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I'm your tutor for this module, Irnina. Looking forward to meet everyone in class.

One interesting thing about me is I am Peranakan.

My experience with youth was way back when I was in the social services sector, and technology is of a personal dabbling and interest.

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Hi Ms Irnina! I am Jessica, mother to 2 teenage girls. My experience with youth is mainly through my relief teaching and parenting my girls. I am exploring reaching out to youth as I see the challenging times that they live in and exposure to all sorts of stuff on social media.

One interesting point about me is I love dogs and have 2 fur kids 🐶 they are definitely easier to parent than my girls!! 😅

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I am Cheng Cheng, mother to 3 youth girls.

My work with youth is through my tutoring experience (Principle of Accounts) for Sec 3-5 students. I like interacting with them, and knowing them better outside the subject. Some are "guai" students, some more playful. Some of them have mild learning difficulties (dyslexic memory, mild autism), some super quiet and some super noisy (which is more fun). Most of the time, I am in constant contact with the parents as well to keep them updated about their child(ren)'s learning progress. Over time, I also become friends with some of the parents.

For technology, it's really mainly the core (MS Office - Excel, Word, Powerpoint) due to my previous accounting work experience. But my girl has introduced me to Kahoot! to add fun for the students' learning. I also learn creating IG post from my girls (still not very good).

I have a very old lady (Purrple) with us. She is 22 years this year. We adopted her from someone when she was 15, and she has been with us for 7 years now.

I like to interact with people from very young kids to very old kids as well.

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Hi there Irnina. Kasim here. Looking forward to see you again. This course is definitely a must for me cos I need to learn/know what my 3 boys are up to in cyberspace/socmed.

I am not exactly tech-savvy but I hope this module will at least bring me up to speed on anything and everything about youths and technology. See you : )

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Hello everyone, I am Jeslyn, I am from the Early childhood sector. I have a teenage daughter who is also in NP studying EC. Technology for me is mainly for work & assignments. I love travelling! See you all in class soon!

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Hellow Irnina! Its nice to meet you again! I'm still the same me! but now with added responsibilities and sleepless nights HAHA. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to this upcoming class.

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Hi Irnina!

I’m Janice. I have been working in the automotive industry for more than a decade. Although I joined a charity organization 8 years ago and have participated in numerous home visits, I haven’t had many opportunities to interact with youth.  In recent years, I have come to realize and that being a youth today is more challenging  than it was in my time. I want to learn more about this so I can provide support and advice in the future, especially I have 3 nieces who are in their youth now.

One interesting thing about me is that I am a vegetarian.  See you tomorrow :)

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Hello Irnina

Happy Vesak Day!! I am Daphnie, currently a stay home mother of 3 teens. An interesting thing about me 🤔 I'm still searching for that answer myself... Will let you know when I discover it 🤣

Was in the advertising industry for more than 10 years and I'm hoping to find my next career in something I'm passionate about. I only have experience with youth thru my kids and their friends. I see that youths these days face so much stress and challenges in life. I would like to be able to help them in whatever little ways I can, so that they may be happier, and prepared to face the world confidently. 💖

I don't fear technology, neither do I love it. But we're in a society where we cannot live without it. Therefore we just have to embrace and go with the flow 😉

Looking forward to class and meeting you tomorrow. Have a nice day. Thank you. 😊

Sincerely

Daphnie

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Hello Irnina, I'm Kelvin and a Dad to 3 teens. Other than the sample size of 3 youths at home, I have limited experience working with youths in general. I have interacted mostly with fellow parents, through social media platforms and they have also shared the same parenting challenges with their youths. Through this, it has piqued my interest in wanting to learn how to engage with and understand youths better. Looking forward to your class!

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Hello Irnina, peace be with you. I'm Jane and I currently work for a Catholic church part-time as the Pastoral Teams Coordinator, creating and managing programmes and events for church members, including youth and young adults. I'm also a mother of 4. My background is in law and broadcast journalism; and I've worked for the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore for over 10 years in the areas of catechesis (religious education) and outreach. One interesting thing about me is that I'm also an electronic music producer and have released music with my band. I look forward to learning more about Youth and Technology. Thank you and take care! jane

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Hi Irnina,

Looking forward to your class!

No experience at all working with youth.

Thank you,

Julie

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Hi Ms Irnina,  I am Li Yen and I enjoy spending time with youth, my first experience being schoolmates of my two boys who frequently visited our home after school. That has also encouraged me to volunteer in the Boys’ & Girls’ Home. What I find terrifying is not youth (they are lovely) or technology (I do my best to learn) but lizards. Massive fear! 

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Hi Ms Irnina,  I am Li Yen and I enjoy spending time with youth, my first experience being schoolmates of my two boys who frequently visited our home after school. That has also encouraged me to volunteer in the Boys’ & Girls’ Home. What I find terrifying is not youth (they are lovely) or technology (I do my best to learn) but lizards. Massive fear! 

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Hi Irnina

I am Kerstin. My passion grew in helping youth grew when I was struggling to understand my own kids. I started volunteering in Catholic church to facilitate Sunday School for the youth about 5 years ago. Covid struck and have to do it via zoom. Till now I am still uncomfortable conducting class via zoom. I find it hard to engage them and I dislike the feeling of them ghosting us in a zoom meeting.

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Hi Irnina,

I am Atiqah.

Interesting point about me is that i am scared of almost all animals. they are scary.. :(

I have experience teaching youths to use elderly friendly tablets for community service sessions for befriending and usage of coding games for youths to engage with pri/sec school students

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Glad to see you, again! Hope you have been well.

A summary of myself:

A passionate educator with more than 8 years of experience fostering the development of young minds in primary education. I leverage a strong foundation in curriculum development and engaging pedagogy to create a nurturing and stimulating learning environment. My dedication to student success extends beyond academics, as I am deeply committed to promoting positive character development and social-emotional well-being.

I am confident that my combined experience, skills, and unwavering dedication to education will allow me to make a significant impact on the lives of young learners.

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Hello everyone, I am Jai. Been a youth worker for about 8-9 years working with Boys’ Town. I started off as a residential youth worker for about 2 years, working with the youths and supporting them through their stay at the residential home. I then moved over to the Outreach arm of Boys Town, YouthReach, where I work with At risk youth in the community, connecting them to resources and supporting them in their personal, social, emotional, educational and vocational needs. Over the years I’ve also focused on growing and training new youth workers and supporting them and their youths. It’s very rewarding and genuinely exciting work for me.

Technology in youth work for me started during Covid. Using platforms like zoom, Instagram to list a few.

Fun fact about me is a love motorcycles and I play in a couple of bands✌🏽