Newham Young People Online

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Newham Young People Online
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Aims

• To be a learning environment that is stimulating
  and challenging to young people
• To inspire in young people a sense of belonging
  to a creative community
• To involve young people as creators, owners and
  managers of the online community
• To use a variety of strategies to reach the
  widest possible range of young people.

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Is A Creative Community

• Young people have created websites and animations
  as part of courses run during the summer and at
  other times. There are over forty young peoples
  websites hosted on the NYPO site. The creators of
  the sites range in age from 11 to 19.

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AndAn Ongoing Conversation

• NYPO allows young people to take part in online
  conversation.
• Conversations help create a rich context for
  learning.
• The main tool for online conversations is the PHP
  Bulletin Board used for discussion forums.

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Learning Portfolios

• A major strength of the NYPO project is that
  through websites, projects, articles and
  contributions to discussion, young people leave
  digital evidence of their creativity.
• A structure is being created where, through work
  they are already doing and through challenges set
  by tutors, young people can put together online
  portfolios that lead to internal or external
  awards.
• Young people can sign up for web space where they
  can upload websites and other files.

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The NYPO / ICT Strategy is to

• Develop a variety engaging online and offline
  learning material aimed at young people with
  differing interests and abilities
• Develop systems for supporting young people as
  members of an online learning community
• Develop and extend ICT access and ICT facilities
  at centres
• Develop courses and less formal means of engaging
  young people
• Develop the ability of youth work staff to engage
  young people in the creative use of ICT and
  online community
• Develop the ability of young people to take
  further ownership of the development and
  promotion of the NYPO community
• Develop systems for professionals sharing
  information, materials, practice and resources
  with regard to ICT work with young people.
• Develop the integration of ICT and online
  community work with more generic and wider youth
  work practice.