by Calvin Williams

Today’s youth are usually the front-runners in emerging media technology. It is important for adults who work with youth to keep up to speed if they intend to stay relevant.

But what if your adult schedule does not allow you the time stay on top of the ever-changing technology? As an adult youth worker, I have found it difficult to do this in some areas of technology. Some youth that I work with are miles ahead of me in knowledge of media and technology, even though I work part-time as a web designer!
In youth ministry, one of our goals is to empower the youth and help them grow. I have found that this can be accomplished by giving a technologically savvy teen the permission to take charge in some media projects and educate me in the process.

Recently, our youth ministry needed a promotional video created. I could figure out how to create one myself if I read a few tutorials and spent some time looking for the best software and stock footage. But I realized that there is a youth in my program who already knows how to do this. He was more than eager to do this project and I just gave him some direction. A couple days later he proudly showed me the finished work. We then got to work together on some minor edits. The result: a proud teen with his accomplishment and time spent together.

Tags: leadership, Training, Youth, Youth in Media, Youth Outreach

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