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Supporting Young People Online Steven Flower
epal Project - Connexions Greater Manchester
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• Contents
• epal Context
• epal Project
• epal Online
• Next Steps

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epal Context
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• Original Concept
• Invest to Save Budget
• Public services online for young people
• Local personal
• Interaction, participation involvement

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• Context
• Content chasm
• Initiatives and internet content need to be
  tailored more to the
• communities that they intend to serve...What this
  means for
• young people is that we are 'looking into the
  digital divide and
• seeing a content chasm' - BECTA 2002

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• Context
• Enabling creation
• Young peoples cynicism or lack of interest in
  political participation
• using online resources poses a challenge to
  policy makers,
• especially. These might usefully take as their
  starting point the
• nature and channels of participation which young
  people enjoy,
• creating links with music, fashion, animals, the
  environment etc
• - ESRC/ UK Children Online October 2003

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• Context
• Challenges for public agencies
• Online services delivered by central government
  must become
• focused on the needs of users, with more local
  and regional
• services and fewer web sites based on department
• responsibilities. Cabinet Office 2004

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• Development
• Market Research
• SkillShops
• Content Production

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• Involvement of Young People
• Learning thru play
• Inspiration
• Aspiration

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• Defining epal
• Services
• Content
• Partnerships

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• Services

• Content

• Partnerships

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• epal Services
• Inhouse
• Syndicated
• Developed

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• epal Content
• Inhouse
• Syndicated
• Developed

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• Partnerships
• Offline
• Online
• Strategic

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Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
Executive - www.gmpte.com
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• epal.tv
• Informative
• Fun!
• Community
• Channelled

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• Create Channel
• Access
• Contribute
• Showcase

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• Issues Channel
• Informative
• Directory
• Comments

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• Interact Channel
• Consult
• Discuss
• Vote

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• Asha Channel
• Broker
• Friend
• Big Sister

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• Next Steps for the Pilot
• Feedback
• Reflection
• Governance
• Sustainability

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Steven Flower Steven.flower_at_connexions-gmcr.org.uk
0161 227 7009