We recently held our final session of the Young People as Social Reporters project with 6 students from a local college. The session included showing the two films created from their time as ’social reporters’, reviewing the raw footage of the film they took and asking them their feedback. We wanted to know what they thought of the project, what they liked, disliked and if their behaviours have changed over the project in terms of their social media useage plus the content they create online.
How the project started - 11 Million Takeover Day 2008 - 7 November 2008
Six young people from Cambridge Regional College were invited into Opportunity Links offices as part of the national 11 Million Takeover day activities. They were trained in social research techniques and participated in a number of creative activities - including interviewing OL staff on their use of social media!
They then spent the next week using these skills and interviewing friends and families on the use of the internet and social media. This footage was then turned into a short film which was shown at our joint conference with 4 Children: ‘New generation, new media. new challenge! Engaging with young people through social media’ - on 27 November 2008.
The young people attended our conference and while there interviewed and filmed the delegates on their views of the conference, the internet and social media. This was made into a second film.
Feedback session - 23 February 2009
Six of the young people and their tutors fedback to us. They really enjoyed taking part in the project and believed they have benefited from the new skills they learnt. It has given them increased confidence and they have also tried new social media sites after talking about this subject.
They enjoyed the experience of the conference but would have preferred to have more opportunity to put their own views forward and take part, which we have taken into account for the future. Some comments from the young people on the project:
“It’s been really good, loads of fun and enjopyed the experience of interviewing and learning to be a social reporter’”
“I enjoyed the new experience of doing interviews, I was nervous at first but now far more confident”
“It was interesting and a fun experience - and good to hear adults opinions on how young people use the internet especially at the conference”.
This project forms part of Opportunity Links’ ongoing work in helping information providers engage with young people and ensure effective participation and consultation in designing their services. Through working with young people, we can access fresh ideas - which will inform our work, and in turn, help us to develop a better understanding of their needs and requirements.
To view the films and slides from our social media event, go to http://events.opp-links.org.uk/index.php/category/new-generation-new-media-new-challenge/
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