DIG-IT up!

Training course on including digital tools in Youth work, the basics of digital youth work

Training Course
11-16 April 2018 | Ferrara, Italy

for 30 participants
from Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, KOSOVO * UN RESOLUTION, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Russian Federation, Serbia, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine

and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Project managers, ESC (ex-EVS) Mentors/tutors

Working language(s): English

Organizer:
Italian National Agency for youth sector (ANG) (National Agency)

Adults fear that youngsters lose their time, their contact with the “real” world and social competences while staring into their screens. Many adults have a hard time understanding or appreciating digital skills youngsters have, and their motivation to be constantly online. This often leads adults to ban digital devices during educational activities, closing themselves out from getting to know new digital tools and often getting into conflicts with youngsters.

With this TC we are proposing solutions that value the needs of adults and youngsters and support communication between them, by looking for ways where youth workers keep on track with “digital youngsters” and include digital devices into their work: being online as a developmental tool to foster digital creativity.

During TC we will work with a wide spectrum of tools and applications to experience creative and fun ways of using them with the focus on digital outdoor activities. The participants are invited to discover the concept of digital youth work and to discuss current realities and challenges we are facing as youth workers working and living in a more and more digitalised world. Participants get prepared to develop their own ideas for new digital activities and projects and share their own experience of working with and using digital tools.

Objectives: 

• Experience popular digital tools that can be used in youth work focusing on outdoor activities,
• Discover the concept of digital youth work,
• Share experiences and good practices of youth work dealing with digital reality,
• Develop creative digital activities and project ideas for youth work,

Participant Profile: 
If you:

• are 18 and over, 
• work with young people using non-formal education methods,
• believe that it’s important and pedagogically useful to deal with digital realities in youth work,
• want to give your digital skills an upgrade and 
• start including a digital attitude in your youth work

then apply for Dig-it up!

Training overview

Costs
This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA or relevant regional SALTO to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.

Note: Hungarian applicants are expected to apply on a Hungarian and on an English application form, too.

Jelentkezési lap
Kódszám a jelentkezéshez: 2017-1-HU01-KA218-000169

Application form in English

Application deadline: 22 March 2018
Date of selection: 27 March 2018

Contact for questions:

Gulácsi Ildikó / Ms Ildikó Gulácsi
TCA koordinátor / TCA coordinator
ildiko.gulacsi@tpf.hu 

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