Terminology
Common abbreviation for four closely connected areas of study: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
What is STEM?
A person who harasses or persecutes someone with unwanted and obsessive attention.
What is Stalker?
This professional is responsible for planning and implementing activities for young people.
Who is a youth worker?
Ability to use digital tools and technologies effectively.
What is digital literacy?
A versatile communication platform that enables text, voice, and video interactions within customizable community servers. Originally popular among gamers.
What is Discord?
Application of game elements in a non-game environment
What is gamification?
A way of behaving, especially on social media, in which it is common to completely reject and stop supporting someone because they have said or done something that offends you.
What is Cancel culture?
This is a method used in youth work to engage young people in decision-making processes.
What is participatory youth work?
Name a popular social media platform used in digital youth work where most use formats are photo and story.
What is Instagram?
Game-based learning platform used to create, share, and play educational quizzes and games. It is widely used in classrooms, businesses, and social settings to make learning interactive and engaging.
What is Kahoot?
A type of play activity, conducted in the context of a pretended reality, in which the participant(s) try to achieve at least one arbitrary, non-trivial goal by acting in accordance with rules. (Adam 2009)
What is game?
Any image, video, or audio clip that has been taken out of its original context and reframed for an entirely different purpose or narrative frame.
What is Recontextualised media?
This type of youth work is conducted in informal settings like parks and streets.
What is street-based youth work?
The record of a person’s online activities?
What is a digital footprint?
Interactive presentation tool designed to enhance engagement and participation during meetings, lectures, and events. It allows presenters to create live polls, quizzes, word clouds, Q&A sessions, and surveys that audiences can respond to in real-time using their smartphones or other devices.
What is Mentimeter?
This event engages young people in collaborative STEM challenges, usually in short timeframe (48h).
What is a hackathon?
Unauthorised release of sensitive materials or documents.
What is leak?
This term refers to the use of digital media and technology in youth work.
What is digital youth work?
What is a common platform for creating and sharing educational videos?
What is YouTube?
User-friendly graphic design platform that allows individuals and teams to create stunning visuals, including presentations, social media graphics, posters, and more, using customizable templates and a drag-and-drop interface.
What is Canva?
This term describes the simulation of human intelligence in machines.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
Someone who leaves intentionally annoying or offensive messages on the internet in order to upset someone, get attention or cause trouble.
What is troll?
Information what refers to the accessible, reliable, and relevant online resources and data tailored to the needs and interests of young people, often provided through various digital platforms and services.
What is digital youth info?
This type of digital event engages participants through live interaction.
What is a webinar?
The sandbox videogame what allows players to explore a blocky, procedurally generated 3D world with infinite terrain, discovering and extracting raw materials, crafting tools and items, and building structures or earthworks.
What is Minecraft?