. od as these
. they are a little
bit one wa
y.
Group discussion...
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93. Digital Futures: Working in a Connected World
This is the
part of the
we go com workshop
pletely into where
discussion. open
.. and as go
notes are.. od as these
. they are a little
bit one wa
y.
Group discussion...
ils on
But: you can find my contact deta
th
the next slide - and details of You
Work Onlin e - so do get in touch to
erly...
star t the conversation prop
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Get in touch to talk more...
http://www.youthworkonline.org.uk
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Credits: Thanks to Leo Reynolds for the fab collection of number pictures shared Creative Commons on Flickr. Other image credits in slide notes.
York - January 11th 2011
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