PLINGS (CluedUpInHull)

PLINGS is a DCSF driven project of positive activities for young people "Places to go Things to do". Hull City Council has signed up to this, and are one of 20 local authorities proud to be taking part in this pilot project. Hull City Learning Centre are currently publicising the project on behalf of the council through our work with Hull schools.

 

A company called Substance won the bid and is using a consortium of other companies to provide various types of media to get the message across to young people and colleagues working with young people about places to go, things to do in Hull. One of the companies involved is RadioWaves (http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/), and we are using their web based social networking site to create a resource through which children and young people can:

 

• create their own stories,
• add video,
• add audio,
• create polls,
• create blogs,
• create channels

 

And many other things around a subject matter where their stories can be seen. The idea is that a teacher in a school (or a youth worker) is a ‘publisher’ who has final approval on the content, and the young people are ‘reporters’ who go out and create interesting content on something that interests them, and more importantly, would interest other young people who can then comment and share their own experiences and content.

 

To have a look at the (rapidly increasing) content that has already been uploaded, visit:

 

http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/s/CluedUpforDigivibe

 

To sign up, become a publisher and get a login, contact Patrick O’Malley on 616066 or via e-mail at Patrick.O'Malley@hullcc.gov.uk