NZ Herald: Di Daniels has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to digital literacy education, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Di led the 20/20 Trust’s Computers in Homes programme (currently suspended awaiting promised funding reinstatement) from small beginning to a national programme that helped 19,000 school families get online. ... Read more
The Lloyds Bank Consumer Digital Index 2018 measures financial and digital capability of UK people, and shows clear social and financial benefits of being online vs offline. New this year is detailed Basic Digital Skills, digital skills in the workplace, new demographic data, money management attitudes and research on 11-18 year olds. ... Read more
20/20 Trust today expressed disappointment over the absence of a Budget announcement restoring funding for Computers in Homes (CiH). “We are concerned about the impact on the digitally excluded – the 100,000 school-aged children without internet access at home” said Laurence Millar of 20/20 Trust. “These families will be cut further adrift each year that the world moves on and they are not digitally connected.” ... Read more
This article links to all resources from Net Inclusion 2018, Cleveland Ohio April 18-19. This 2-day national conference brought together USA digital inclusion community practitioners, advocates, academics, Internet service providers, and policymakers to share digital equity, digital inclusion programs, and digital inclusion best practices. ... Read more
To widen community access NetHui again takes to the road, with one day NetHui in 3 locations in August/October. Team up with InternetNZ to bring New Zealand’s most inclusive diverse and interactive Internet-focused event to your town or city. ... Read more
The next census is on 6th March 2018, and is a ‘digital first’ census when people are sent an online code instead of paper forms. But most of the ‘digitally excluded’ people, that 20/20 programmes are for, do not have the internet. Please offer your help to make sure their voice is heard, and to complement and support the special efforts Census field teams will make to reach ‘offline’ dwellings and families. ... Read more
Netsafe, NZ’s online safety organisation has released its first Harmful Digital Communications Annual Population Survey. The research reports on attitudes, behaviours and impacts of harmful digital communications in NZ. A key focus is perceptions and experiences of harm and distress in the last year. ... Read more
Safer Internet Day 2018 is on February 6th, Waitangi Day. This year’s theme is “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”. It is an invitation for everyone to join in and engage with others in a respectful way in order to ensure a better digital experience. Here are some useful resources, including the Netsafe 2018 STAYING SAFE ONLINE GUIDE. ... Read more
The World Economic Forum in Davos last week announced both new research – “Towards a Reskilling Revolution” – and a new “IT Industry Skills Initiative” that aims to upskill 1 million people by 2021. ... Read more
Gisborne Herald: A joint venture between Ka Pai Kaiti and Tairawhiti Technology Trust (Taitech, a 20/20 Partner) has opened a computer hub offering computer courses and connectivity for anyone in the community. The initial focus in on older people but this will widen to include school children, young people and the whole community. ... Read more
