You know that there are loads of cool new webtools around but you forget where they are, who they might suit or what situation they might be useful in?

Well college@home have a very helpful list of 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner.

What is great about the list is the ‘every kind of learner’ bit.  The 100 tools are listed under learning preferences so you can see quickly which of your young people / group / you / whoever might enjoy using the tools.

The National Youth Agency (England) have just published an interim report from a study into Youth Worker’s attitudes to Social Networking. The project blog is here.

Not surprisingly only 35% of youth workers felt able to help young people take advantage of the opportunities of Social Networking as opposed to 53% who felt they should focus on the dangers of the Internet.

There are a huge range of opportunities to do good, creative work with young people using online tools and social networking sites. The Internet is here to stay. Let’s get busy using it positively.

If you read this blog regularly you’ll know I’m doing a masters in research.  I’ve come to the point where I need to decide what I’m going to research!

Any ideas?  I was thinking something to do with church youth work and technology use.  Would that be helpful?  Does anyone care?  What would be the point of knowing if and how churches use technology in their informal education with young people?

Any help gratefully received!!!