WebWise - a beginner's guide to using the internet. Skillscalculator. Digital inclusion / Libraries + Internet = Better tomatoes :) The-library-dividend-summary-report. Digital inclusion / Rons' our digital planet story :) Ron's Our Digital Planet Story. Four Telecentre-Europe member organizations share experiences during a Study Visit in Moldova. Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Building the Connected Continent High Level Conference on Digital Agenda for Europe Sofia, 20 September 2012. European Commission Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Building the Connected Continent High Level Conference on Digital Agenda for Europe Sofia, 20 September 2012 I want to talk to you today about the EU's digital agenda.
But that's just one example of what ICT can do. In fact it can transform and improve every area of our lives: helping people connect and communicate; learn and find work. That's a smart way out of our current troubles. It won't happen by itself: it needs political effort. How? First, the EU needs fast broadband networks for everyone. Here in Bulgaria, there's still a way to go.
How do we get these networks? This is economically essential. But, remember, sometimes the investment we need to make isn't even about money. Procedures that are too cumbersome, or construction permits that are too hard to get, so that the digging for new networks can't even start. The second thing to focus on is digital skills. Thank you. Events - Digital Champions :: Digital Agenda for Europe. Corporate Citizenship. Register today for Telecentre-Europe’s Summit in Warsaw.
Under the title Jobs for Youth and Ageing Online, network leaders representing more then 25.000 telecentres gathered at Mercure Grand Hotel in Warsaw for the fifth Telecentre-Europe Summit that took place during 17-18 October 2012 and was co-hosted by the Information Society Development Foundation (FRSI). The Summit was opened by a video message from Commissioner László Andor, responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. The event included plenary & parallel sessions on four main topics: • Skills & Jobs for youth • Capacity building for telecentres & libraries • Socio-economic impact of telecentres • Ageing Online The summit provided an excellent opportunity to discuss, network and collectively contribute on issues related to European telecentre networks and other eInclusion themes.
The programme included a series of interactive plenary and parallel sessions and a marketplace for the dissemination of projects & project ideas. Next on the program were three parallel sessions. Digital Practitioner Awards 2012. Sponsored by Do you know a digital practitioner who has, through the use of technology: made learning more inclusive orwidened participation in learning ormade learning more engaging ordelivered learning in a different way? If they went beyond the call of duty to implement innovation or technology the result was a positive and inspiring impact on learners, then you should nominate them for this years "Digital Practitioner Awards", sponsored by Jisc.
Nominations are now open. To nominate somone you need to complete both The nomination form (click to download as Word (*.docx) PDF (*.PDF)The application form (click to download as Word (*.docx) PDF (*.PDF) and return to digitalaward@niace.org.uk by 5pm on Friday, November 22nd, 2013 There will be three awards: 2 x Digital Practioner of the Year 1 x Digital Practioner Team of the Year Terms To Note: The digital practitioner must be someone who is delivering learning in the UK. This award is made possible thanks to the sponsorship of Jisc News from 2012. Digital Inclusion for Social Housing Communities. Research%20report_The%20Linked%20World. Digital Exclusion Compounds Loneliness for Older People | Communities 2.0 blog.
Susan Allen of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation blogged last week about the issue of loneliness for older people. Digital inclusion is relevant here. When people talk about digital inclusion they often stress the financial and economic benefits: saving money on web purchases, improving job prospects and so on. In fact, there are significant social benefits of being online as well. This can include reducing feelings of loneliness and isolation, particularly for older people. A recent Digital Unite study quoted in the Guardian found that 72% of people over 55 reported that being online reduced feelings of loneliness and isolation. Communities 2.0 experience bears this out. Loneliness amongst older people is a profound and complex social problem, but digital inclusion can go some way to mitigate its effects. Like this: Like Loading... "Langas į ateitį" started a new international project for seniors - TE @tc_europe. Langas į ateitį is continuously participating in international projects that encourage the exchange of experiences with partners from other European countries.
The new project "Use IT and enjoy" will start in August 2012 and will be implemented with partner organizations from Sweden and Denmark. Only a part of the elderly in the Baltic region use information technologies in their everyday life: only half of the people aged 50-75 and one-third of the elderly of over 75. The project partners started this initiative to highlight the issue of encouraging seniors for digital inclusion. The purpose of the project is to explore methodologies & facilitate the development of motivations for the elderly to take up digital inclusion. "Since 2002, Langas į ateitį has been organizing ICT trainings that attract participants of various age groups. We are glad to notice that recently more and more elderly discover the need to learn using computer, internet and e-services. Increasing Digital Inclusion via Microvolunteering | Help from Home. Microvolunteering may just be the answer to the growing digital divide. The fact that volunteering online can provide a set of mutually beneficial advantages for both charities and those suffering from digital exclusion must not be overlooked.
