1. Séminaire « Pratiques numériques des jeunes européens »
Seminar “Young Europeans’digital practices”
SMARTER
Gabriel BREZOIU, GEYC | Romania
2. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
The big picture:
Young people spend a lot of time online
7 years old
The average European child starts to
use internet
3 out of 4
Young people aged 15-16 years old go
online on a daily basis
30% of 11-16 y teens
Have experienced symptoms linked to
excessive use of Internet
Reference: European Commission
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3. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
A specific context:
Upsides and downsides of Internet
With a great
opportunity,
it comes a greater
responsibility!
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4. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
The challenge:
Raise Employability through Social Media
Understanding
the bigger picture
and taking
advantage of it!
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5. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
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6. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
An online debate (Jan. – Feb. 2014):
How can we use social media in our
professional life?
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7. SMARTER – Social Media Academy: Raise Teen Employability Resources
About 80 comments | people from Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Philippines,
Germany, Armenia, Greece, USA, Lithuania, Belgium, Bulgaria and Portugal
| focused on 3 social networks: Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter
PROs
CONs
•personal and professional development:
•privacy concerns
finding internship opportunities, interesting
•possible mix between personal and
events, courses and workshops
professional lives
•sharing information with people interested
•information accuracy
in the same subjects
•aggressive advertising
•socializing
•online education
•international networking
•developing a CV
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