THE LOFT YOUTH ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE
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THE LOFT YOUTH ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE
TUMBLRSBLOGSandSOCIAL MEDIA
what we doThe Loft Youth Arts and Cultural Centre runs arts and cultural activities for
young people aged 12-25. The Loft is an initiative of Newcastle
City Council.
what we doThe Loft is a safe place
for young people to express themselves,
hang out with friends, meet new people
and gain skills as organisers of their own
events and activities.
We offer after-school activities, holiday workshop programs, an Aboriginal arts program, project mentoring, all ages gigs, and venue hire. We also run outreach programs outside the venue.
what we do
We provide referrals for at risk young people. We
encourage an increased level of youth
participation in community and civic
activities.
what we do
The Loft is committed to providing a drug and alcohol free environment for young people at all
of our events.
what we do
www.theloft.org.au
The Loft’s website went on-line in 2010
HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA
The Loft website is designed to:• deliver information such as contact details, hiring
price guide, school holiday and after school activities etc.
• showcase Loft members and their projects, and
• be an initial point of reference for parents, carers, guardians and other arts/welfare organisations as much as young people.
www.theloft.org.au
http://facebook.com/theloftnewcastle
The Loft’s Facebook page was initiated in 2010
HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA
The Loft has over 4500 friends on Facebook.
Facebook gives us the opportunity to: • respond immediately to inquiries, • develop communities around after school activities
and interests. • engage with young people on their terms, in their
preferred forum• promote gigs and activities
• pass on competitions, forums and other external
opportunities to our members
www.facebook.com/theloftnewcastle
1. Equity of access allows us to respond to changing youth cultural trends and continue to engage and involve young
people from diverse backgrounds
2. Community formation for isolated young people
why SOCIAL MEDIA works for us
3. Community formation for isolated young people
4. Fostering support within the community
why SOCIAL MEDIA works for us
The Loft has public access computers. The Loft staff:
• Physically monitor internet use by young people
• Discuss on-line responsibilities with computer users
• Display information in the computer area reminding young people of appropriate on-line behaviour
how we keep our young people safe
• Access to arts/creative opportunities and competitions
• Membership within cyber-communities of similar interests
• Opportunities to explore identity• Connectedness to peer groups• Civic engagement and activism• Increases awareness of social activities within
‘real life’ community
opportunities digital media can provide
Current examples
KONY 2012
http://kony2012.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
Tumblr - http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/kony-2012
• What has social media has done?
• Social media and critical thinkinghttp://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble
http://projectkony.tumblr.com/
Digital media the internet and the fairshare experience
• Getup! www.getup.org.au/great-barrier-reef
• Gumtree www.gumtree.com.au
• Miniature Earth www.miniature-earth.com
• EcoEtsy www.ecoetsy.com
• Facebook• Twitter• MySpace• Windows Live Messenger• tumblr• Habbo Hotel• deviantART• Google+
social media used by the loft’s young people
social media used by the loft’s young people
Twitter and Social movements
• Political and Environmental movements
• Sharing and updating followers with new information about current events
• examples?
• Art based blogging community• Erotic content• Users offer each other criticsim and praise• Manga and fan based art very popular• Users can sell their works or advertise for
commissions • Journals, polls, groups and portfolios.
social media used by the loft’s young people
tumblr
social media used by the loft’s young people
• Blog - writing and photos• Culture of reblogging• Fan driven – Dr Who, Harry Potter and cats• Two way blocking feature• Anonymous questions can be disabled
social media used by the loft’s young people
Tumblr and the fairshare experience
• http://sustainableart.tumblr.com/
• http://passage-sustainable-art-design.tumblr.com/
• http://counter-craft.tumblr.com/
• http://projectcraftivism.tumblr.com/
Our Job• Create a FairShare Newcastle Tumblr
» Creative Writing and reflective passages» Photography» Online resources and links with brief overviews» Local examples and recounts of local projects» Digital illustrations » YouTube» Links to other tumblrs
STepsCreate
Upload
Publicise
Keep creating to keep current
How• Online research and reading
• Find and discover online resources that will value add
• Create digital works using photography and the digital illustration tablets
• Write creative or factual pieces using the knowledge and information that you have gained form Fairshare.
• Review you Fairshare Experience.
One person will need to put their
hand up to set up the fairshare
tumblr and personalise it in
line with the fairshare
experience
Other Tumblrs and blogs to check out
• http://thebiggerproject.tumblr.com/ • http://livingefficiently.tumblr.com/• http://loqalinfo.tumblr.com/• http://notquitehippie.tumblr.com/• http://fairsharepub.tumblr.com/• http://edibleethics.tumblr.com/• http://www.recyclegirl-ren.blogspot.com.au/• http://dressupevent.tumblr.com/• http://greenismyfavcolor.tumblr.com/• http://www.fairshareinternational.org/organisationhttp://www.iftf.org/• http://www.ecocentricblog.org/• http://www.h2oconserve.org/home.php?pd=index• http://www.yourdailyvegan.com/
Other Online links
• storyofstuff.org foodroutes.com
ewg.orgsafecosmetics.org
epa.govdosomething.orgecoetsy.comnationalgeographic.comglobalstewards.orgtheenvironmentalblog.orgchartreuseproducts.com
greenoptions.comsustainablog.org
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