Alex Fairclough's Evaluation interview

Alex's Workshop Idea

My workshop idea is to design an intergenerational workshop called:
'Take your parent/grandparent to school day'.

The workshop will have two parts:

• First part will involve a workshop with the junior class, teaching them how to use a PC. Many of the pupils will already know this, but it will reiterate what pupils already know and bring them all to the same level.
• Second part will involve the pupils inviting their parents/grandparents to school, where the pupils will then teach the adults how to use the computer. They will effectively be delivering a 'First Click' style training to them.

This could also be extended to specific workshops using specific applications, eg. Paint, Wordsearch creators, video editing, etc.

Target audience - although much of the work is carried out by the pupils, the target audience will actually be the parents/grandparents. They will feel obliged to take part as it is a 'school project'. :p

Duration - 2 half day sessions.

Kit - one computer per child/parent.

Alex's multimedia project

Hello,

My first project was creating a blog for the Denbighshire project - DDD (Digital Denbighshire Digidol). This blog is primarily for promoting the project publicly, and is also for gaining feedback from former beneficiaries. We have been tweeting about the blog and using it as a tool for keeping people informed about course dates and venues, and what kind of courses we can provide. It is working as we have 470 views in a few weeks....
This is the blog - http://digitaldenbighshire.blogspot.co.uk/

My second project was to create a facebook group for beneficiaries. This group is by invitation only and beneficiaries will learn how to use facebook as part of their training, and then join the group. The purpose of the group is as a self help page - so they can post problems they are having with their PC's or certain software, and then other group members can reply solutions. It encourages people to interact socially with beneficiaries from other sessions across the county, reinforces their learning, and provides a wealth of knowledge and diversity across the group.... we haven't run a facebook session yet but when we do their will obviously be people in the group asking questions and things.....
This is the facebook help page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/533153303395344/

The final project was a resource for a session. The idea behind it is to get people using computers by tapping into what their interests are. Some people would like to learn a musical instrument but may not have the money for lessons. I learnt how to play guitar using the internet but found I had to flick between several resources to find the best info, so i have created this site to collate this info and embed videos, etc, to avoid having to seek info from elsewhere. It is a working progress but this is it below.....
This is the learn2play website - https://sites.google.com/site/dddlearn2play/learn2play-guitar

AND if you have any poorly teddy bears that need fixing - dont put them in the bin, ending their lives, and increasing landfill - send them to me and i will fix them and forward them to one of our supporting charities - Joshua's Boxes, Lisa's Stars, and many local charity shops, so that they can be loved again by another child. :) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexios-Teddy-Hospital/173922409322636

ALEX.

First task - Alex Fairclough, idea 2

My second project idea is a blog dedicated to teaching people how to play basic musical instruments. It is a collation of useful sites, blogs, forums, videos and tutorials.
I taught myself to play guitar and banjo using Internet forums but found I had to research and constantly go back and forth between sites so I felt by embedding useful media within this blog would make it easier to get around.

First task - Alex Fairclough

My project idea is to create a group page on Facebook which is a help page for users. Beneficiaries will learn how to sign up and use a Facebook account within their training, and will add the help page as a group. This help page will be used by all project beneficiaries and therefore when people post problems they encounter with their digital technology, there will be a wealth of knowledge shared. Not only will this encourage interaction and improve self confidence, but it will also reinforce the learning from the training session. 

Session idea by Alex

Title - How to record old photos and documents

Equipt needed - Scanner, PC's, beneficiaries, a tutor

Format of session - Group will be working individually, which will allow for one-to-one help where necessary. Tutor will demonstrate the process of scanning documents from a beginners level, and learners will then repeat this process.

Brief outline of session - Individuals will learn how to record old family photos, old wills, letters and other documents, onto a digital format, by scanning documents and saving them into relevant folders on their computer. Dependent on the pace of the learners, possibilities to also show how to edit, restore, and print documents.

Learning outcomes - individuals can start up their computers, load and scan documents, save, edit and print documents.

Introducing Alex

My role is Digital Inclusion Outreach Officer for Denbighshire, through Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council. Our project is called Digital Denbighshire Digidol, and my role is to reduce the 27,001 digitally excluded people living in Denbighshire, by providing training and information sessions across the county. alex@dvsc.co.uk