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Welcome to the ICT Video Library

This is a convenient place for me to keep together all of the video clips about ICT issues, workshops, events and maybe even daft techie stuff - you know, for half past four on Friday afternoons!

Let's start with a quick reminder about this term 'New Media' that video clips seem to fit in with. ‘Old' media, such as newspapers and TV, is mainly about other people presenting us with information in a one-way sort of manner. ‘New' media uses stuff much more of us have access to such as broadband and mobile phones and is creating a more interactive and participative culture.

Here's another one, Web 2.0 - it sounds like a technical specification but it's just jargon. Web 1.0 refers to the early days of the internet where you could just find out stuff from the growing mass of information out there. Like a multi-coloured, bloated Encyclopaedia Britannica. So when interactive websites sprung up and then exploded in popularity, this made the web a universally accessible thing. Anyone can now put whatever they like on the internet. The Steve Bridger video further below gets to grips with these terms in more detail.

How to create an online 'video' in 10 minutes for free...

Want to showcase your recent workshop, event or team outing? This website may have the solution for you, especially if you haven't had the opportunity yet to start using video to showcase your organisations work. Animoto is a website that allows you to create short 'video' clips using your own photos. Enjoy the below example!

Steve Bridger; Social Media - What is new media and web 2.0? What can I use it for?

The nuts and bolts of Web 2.0 make it much easier to produce information, tell stories, share ideas and participate in new communities. It includes new tools such as blogs, forums and wikis and is increasingly referred to as 'social media'.

Beyond the jargon it offers new ways to link people together, build networks and sustain virtual communities who can publish their own photos, videos and news.

So what can it do for you? It could create opportunities for you to develop new services and campaign for change, but without care may further marginalise the people you work with. Whatever you do it is being used by a wider cross section of the public so it is important that you consider what role it could play in the future development of your services.

This master class film delivered by Steve Bridger covers many aspects of social media and how third sector organisations are using it.

Click the ‘play' arrow to watch the whole film or skip through the sections using the bar along the bottom of the clip.

Mark Walker; Development Workers - How can I learn more about helping groups with their ICT?

Development workers offer a great deal of help to groups by recognising a need to plan properly, encouraging people to budget properly when fundraising and being aware of suppliers who are trusted by other people in your local networks.

Some development workers may not be confident about ICT, and may not have detailed technical skills, but it is useful to be able to offer relevant advice and provide signposts to useful resources.

The ICT Champions have developed a training workshop for development workers in local infrastructure organisations which cover the importance of these areas together with practical case studies and resource materials.

This short video by my ICT Champion colleague for the South East, Mark Walker, presents an overview of the workshop.

If you are interested in attending any of the following workshops being discussed or running it in your area, please either contact me or email the project co-ordinator.

For more information about the topic on this website visit: How can I help groups with their ICT problems?

Sarah Stevenson & Julie Harris; Managers and Trustees - How can I learn more about good management and governance of our ICT?

It's important for senior managers and trustees to ensure good governance and management policies are in place covering legal responsibilities such as personal safety, data protection and health and safety. They must also help develop and implement strategic ICT plans to ensure the organisation has the resources and support it needs.

The ICT Champions have developed a training workshop for local infrastructure organisations which covers the importance of these areas, together with practical case studies and resource materials.

This short video presents an overview of the workshop.

Miles Maier; Accidental Techies - How do I learn about what kind of support I need to get the most from my ICT?

Most staff, volunteers or trustees are not ICT experts and at times may need help to get the most from equipment, a website or database. Help may come from a volunteer, someone in the staff team with technical knowledge, a staff member with ICT support in their job description, or a paid-for contractor or consultant. Sometimes the person who has this role is known as the 'accidental techie' - the person who has acquired the task by default and may need support and resources to help them perform these duties.

The ICT Champions have developed a training workshop for local infrastructure organisations which covers the importance of these tasks together with practical case studies and resource materials.

This short video presents an overview of the workshop.