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Infocow connects you with useful stuff to help take control of life - sites, stories, information and inspiration. It’s made for and created by young people, aged around 14-19.Infocow links to hundreds of different websites and sources of information that can help make positive changes, whether that’s finding out what to do after GCSEs, or what the first steps are to leaving home.Presentation given by Kieron Kirkland at the Infocow launch event in London, July 8th 2010.
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Greater Expectations
R&D Project
Created
Background
• Developed from Greater Expectations, a 3-year Becta funded project
How can you?
• Support young people to develop their aspirations, and engage with their entitlements for lives and learning?
• Stimulate learner led motivation and engagement with opportunities for learning and development?
• Connect services for young people in a way that is accessible and relevant to them?
Desk Research
Consultation with stakeholders
Fieldwork in schools and with
youth groups
Resource design around young peoples’ needs
•Identify core principles relating to young people’s expectations, entitlements and
aspirations and examine how digital technologies can help put them into
practice
Develop and promote free resource, guidance and support for young people, teachers, parents and
children’s professionals to put principles into practice
Information and Inspiration
Networks
Opportunities
And create a resource that connects individuals to tools and networks using existing behaviours...
Image: Kzero 2010
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www.infocow.org.uk
Free to use resource
Aimed at young people aged around 14-19
3 key features :
• Links to sources of inspiration and information to help young people take advantage of their rights and entitlements
• Gives specific rights information related to your search
• Is sociable: people, vote, comment and suggest resources. Can link to Facebook so people share useful sites between friends
Audience
Wider world
Supportive adults: teachers, youth workers, parents/carers
Young People
14-19
Creativity and Arts
Participationand Voice
Work and learning opportunities
Play and RecreationStaying safe
Health and Well Being
Identity, Respect, Equality
Community and environment
Friendships, relationshipsand support
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Vote and comment on sites
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Vote and comment on sites
Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Vote and comment on sites
Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links
Suggest new sites
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Vote and comment on sites
Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links
Suggest new sites
Offers right statement based on search
Write search term and use the filters to narrow the search
Vote and comment on sites
Create a profile and link it to your Facebook account to share useful links
Suggest new sites
Lots of different links, information, video Offers right statement based on search
Where can you use ?
• Large range of possibilities, in and out of ‘formal’ settings
• Informal tool to support young people in exploring their lives
• Formal Education
- PSHE
- Citizenship
• Extended services – support connecting young people to a ‘varied menu of activities’
• Part of youth engagement– connecting young people to opportunities, and extending staff knowledge
• Organisations to share their own resources
www.infocow.org.uk
www.futurelab.org.uktwitter.com/futurelabedu
Get in touch to find out more! www.infocow.org.uk
[email protected] twitter.com/kieronkirkland
