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Upload (ed) Youth Work (er)

2020-1-HU01-KA105-0783102020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: HU|MT|PL|CY|IT|ES|TR · Grant: €13,000
Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

Digital technology is increasingly pervading our daily lives and affecting the daily lives of young people. Through the Digital Youth Work training, we have implemented a training focused on developing young people's digital skills and positive use of digital technology. This training has brought many benefits and helped us to achieve some important goals. Firstly, the digital youth work training enables participants to use digital tools effectively and to search online content confidently. The digital youth work training facilitated and strengthened critical thinking and information evaluation skills. In the digital age, it is important for young people to learn to critically evaluate online content and to distinguish between trustworthy sources and fake information. By implementing the Digital Youth Work training, we have contributed to increasing young people's social and cultural participation. Digital tools and platforms offer young people the opportunity to make their voices heard and express themselves in creative ways. Through the training, participants learned how to use digital tools to identify and solve community problems and contribute to a better society. In turn, they can help young people to increase their social participation and become active citizens. Digital youth work training supports employability and progression in the labour market. Digital skills are now a basic expectation of most employers, so training professionals who are essential for knowledge transfer is a priority for the next generation. We have experienced many benefits of digital youth work training and it has helped us to achieve a number of goals. Through such training, professionals working with young people become better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the digital age, which can contribute to the development of society and the economy in the long term. Our training was prompted by the personal need to address the fact that the digital world is increasingly encroaching on traditional youth work. And a dedicated youth worker or professional must realise that digitalisation is not the enemy, but a new content, a new tool, a new activity that allows him to reach and address the young people around him more effectively. The methodological basis for the training is based on the book on the subject by Verke, a Finnish youth organisation. The constant driving force behind the training was how and in what form digitalisation should enter the everyday life of youth work. We also have to be aware of the realisation that a new superpower of technological development has grown. It is a multifactorial capability. Some people take it for granted, but the majority of us need support and help to make digitalisation part of our responsible and conscious everyday lives. The training aims to develop the following competences of participants: - effective navigation in the world of the Internet; - critically manage and analyse content on the internet; - learn to understand and use new communication techniques in everyday life; - recognise and manage risks and dangers on the Internet; - increase knowledge of internet safety; - increase digital citizenship awareness; - learning about digital rights; - developing critical thinking; - developing online collaboration; - social and emotional awareness; - empathy; - developing communication skills; - developing technical skills; - exploring the potential of digital health; - strengthening community participation. During the training we undertook to familiarise and empower participants with the above skills and competences. In addition to the theoretical grounding, they also developed their digital competence through a variety of practical methods during the training.

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