Connecting the South West, Harnessing Digital Disruption - Connectivity
November 3, 2006 Posted by Helen in : Digital Challenge, Connecting SW Conference , add a commentHi All, many thanks to all of you who showed up at the connectivity workshop. I thought the discussion went well and hopefully everyone felt that their points were heard. If you don’t feel that way - many apologies and please contact me via email if you do have further points you wish to raise.
In response to our question:
Connectivity - How can stakeholders across the region work together to ensure that no one is disadvantaged through lack of access to an affordable digital connection ? (more…)
Technology and Sustainability
Posted by Clare in : Digital Challenge, Environment, Technology, Connecting SW Conference , add a commentSome of the ideas that came out of the workshop at the Connecting South West Conference:
• product miles (on computers etc as well as food)
• miles per gallon meter in car as standard
• electricity usage monitoring device
• intelligent distribution of goods
• top 100 Bristol companies (for greenness) (more…)
Harnessing Digital Disruption; some comments
November 2, 2006 Posted by Roz in : Community Media, Events, Connecting SW Conference , 6 commentsI found yesterday’s event at Watershed valuable, informative and engaging. However, during the event there were two topics of debate that I would like to comment upon.
Firstly, and for me, most significantly, I was struck by the number of occasions on which people referred to young people as being competent, confident and familiar users of digital technologies. I have worked with many young people for whom this is simply not the case. The research I have conducted with young people in informal spaces has shown that many young people do not have access to digital technology on any regular basis and therefore have not amassed skills or familiarity in its use.
