Wise Kids Conference
WISE KIDS are in the process of organising a National Conference in
Wales together with the Wales Internet Safety Partnership (WISP), entitled:
Young People, Mobile and Internet Technologies 2008 - Maximising
Opportunities, Addressing Challenges
The conference will be held at the Richard Ley Development Centre in
Swansea on Mon 20 Oct.
The conference will focus on raising awareness of young people's use of
Internet and mobile technologies, and will examine what issues
educators, youth professionals and policy makers need to address to
ensure that young people have the necessary skills and knowledge to use
these media confidently, and explore the opportunities these present.
Challenges and risks associated with these media will also be discussed,
and the conference will explore the legal and safeguarding issues that
schools and other organisations need to address to minimise risk caused
by misuse of these media.
The key strands will be around innovative use of technology in
education, children's experiences in virtual worlds, digital literacy, e-
safety - legal and good practice guidelines. It is hoped that this
conference will stimulate discussion, ideas and concrete action points
that can help the sector move forward as a whole, in a way that truly
supports young people, and those who work with them.
To register an interest in attending this conference, please visit:
www.wisekids.org.uk/conf
and complete the form. We will send you a notice when registration for
this conference opens officially. This is anticipated to be the end of
August 2008. It is anticipated that the conference registration fee will
be approximately £87.00.
