myguide UK Govt's Digital Inclusion Strategy Last December, we published action 15 of the Government Digital Strategy to show the government’s commitment to digital inclusion. Today, as the Director responsible for this area of work, I wanted to mark the launch of the Digital Inclusion Strategy as part of that commitment to reduce the number of people and organisations offline. We’ve also brought together 40 organisations from public, private and voluntary sectors to sign up to a new UK Digital Inclusion Charter. This is a really exciting time for us because it’s the first time the government will be bringing together such a wide number of partners to tackle digital exclusion. The government will work with the digital skills charity Go ON UK and UK Digital Inclusion Charter signatories to address the barriers that have stopped people going online by delivering a set of ten actions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. How we developed the strategy Measuring success
Accessible Geeks Go ON - Help Pass IT on! Introducing the new digital inclusion team We’re setting up a new team to work in government and beyond to increase the digital skills of the UK. Today the Department for Business Innovation and Skills released the Information Economy Industrial Strategy (IEIS) to boost growth opportunities for digital industries. It includes something I’ve been working on with departments for a few months – setting up a new cross-government team that will be based in GDS to co-ordinate work on digital skills for citizens and businesses. The work of the team will be developed collaboratively with colleagues across government, but I’m writing this post to tell you more about why we’re putting it together and what it will do. Why are we doing this? The Government Digital Strategy sets out how central government is going to transform its services to become digital by default. Government already makes a substantial contribution to this, not least – as the IEIS sets out – working with Martha Lane Fox’s Go ON UK and funding UK Online Centres.
Disability Magazine | PosAbility Magazine — The UK's most innovative disability lifestyle magazine covering sports, careers, education, relationships, holidays or activities and experiences that are accessible to all. Internet Buttons | Welcome Go ON UK | Basic Digital Skills Definition In the UK, 1 in 5 adults lack the following Basic Digital Skills. Want to know why? Take a look at what the common barriers to digital exclusion are. The Basic Digital Skills definition has been adopted to focus partner support and celebrate success. We have consulted widely with a range of stakeholders including academics at the London School of Economics (LSE), our Go ON UK board partners, Citizens Online, the London Business School and Tinder Foundation in the development of the Basic Digital Skills definition. These ‘Basic Digital Skills’ are used as a basic standard of literacy for all Go ON UK partners. To learn more about why, read our rationale behind the change. You are welcome to use our Basic Digital Skills definition and can download a static version of the table as a PDF or image (JPEG).
Care systems integration Nominet Trust UK Digital Skills Taskforce Using ICT in activities for people with dementia - ICTs for keeping in touch There are two main ways you can use the internet to support communication for people with dementia: email internet phone services. ICT in action: Using the internet to call friends and family Our residents were wary of technology. If you don’t make a big deal out of it though, people get used to it. Why use email with people with dementia? There are specific advantages to helping people with dementia use email: Copies of all emails are automatically stored so that each can be re-read every time an email is sent or received, which can help with recall. Basic kit for emailing A desktop computer, laptop or tablet Access to the internet Web-based email such as Yahoo or Hotmail Hints and tips for using email Make sure the friends or family the person wants to communicate with are willing and able to reply and that you have correct email addresses. Why use internet phone services with people with dementia? There are a number of services that allow people to talk to each other over the internet.
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