Digital Children: Children meeting God – in the digital realm
Maggie Barfield spoke on Children meeting God – in the digital realm “… people with a story to tell are finding: that to tell it, they need not only to entertain their audience, but to involve them,...
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Allen Reesor on Learning Spaces at the Digital Children conference: Jesus said in Matthew 18:3 that we need to become little children but we don’t know who is the child. Who is a child? Are we...
View ArticleDigital Children: From Clay Tablets to iPads
Dave Roberts carried on the Digital Children conference with Clay Tablets to iPads: Watching a programme about impressionist paintings was like watching paint dry, but was surprised and became hooked...
View ArticleDigital Children: Bishop Paul Butler
Bishop Paul Butler led the next session at the Digital Children conference: Children in attendance at church has been in decline although in 2011 Baptist numbers were up and the CofE numbers were just...
View ArticleDigital Children: Q&A with Bishop Paul Butler
Q&A with Bishop Paul Butler at the Digital Children conference: Why is it that most Vicars only receive 1 seminar on children’s ministry in 3 years of full-time training? Wouldn’t disagree with...
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Miley Cyrus hits back at Sinead O’Connor
Yesterday I wrote about how Sinead O’Connor had written an open letter to Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus fired back at “Nothing Compares 2U” singer Sinéad O’Connor on Twitter after O’Connor penned a lengthy...
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Open Paris Session 3: Digital Media and Mission
Session 3 of the Open Paris Conference was From Guttenberg to Zuckerberg: How Social Media is Changing the Church by me. If you wish to use the powerpoint click here: Of all the messages the world...
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Infographic: 2013 Social Media Stats
Mobile Marketing Watch have published a fantastic info graphic on social media in 2013:
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One Man’s Approach On The NekNomination Challenge
As you have probably seen over the past week or so, there has been a new craze called NekNomination. This challenge has swept across social media platforms and hundreds of thousands of people have...
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The experiences of 11-16 year olds on social networking sites
The NSPCC earlier this week launched a new research report into the experiences of 11-16 year olds on social networking sites and the strategies they use to deal with things that upset them online....
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The Dangers of Social Media for ‘Missing’ Children
Last week I read a brilliant blog post on the dangers of posting about missing children on social media, over at Barefoot Social Work, do check it out: I’ve seen a couple of ‘Missing Child’ posts on...
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The Optimal Length for Social Media Updates [Infographic]
Many of us use social media, but these days if you want people to engage it is so important that you make sure your posts are the optimal length. Check out this infographic from Buffer to help you...
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Teenagers and media – a infographic of the last 20 years
It’s amazing to see how much youth engagement with media has changed in just the last 20 years. Check out this infographic for more:
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Millennials Selfies: young adults will take more than 25,000 selfies in their...
Millennials average 9 selfies per week, spending an average of seven minutes perfecting each one before posting. That’s adds up to about 54 hours per year spent on taking & posting selfies...
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Teenagers abandoning Facebook and Twitter for more intimate social media apps
Fascinating to read this article on how teenagers are abandoning Facebook and Twitter for more intimate social media apps – it’s certainly something I’ve been seeing a lot more of over the last few...
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Selfie Obsession: teenage social media narcissists
We live in a world full of selfie-obsessed photo-editing young people. Walt Mueller linked to this fantastic infographic by the team at Rawhide.org:
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Social Media Image Sizes 2016 Infographic
Social media is a key communication channel for youth workers. One of the challenges is that all the different social media networks constantly change the goal posts in terms of how best to share your...
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15 Twitter statistics you need to know
These 15 statistics by Social Marketing Writing can help you get your message seen by more people – more retweets, followers and traffic.
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An Infographic on Anonymous Apps and Teenagers
One of the most frequent questions I receive from parents is about apps that teenagers are using and what a caring parents perspective should be on them. The team from Rawhide.org have released a...
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8 Reasons to Rethink Teens & Sexting
Megan Maas has written a blog on 8 Reasons to Rethink Teens & Sexting for the Huffington Post. Here’s a few snippets from the blog which are essential reading for any youth worker: … In order for...
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