Category: Digital Learning

Dead iPhone Battery Dead.

It is always very important to make sure you iPhone is fully charged 100 percent when you come out the house and go somewhere for a while. That is why I always bring my iPhone charger to NTDF with me every Tuesday and Wednesday every week. I think it is always really important to do that all the time but really you should charge it to 85 percent to extend battery life and lifetime battery.

Tynemouth Pool In 1966.

This is the old outdoor swimming pool in Tynemouth in 1966 it was here years before I was born and it use to be very popular all the time. People use to come from all over just to use it and people use to travel really far and long way just to come to Tynemouth and use the pool in the 60,s and throughout the 1960,s all the time.

Easy to use technology!

We all know someone who has frustrations about using digital tech to undertake day-to-day activities. Its not just about how to upload a document to an email or ordering shopping online, it is also important to note that the technology itself poses difficulties in its use. Many older peoples’ experience of new technology can often be summed up using the following comments that we have recorded from previous support offered to older digital learners: “Can’t find the short cut to using Zoom and making the necessary adjustments for communicating”, Can’t save photographs because I can never find them again” or “there are too many options which confuse me”. To aide in making life easier for those only interested in the necessities of being ‘connected’ Ability.Net have developed the Grandpad – a iPad for beginners. Here is the link to their website, which you can pass to your older friends and relatives: https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/grandpad-tablet-seniors-your-questions-answered

Making Digital Affordable

Our recent support from #jobnetworkbristol ( has been a lifeline for one of our beneficiaries. Jimmy had a Stroke, which has left him mainly offline with only occasional trips to the library. But with the help of jobnetworkbristol our project took receipt of a tablet, set it up and presented to Jimmy. To help in the digital journey Jimmy is now an active user of the online course: Learn My Way https://www.learnmyway.com/ providing easy to follow examples covering a variety of online features and functions relating to emails, accessing socially essential services, security, social media, dealing with errors and making your PC/Laptop accessible whether for hearing , visual, physical or cognitive support. We can provide one-to-one mentoring alongside face to face support at our weekly drop in sessions.

Getting Connected

Geting people digitaly connected is critical at this current time where affordability and disability can preclude individuals from widening there horizons. With the help of our community partner North Tyneside Disability Forum we packed off a new Ipad for Simon. this will help him with his ongoing online studies and create a better virtual learning environment to accomplish his aims.