Digital Living Basics Pack
One of the challenges of educators, administration workers and other people who are in contact with the elder is that, on the one hand, they are not aware of the real needs and problems that the elder are facing in their daily routines and activities in relation to the use of digital tools (health care systems, online banking, social networks…), and that, on the other, they try to address these problems alone and without making use of already existing and successful initiatives that would make their work much easier and less time consuming.
Check it out to learn new strategies and methodologies to improve the digital skills and digital literacy of your leaners. It is a useful compilation of existing training recommendations and solutions which will show how to address the real needs of older adults in the field of Digital and ICT competences.
Communication and Collaboration
Good use of social media
This article includes some practical advices on how to use social media
Social media, steps to start using them
Article from the magazine Webconsultas on how old people use social media and also gives subsections which talk about benefits of using them, and how do they use them.
Do we use social media adequately?
This video shows a practical case where the main character starts receiving spam because she did not have the security activated in her soial media.
How Facebook works
This articles provides a step-by-step guide on how to use Facebook
INPS services for retired people
This presentation provides information on how to acces to public service utilities for retired people
The basic rules of good behavior on the Internet: the netiquette
This page provides information on the Netiquette
Netiquette - Online Etiquette
This article provides information on the Netiquette.
How to use efficiently social media channels?
This article explains how to use the social media channels in an efficient way.
Facebook guide for beginners.
Facebook guide for beginners.
Communication and Collaboration
This is a slide share with content regarding communication and colaboration used in ICT classes
Information and communication technologies
This article is a framework of Communication and Collaboration followed by portuguese ICT teachers
Digital Communication and collaboration tools
This website explains different tools for communication and collaboration as well as their importance
Portal "Social Activist 2.0" (PL "Społecznik 2.0")
This portal gathers social activists, information about initiatives, events and many more as well as it shows examples of social actions and supports them
"European Citizens' Initiative"
The "European Citizens' Initiative" is a unique way for European citiznes to help shape the EU by calling on the European Commission to propose new laws
Is Facebook also for you? You can try - we show how!
This article tells how to start the adventure with Facebook for people 60+
Create a Gmail account
This article explains how to create an email account (Gmail)
Create a Skype account
This video explains how to create a Skype account
Digital newspapper
This database provides digital newspappers/magazines/e-books to everyone