The ‘Champion for Digital Inclusion Report 2009’ found that the over-65 category age group were most at risk from digital exclusion. One major factor to stimulate this segregation is that many older people demonstrated that they feel a lack of perceived opportunity or need to have a computer within their home. For example, 34% of this age group in 2008 said that an internet connection would provide no useful benefit for them. Further to this, computer training schemes for the digitally excluded, particularly those suffering from a disability, are often run by charities. For those of the elderly who reside within care homes, high levels of inactivity are frequently documented.
Case Study: Everyone Connected, Everyone Informed in Minneapolis. Digital Inclusion Workshops. You are at: montal.com - About Montal - Montal news Back to Montal news 8 million adults have never been on line and it is estimated that this includes half of all social housing tenants. These one-day practical workshops are focused on developing and implementing an effective and workable digital inclusion strategy to enable your customers to get online. By the end of the day delegates will be able to: Understand the reasons why social housing providers may have a role in enabling tenants to get on line Understand the different options for getting tenants on line Understand the role of different agencies including Digital Unite and UK Online Develop a digital inclusion strategy for their organisation Who should attend The workshops are aimed at those with responsibility for developing a digital inclusion strategy – typically this includes Resident Involvement or Community Development managers.
Pre-requisite for training The workshops are designed to be interactive. Dates and locations: Channel Shift - Helping people use public services online. Between 14 September 2011 and 30 April 2012, UK online centres worked collaboratively with Sheffield City Council, Jobcentre Plus, Citizens Advice and The Pensions Service on an innovative project in Sheffield to increase awareness of the benefits of using online public services. The project, led by UK online centres, was a unique city-wide project that encouraged, inspired and mentored organisations to embrace a collaborative approach to digital by default service delivery, and to support individuals to use online services. The project aimed to produce a scalable, sustainable, community-based infrastructure to support and drive channel shift, transforming the way in which individuals and communities engage with online government services now and in the future.
The project was a huge success, and established partnerships that will far outlast the life of the project. Video: Take a look at our video and listen to our partners views on how the project benefited them. What can you do? Lords communications committee criticises broadband focus. She Will Innovate: Technology Solutions Enriching the Lives of Girls. Intel Corporation and Ashoka Changemakers launched this online competition to find the world's most innovative solutions that equip girls and women with new digital technologies—enabling them to live healthier, smarter, and more meaningful lives. The Changemakers online community has selected three winners that best demonstrate innovation, impact and potential to sustain and scale-up their efforts. Changemakers is also pleased to announce the winner of the She Will Innovate Idea Award, given to the most innovative early stage initiative that shows great potential for social impact and sustainability: iSaveAGirl Congratulations to all the winners!
You may continue to read and comment on all entries. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to receive regular updates, and to give us your feedback. Dear Changemakers Community, There’s no doubt about it: When girls and women have a chance to succeed, everybody wins. Still, some women are being left behind, especially in the developing world. TCF launches TIS Talks, a Webinar Series on Telecentres, Innovation, and Sustainability - Online Community - Telecentre.org Foundation.
Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF), in partnership with Intel, is launching the Technology, Innovation and Sustainability Talks, or TIS Talks, a series of webinars that will run from July to November 2012and will bring together telecentres, networks and partner organizations to learn about successful telecentre sustainability models and entrepreneurs as well as identify opportunities for partnership and involvement.
During the webinars, participants will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, forge collaborations, and build collective action towards social enterprise innovation and partnership-based sustainability across the telecentre movement. To launch TIS Talks, Miguel Raimilla, TCF Executive Director, and Florencio Ceballos, former Managing Director of telecentre.org and now Senior Program Specialist for the International Development Research Centre, will conduct the first webinar on July 23, 05:00 a.m. GMT in English and 4:00 p.m. GMT in Spanish. Phase 1: (July – August)
Youth for Employability Awards. Microsoft, Adecco and Accenture – are launching in partnership the 2012 Youth Employability Awards to celebrate outstanding skills development initiatives, entrepreneurship and ICT training for youth that are making a real impact on the employability of our next generation. This is an opportunity to celebrate outstanding skills development initiatives, entrepreneurship and ICT training for youth that are making a real impact on the employability of our next generation.
