Deliver Your Own Get Digital Project

How would you like to hear these words from a 98-year-old resident?

 Wow!  I’ve just sent my first email!

You can achieve this using our free materials.

Here at Get Digital we understand how to help people in sheltered housing schemes to gain digital skills and to get online for the first time.  We have delivered about 200 projects in such schemes.  So we have seen the issues, heard the questions and learned the lessons.

As a result we have brought together lots of useful information and packaged it up in Toolkits and Learner Materials that are:

• easy-to-download
• simple-to-read
• fun-to-use

Then the entire collection is available free-of-charge.

All you need to do is register a few details

When you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email. When you reply to that message, you will receive a second email with your download page link and password.

If you have already registered your details please click here

What is on offer?

You can click on the links in the list below to see more details

Toolkits

1. Getting Started – setting up a programme
2. Keeping Safe – ensuring IT security and safety for users going online
3. Access For All – ensuring the environment and equipment enable everyone to participate
4. Get Learning – running the learning sessions
   Learner Materials

   1. Basic Digital Skills
   2. Keeping in Touch
   3. Searching and Learning on the Web
   4. Stay Safe Online
   5. Writing Letters
   6. Greetings Cards
   7. Digital Photos
   8. …and much more!

    

5. Involving The Community – engaging with other organisations and people who can help
6. Keep Going – ensuring ongoing IT support and sustained activity in the future

Dont Forget!

There are other useful materials elsewhere on this website.  After you have registered your details below and downloaded the Toolkits and Learner Materials take a look at our Resources area.

What will you need?

• An appetite to facilitate your residents in learning about IT and the digital world
• An ability to inspire a sense of excitement and enthusiasm in your residents and colleagues.

Plus, of course…

• Plenty of paper in the printer for all the materials that are available here … and elsewhere on this website!

Top 10

Our TOP 10 things to do – read more about these in the Get Digital materials:

1. Register your details with us – so that we know who you are and can keep you up to date with Get Digital developments and ideas – and get your feedback
2. Download the Getting Started material which will tell you how to prepare and set up your scheme
3. Find out more – invest some time in exploring the materials so that you can be confident, able and knowledgeable
4. Look for some computers – including thinking about how you will obtain computers of course!   Talk to your IT department or local computer re-cycling source – many schemes have been given machines for free.  It is certainly well worth telling your IT team what you are doing.
5. Research the interests of your residents –and the things they might want to do online
6. Plan your Get Digital journey – together with your residents.
7. Look for some local partners – having the help of some college students, AgeUK or the local photographic society, to name but a few examples, can certainly help.
8. Set time aside to make it happen – you will find that this is a really worthwhile investment.
9. Look around our website for news, more materials and lots of inspiring good news stories.
10. Celebrate success whenever you can.  Hold celebratory events, give out certificates, tell your story.   Enjoy the benefits of the journey and have fun!

Feedback

These toolkit resources have been developed with input from the sector. We would welcome any further feedback and suggestions about ways in which the resources could be improved, or any key areas you think are missing. The resources will be reviewed in light of feedback at the end of January 2011 and where possible, further improvements will be made. Please send any feedback and suggestions to Sarah Perry Sarah.Perry@niace.org.uk

Register your details here

Please enter your details in order to be able to download the Get Digital toolkit resources. When you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email. When you reply to that message, you will receive a second email with your download page link and password.

You will automatically be subscribed to receive Get Digital emails although you can unsubscribe from these at any time by following the instructions in the email confirmation which you will receive once you have registered.