Social media & study and career orientation (development)

2. Social media & study and career orientation (development)

3. How a transistor radio helped to shape my life and career!

4. Hallo Skyvie! Hallo Johan, how are you today? You can ask me anything you like….

5. Adapt or die… the inevitability of change

6. Douglas Adams • Everythingthat’salready in the worldwhenyou’re born is justnormal; • Anythingthatgetsinventedbetweenthenandbeforeyou turn thirty is incrediblyexcitingandcreative • Anythingthatgetsinventedafteryou’rethirtyis against the natural order of thingsand the beginning of the end of civilisationas we knowit

7. Recapping the facts: • 24-hour media access • 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to using media across a typical day • more than 53 hours a week) • 'media multitasking' means that they pack a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media content into those 7½ hours • the average teenager sends an 3,400 texts a month • spend close to eight hours daily in front of various electronic screens -- more time than sleeping, school or any other activity Kaiser Family Foundation 2012

8. Social networking • In Aug 2012, Facebook had 1 billion active users • 526 million of whom were active daily • 300 million photos were uploaded every day • In 2012, 72 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute

9. From the transistor radio to tweeting in the toilet • 32 percent of people between the ages of 18 to 24 fessed up to up to using social media in the bathroom. Nielsen 2012 social media report tweeting on the pot

10. Social media in the classroom

11. Students • Develop the 21st century skills needed for a successful career • They nurture a positive attitude towards the use of technology not only in their education but in their life as a whole • Share and exchange school assignments and projects • Stay updated about their schools news • Quick instant access to their classroom updates • Teaches responsibility • Creates engagement which helps students learn better • Encourages collaboration and team work for students • Fosters communicative skills and develops inter-personal relationships • Develops critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration • Global participation

12. Educators • Social networking helps teachers huddle professionally • Allows for sharing of content and best practices • Possibilities offered by web 2.0 technologies • Sharing experiences, collaborating, researching and updating knowledge • From a cultural perspective, social networking  can be a vehicle for world peace and inter-cultural understanding through the promotion of cross-cultural dialogue. • Social networking helps teachers stay engaged in education

13. Pioneering the future &specific uses of social media ?

14. Social media &Study- and career orientation

15. Early school leavers, switching& wrong choices • In 2011, nearly six million young people between 18 and 24 years old had not finished upper secondary education and were not in education and training • On average, 54.8% of these early-school leavers are unemployed • EU average 2011 13.5% EU TARGET 2020 Below 10%

16. 23.2% 26.5%% 33.5%

17. 10% 5,000,000,000.00 • Early school leavers, switching, retraining • Many reasons • Wrong study- and/or career choice

18. The wrong choice • 33% made some wrong choices • 25% not satisfied with choices • 47% wished they had chosen different study/career

19. Reasons • Choices influenced by wrong factors • Not sufficient context • Not enough contact with the real world/workplace • Wrong perceptions about workplace • Not sufficient guidance

20. How can we use social media to help students to make better study and career choices?