A timely exploration of the interaction between young people, new media and adolescent development. Issues of speed and gratification, new forms of community and connectivity, and their effects on education, learning, identity and relationships will be discussed and the future of globally connected adolescents debated.

Speakers
Sarah Dyer, Director of New Media, CyberMentors Programme, Beatbullying.
Frank Furedi, sociologist, University of Kent, author of Paranoid Parenting and Wasted: Why education is not educating.
Paul Kelley, Headteacher, Monkseaton High School, Tyneside.

This event is free.

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