Archive for the ‘Digital Participation’ Category

The rise of social media surgeries in Yorkshire and the Humber

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Working with a large number of partners, Digital 20/20 has now been able to stimulate nine regular Social Media Surgeries in Yorkshire & the Humber, and there are more in the planning stage. Current surgeries take place in:

Bradford
Doncaster
Huddersfield
Leeds
North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby)
North West Sheffield (High Green)
Rotherham
Sheffield Central
York

Social Media Surgeries are relatively informal events where people with [...]

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Social Media in Education – a report from “LearnPod 10″

Monday, July 26th, 2010

June 30th and July 1st saw a first for the Yorkshire & Humber region, when renowned social media expert Chris Brogan flew from Boston, Massachusetts, to Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to be part of the region’s first “Podcamp” exploring the use of social media in education and training.

Chris is a self-effacing man, and just as personable [...]

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Digital Outreach Trainer Partner Organisation Event

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

It was great to see over 35 members of the Joining the DOTs team and associated organisations meet for the Partner Organisation Event last week. The event gave attendees the opportunity to discuss progress and the direction of the project as it moves in to its’ second year.
Project Director, Martin Cantor chaired the event and [...]

Tags: DOTs, MITP
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Last chance to get standard Home Access kit

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Despite the sad news about Becta, Home Access is NOT being wound up. The funding for the standard kit is nearly spent so get your applications in now! There is still funding ring fenced for students with severe learning difficulties.

Following the decision by the Department to continue with the Home Access Assistive Technology provision, the [...]

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Report on session: Accessing funding for NEETs e-Inclusion Projects

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

There was a large turn-out for this session in Sheffield on Wednesday June 9th. Kath Fitzpatrick from Doncaster Council gave details of many sources of funding – European, national and local, as well as tips on how to make a successful application. You can access her presentation on our NEETs page.
Dee Desgranges from [...]

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