Digital Inclusion Wales: 2008 Conference Report 05
As we look forward, we hope the
next phase of Communities @One
will win support, will be creative in
the way it takes forward lessons
from the first phase, will contribute
on a long-term basis; I hope we’ll
see much of the material that’s
been gathered from the early years
of the project being maintained as
some kind of video archive. I hope
the material isn’t lost, not simply
put on DVDs. Video material that’s
been captured, that tells story of
our communities around Wales
Lleol i Mi websites as well as being • The revised national curriculum
should be stored.
loaded onto a local Video Jukebox. for Wales will be introduced
from September 2008. The
I will end by thanking the
BBC Wales facilitated a week-long revised national curriculum
Communities @One team for
workshop using digital storytelling order for ICT requires that
organising this event… and for the
techniques to enable members of learners be given opportunities
support it’s given to the project in
the community to combine their to develop and use a range of
recent years – it’s a great success
living memories with existing ICT skills and resources to find,
and is a project we’re pleased to
archive footage in order to create analyse, present and share
talk about around UK and Europe.
innovative, engaging short video information;
The issue of Digital Inclusion is
clips.
being taken seriously and we’re
• In addition, a non-statutory
offering a lead in Wales – I hope
Digital story-telling of course
skills framework for 3 to 19
we’ll see it go from strength to
not only supports family and
year olds has been developed
strength in the future.
community history but it brings
to provide guidance on a
the generations together.
number of areas including ICT;
Thank you.”
S4C and ITV Wales are also
>The whole agenda of Digital Inclusion
active in supporting digital literacy
work. S4C is a member of the
is being actively supported by the
Wales Media Literacy Network
and hosted the Network’s first
Welsh Assembly Government
public meeting at its pavilion at
the National Eisteddfod Maes • Revised subject criteria for
in August. GCSE ICT will be developed
in 2008;
Of course, we are also seeking to
ensure the digital literacy of our The whole agenda of Digital
children and young people through Inclusion is being actively
a number of formal educational supported by the Welsh Assembly
routes: Government at this time.