Articles – Good Things Foundation https://goodthingsaustralia.org Closing the digital divide Fri, 21 Feb 2025 03:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/curves-150x150.png Articles – Good Things Foundation https://goodthingsaustralia.org 32 32 Digital Sisters Advocacy toolkit https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/digital-sisters-advocacy-toolkit/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:01 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=10182 Our Digital Sisters program funding is coming to an end in June 2025. We want the Digital Sisters program to continue, so we can support even more women to build confidence and digital skills. Currently, we are supporting 55 organisations around Australia, and more than 2,000 women have already benefitted from the program. And we want this to be just the begining.

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]]> Accessibility tips for virtual sessions https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/accessibility-tips-for-virtual-sessions/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 05:09:27 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=10108 Accessibility is a hot topic and is often discussed at training workshops and community of practices around the globe. Our last resource focussed upon increasing accessibility in our face to face training sessions. But have you ever wondered how you could improve the accessibility of your virtual sessions? In this resource, we look at a number of ways you can make your virtual sessions more…

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]]> Making the most of your nbn™ connection https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/making-the-most-of-your-nbn-connection/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:02:29 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=10088 One of the most common pieces of equipment (and often the only one needed) to get you connected to the internet is a WiFi router. Routers are boxes that connect to your phone line and send internet signals around your home, allowing everything in your home to connect to the internet wirelessly. Here are a few things you can try to make sure your WiFi connection is as strong as possible.

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]]> Succession planning for Digital Skills programs https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/succession-planning-for-digital-skills-programs/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:39:25 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=10085 It is often hard to predict when a highly valued person may leave an organisation. We know staff and volunteers move in and out of roles all the time, for many different reasons. You may have heard of the saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” …. Succession planning helps to prevent your digital skills programs from stopping when key people leave, allowing your organisation to keep…

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]]> Inviting a VIP to your Get Online Week event https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/inviting-a-vip-to-your-get-online-week-event/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:29:45 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=5976 Inviting your local Member of Parliament (MP) to your Get Online Week event (14-20 October 2024) can help demonstrate your organisation’s commitment to ensuring your community is digitally included and educated about how to get online safely and with confidence. Meeting face to face with the local community is important for those who are elected to public office. The passion with which you set up…

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]]> How to manage your program learners using the my.goodthings system https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/how-to-manage-your-program-learners-using-the-my-goodthings-system/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:52:17 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=5961 When logged in on the my.goodthingsaustralia webiste, you can register learners who have participated in your digital inclusion programs. This is an important way that we ask you to acquit your grants with us, and help us measure the impact of your support and our programs. There are two ways you can register learners – one by one or as a group. This is a good way to register one or…

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]]> AI for Good resources list https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/ai-for-good-resources-list/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:44:12 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=5929 Our AI literacy resources are divided up into 5 learning topic areas: Learning outcomes: Session plan: Intro to AIA step by step plan to help you hold an Intro to AI workshop…

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]]> The advantages and disadvantages of Artificial Intelligence (AI) https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-artificial-intelligence-ai/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 01:27:31 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=5701 Article published by Simplilearn (2024) Class Discussion: Use the article as a starting point for a group discussion on the positive and negative impacts of AI. Encourage participants to share their thoughts and relate the content to their personal experiences. 1:1 Learning: Walk through the article with a learner, explaining the key points in simple terms. Discuss how AI’s…

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]]> Become a peer facilitator in our Community of Practice https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/become-a-peer-facilitator-in-our-community-of-practice/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 22:39:35 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/?post_type=teaching-resource&p=5643 Organisations who hold a Capacity Building grant are recognised as ambassadors of the Good Things network. As part of this recognition, we invite you to an opportunity to be a peer facilitator in one of our upcoming Community of Practice meetings. Our monthly Community of Practice meetings are held on Zoom. It’s a place where digital mentors and program administrators in the Good Things…

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]]> Adaptive Facilitation https://goodthingsaustralia.org/mentor-resource/adaptive-facilitation/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:10:29 +0000 https://goodthingsaustralia.org/teaching-resource/adaptive-facilitation/ In this fourth instalment of our Accessibility series, we will look at the art of facilitation and how you can adapt your facilitation style to make your session more accessible and inclusive to wider audiences. Adaptability is a superpower which makes a good facilitator, great! There are generally four main categories of tools and stratgies: Adaptive facilitation is…

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