Through the Awards, experts in skills development have the chance to highlight their initiative on the EU arena. Applicants can apply until October 1st, 2012. The Awards ceremony will take place at the European Employment Week in Brussels on November 27nd, 2012. » Read more at our community site Comments are closed. International certification programme for educators on internet safety. Telecentre-Europe members Langas i ateiti (Lithuania) & LIKTA (Latvia), together with 3 other international partners have developed a training programme, methodology, student‘s guide, e-course & evaluation tests around Internet Safety for educators. e–GUARDIAN is a professional certification programme for educators localized for use in Lithuania, Latvia and Germany.
The programme is proposed as a safe internet learning standard for Lithuanian and Latvian educational institutions and could be implemented in other EU countries. All the training and testing materials were translated into the e-GUARDIAN partners’ languages: Latvian, German, French, Lithuanian & English. The programme is expected to be endorsed by the ECDL Foundation and to be implemented in the partner countries. » Read more at our community site Comments are closed.
“Use IT and enjoy” focuses on motivational methodologies of ICT usage by elderly. Together with partners from Sweden & Denmark, Telecentre-Europe’s member Langas į ateitį is participating in the project “Use IT and enjoy” that will focus on engagement and motivational methodologies of ICT usage by elderly. A package of best practice examples will be prepared and the collected knowledge will help to address the barriers to digital inclusion currently faced by older citizens across the partner countries and across Europe. The project is partially funded by the NordPlus Adult programme and will start at 1 August, 2012 and last for 22 months. » Read more at the community site Comments are closed. 2012 Mobile Growth Statistics We all know that the growth of the mobile market is huge throughout the globe and constantly reshaping how we interact in our everyday lives. Here is a great infographic that shows us the stats behind this growth and the impact that this has on commerce.
A few stand out stats: There are currently 6 Billion mobile subscribers worldwideThis equals 87% of the world’s populationChina and India account for 30% of this growthThere are over 1.2 Billion people accessing the web from their mobilesOver 300,000 apps have been developed in the past 3 yearsGoogle earns 2.5 Billion in mobile ad revenue annually These are just some of the compelling reasons why you can’t afford to ignore mobile as a platform now. Thanks to the guys at Trinity! Be Sociable, Share! 2012 mobile infographic, Apps, Infographic, Mobile, mobile growth, Mobile Stats 2012. The Yellow Brick Road to Digital Inclusion. Home | Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment Tool - Free Online Assessment Tool for Educators and Community-Based Organizations. The Yellow Brick Road to Digital Inclusion. GuerrillaLibrarian. #SaveLibraries. Mailer.ageuk.org. WebWise - a beginner's guide to using the internet. Digital inclusion / Understanding Libraries, Telecentres, cybercafes and public access centres. Research by University Washington in 25 countries. For more information on the study, visit:
Digital inclusion / BBC trail for Go On 'Give an Hour' campaign to encourage people to volunteer in the UK to get a friend or family member online. The Labs @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The Library as Incubator Project is delighted to partner with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and guest blogger Emily Fear to showcase a new digital literacy initiative at CLP called The Labs.
~Erinn by Emily Fear Through the University of Pittsburgh’s MLIS program, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with some great people on a number of truly fantastic projects. My lucky streak continued when I began a four-month long internship for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) – Teen Services, and not just because I’d be working with more great people on more truly fantastic projects, but also because I was coming in at a tremendous crossroads for the department.
Let me back up to the beginning: The idea for library labs at CLP originally came about in 2008, but budget was a significant hurdle for the project. Despite these challenges, the idea stuck. Corey Wittig, Teen Services Digital Learning Librarian. In February 2011, Corey Witing joined CLP as Teen Services Digital Learning Librarian. Digital Agenda Commissioner – Neelie Kroes. Social-digital research. Digital inclusion / Why you should become a Digital Champion! Digital Agenda Commissioner – Neelie Kroes. Digital Agenda Commissioner – Neelie Kroes. IS UNIT WEB SITE - IPTS - JRC - EC. Zoek je steun voor jouw digitaal project? Dien je aanvraag in voor 11 september! M_Mocanu/Digital Champions - Abonnements... Polish Library Development Program among finalists of the EC e-Inclusion Awards 2012 - TE @tc_europe. Digital Agenda, Future of Work & Skills. Go On: ND2012 - 7th National Digital Conference. Jobs | Citizens Online.
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