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8 Top Tips for Using iPads with People Living with Dementia

By: info@aliveactiv...
On: 14th March 2013

When using iPads with people living with dementia, it’s all about creating a positive personal connection. This has a fundamental impact on how well the presence of the machine is received and the value of its subsequent use.

Here are some tips for the successful use of iPads with people with dementia. more >

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Connect - helping older people to get online

By: hollym@grcc.org.uk
On: 17th January 2013

The Connect project has been running at GRCC in Gloucestershire since April 2011. The aim of the project is to get people 55 years or older online. So far we have helped over 350 people with a team of volunteers who have visited people at thier homes or in community buildings during group sessions. more >

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Our widget is live

By: edmitchell@tran...
On: 21st November 2012

The Transition Project Sharing Engine project is an experiment to see whether we can:

Produce a widget for webmasters to put on their own Transition Initiative websites
See whether community groups will moderate content that is shared by a wider movement
Build a growing community of webmasters in a movement to support eachother

It is going well.

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Our Digital Planet - win £500 worth of photography equipment

By: Rachael Gant
On: 12th July 2012

The internet is amazing. It has the potential to make a positive difference to our own lives, the lives of those around us and the world we live in too.

Who knew the entrance to the internet was on Bread Street

image courtesy of blipfoto.com/alexamato

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iKnowHow: building a wiki for the voluntary sector (part sixteen) What does Wikipedia think of iKnowHow?

By: faulkner.marie1
On: 1st June 2012

A few weeks ago a colleague of mine at Wikimedia UK drew my attention to the iKnowHow wiki and I thought it was a great idea. I invited the KnowHow team to our offices for a cup of coffee and we discussed the project in a bit more detail. It reinforced to me why the project could be so valuable to the not-for-profit sector.
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