Showcasing Digital Tools: Participant Presentations and Collaborative Learning

Empower Youth Workers

During the training, participants created presentations showcasing various digital tools. They explored different applications and platforms, highlighting their features, benefits, and practical uses in youth work. Through these presentations, participants shared knowledge, exchanged best practices, and enhanced their digital skills while promoting collaborative learning within the group.

Presentation by Moses Ampadu

Adobe Lightroom is a photo editing and organizing software developed by Adobe. It’s super popular among photographers, both amateur and professional, because it makes it easy to:

1. Edit photos non-destructively – You can adjust lighting, colors, contrast, sharpness, and more without permanently changing the original image.

2. Organize photos – It helps you sort, tag, rate, and manage thousands of images efficiently.

3. Presets – You can apply filters or styles instantly, either using built-in ones or creating your own.

4. Sync across devices – If you use Adobe Lightroom CC (the cloud-based version), your edits and photos can sync between your phone, tablet, and computer.

5. RAW photo editing – It’s great for editing high-quality RAW images from cameras. Lightroom is especially good for editing RAW files, which retain much more data than JPEGs, making them ideal for professional editing. But you can still edit JPEG picture.

Above is just a little of what Adobe Lightroom can do. You can download the setup from getintopc.com and install it on your computer.

NB: Make sure your computer is compatible with the setup.

Adobe Lightroom Classic, the top taskbar (also called the module picker) is where you’ll find the main workspaces or modules that guide your workflow. Here’s a breakdown of some:

Library Module

• Purpose: Organize, view, and manage your photos.

• What you do here:

• Import and export images

• Add keywords, flags, ratings, and color labels

• Create collections and folders

• Quickly review and filter images

• View Modes: Grid, Loupe, Compare, and Survey views

Develop Module

• Purpose: Edit and enhance your images.

• What you do here:

• Adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, white balance, etc.

• Crop and straighten

• Apply presets

• Use tools like the brush, radial filter, and graduated filter

• Do lens correction and noise reduction

• This is the heart of Lightroom editing

Slideshow Module

• Purpose: Create image slideshows.

• What you do here:

• Design a slideshow with transitions, music, and text overlays

• Export as PDF or video

Print Module

• Purpose: Prepare images for professional printing.

• What you do here:

• Set up print layouts

• Add borders, watermarks, contact sheets

• Customize paper size and printer settings

There are two main versions:

• Lightroom (CC) – Cloud-based, simpler interface, focused on easy access and syncing.

• Lightroom Classic – Desktop-based, more advanced tools, preferred by pros for large-scale editing and file management.

Jana Brestovičová

Graphic tools:

-Canva

-Figma - more complex and professional

-both of the tools can be used to make poster, post on instagram/facebook, infographics, even websites

Databases:

-CRM systems

-it can be use to manage massive amount of contacts and edit in real time

Making websites:

-WordPress

For making a video and short content:

-Autocut on Tiktok and Instagram

- these apps has many hidden tools where you can choose music and template and it auto generates more versions of video which you want to make

-AI in the use of promoting and creating copywriting

I talked about important things to promote an event and how to make it visible and reach out target audience - more important than poster can be catchy video / phrase and visibility

Workshop: Digital Tools and Methods – 15 minutes – 16 participants

We started the workshop with a fun language game, inspired by “Simon says” but adapted to digital vocabulary. Participants stood in one line, facing each other in pairs. Between them were pictures of tech items like a keyboard, charger, and laptop. I called out words, and the first to grab the correct image won. I began in English, switched to Dutch, and then let one participant lead it in their own language.

Goal of this part: to learn new words in a playful and informal way, improve listening and reaction skills. This activity can easily be adapted to any theme, such as sports or health.

Next, we played an active ball game. Standing in a circle, the person who caught the ball had to share a method they’ve used or know that works well with young people when teaching digital skills. Then they threw the ball to someone else, who did the same.

Goal of this part: to share ideas, encourage informal knowledge exchange, and activate the participants' experience.

After that, we moved to a statement game based on statistics about Europe and digital access. I read out statements with numbers (e.g. about internet use, access to devices, etc.). Participants had to position themselves on a line: one side for “agree,” the other for “disagree.”

Goal of this part: raise awareness, spark quick discussions, and get participants thinking about digital inequality.

We ended with a short, light Kahoot quiz. The questions were related to methods and digital tools, but with a humorous twist to keep the atmosphere relaxed and fun.

Goal of this part: review content, end on a fun note, and create a sense of group connection.