E-safety

 

E-safety

https://www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking

Stay smart online: https://www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/internet/stay-smart-online

https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/

These links will help teach anyone how to stay safe online while trying to use the internet and technology.

Helping older people use the Internet

 

Helping older people use the Internet

6 tips to help elderly people deal with technology: https://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/2018/10/21/6-tips-to-help-elderly-people-deal-with-technology/ 

Helping older people gain digital confidence: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/work-learning/technology-internet/helping-older-people-gain-digital-confidence/

These links will consist of helpful tips and tricks about how to help elderly people deal with technical difficulties. and gain vital digital confidence.

Lists of resources

 Lists of Resources

Federal Government Digital Literacy for Older Australians: https://beconnected.esafety.gov.au/

Telstra Tech Savvy Seniors: https://www.telstra.com.au/tech-savvy-seniors

Self-teach Videos: https://www.telstra.com.au/tech-savvy-seniors/start-learning

Australian Seniors Computer Clubs: http://www.ascca.org.au/

Go Digi: https://www.godigi.org.au/

The Digital Champions Network: https://www.digitalunite.com/

Learn My Way – UK Good Things Foundation: https://www.learnmyway.com/

On these websites, you can find helpful and important information about a range of topics. These include being able to know how to use technology and connect with others, clubs that you are able to join to assist you with technology, and much more.

A word from our trainee

Hi, I’m Cooper, I’ve been working with Living Connected as a trainee. I’m in Year 11 at Keira High School. We have an SBAT (school-based apprenticeships and traineeships) program at our school where students can work and attend TAFE while still completing their HSC. I’m participating in this program and working with Kim Leach from Living Connected on Mondays.
I’ve been working on a variety of projects, including designing a logo for We Women Of Conjola (wewomenofconjola.wordpress.com). For this project, I had a few weeks to create multiple logo designs that were later judged and voted on by the We Women of Conjola members. I spoke with Lynne about the whole project and also took some photos that went into the website that they wanted us to make. Consisting of a calendar where events can be seen and information provided. I traveled to Lake Conjola with Helen and presented all the logo designs that I had come up with. They all had helpful feedback and were pleased with the logos. They then voted for the winning logo. Resulting in the winning one being:

I’ve also worked with Kim on redesigning the Living Connected logo. We currently have two versions…

we tried to keep the colours and general feel of our old logo so its still recognizable.

I’ve been designing posts for our Facebook page and learning how to schedule these using Facebook’s scheduling tool. Next up, we’re going to take a look at redesigning our webpage.

I’ll be a trainee with Living Connected until the end of next year and I hope to go into graphic design and web development when I finish school. I couldn't have come this far without the guidance and help of my boss, Kim. She has assisted me all the way through my time here and continues to. We figure out problems together and are always learning new things.

Searching the Blog

It is easy to find information within a blog by using the "search" button. This search function checks all text on the page and shows relevant blogs.  Also, each blog may have a key label to link and find similar subjects.  The "labels" are showing along right hand side of the page and clicking on the word shows relevant blogs.

The Be Connected Learning Platorm

The Be Connected Learning Platform is sponsored by the Federal Government Department of eSafety and can be found at https://beconnected.esafety.gov.au/

On this site you can find free online courses and resources designed for seniors but can be used by anyone to learn about various topics associated with the use of phones, tablets and computers.

If you want to keep track of your progress, you can sign-up (i.e. create yourself an account).  If you just want to check out what is available, you can just browse the topics and do the tutorials on those of interest to you.

Be Connected also provides, resources, including grants from the Australian Government. to organisations (Network Partners) across the country who run free digital mentoring services for seniors. Living Connected has been a Network Partner since the program started in 2017. If you are a learner, make sure you don't go to the Be Connected Network Partner website which is different from the learning platform.

Apple new health links

This link is an Apple health link article

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/06/apple-provides-powerful-insights-into-new-areas-of-health

Fonts for old eyes

I have purposely created the posts in larger (medium) Arial font to standardise on easier to read text. Nice to see what is going on?

Living Connected web site

 The web address for more information is www.livingconnected.org.au 

Why Blogging?

What should I use blogging for?

You can write about anything that interests you, for example your hobbies.
Blogging is an easy economical way of publishing on the internet. 

You don't really need an audience, but things may interest other people or family.   

Why not publish your family tree and invite contributions from you relatives? 

Perhaps you may find a relative that has an interesting story to tell, and descendants would gain insight by reading up.  

These days it is relatively easy to follow your family tree with many online sites having free information or you can pay subscription type fees to dig into your past.  There are courses and online training available if you are interested.  

There are also software programs (apps) available that help you format and track information.  

Follow the free options first and resist costly options if you can (depending on your budget).

Log a blog

 

Living connected information

This blog is designed for sharing information between helpers and clients.  Often there are new and more effective ways of doing stuff.  Living Connected helpers/trainers aim to simplify tasks and educate on devices to make technology available to those that want help.  www.livingconnected.org.au