Digital fun for the festive period

In the run up to the winter holidays, you might be thinking about how you can keep your learners engaged with learning digital skills. Having fun with digital is such a great way for people to learn new skills through games, photos and quizzes. It can also help to take away the fear factor and to introduce digital skills in a stealthy way to people who don’t think the online world is for them.

Fun with photos

With our new Learn My Way content on photos, why not try some of these activities to help learners practice their new skills.

Making Digital Fun for Older Learners

In this article, HMR Circle share their approach to making digital fun with all kinds of fun digital activities, from dominoes and colouring to quizzes.

Your guide to using games to each tablet skills

Games can help people to develop all kinds of skills on a tablet.

Digital games and tools for older learners

And here are some more suggestions from our network for games and tools to entertain older learners, but really they are great for any age!

Keeping in touch over video calls

Help your learners to connect with loved ones they can’t see in person over the holidays by introducing them to the world of video calls. Once they’ve learned the basics on their device, you could even introduce your own winter Zoom sessions to help people who are socially isolated in December when other activities and services are paused.

Watching festive TV

And we all love a bit of festive TV! We’ve just updated our Learn My Way content on watching TV, so you can help your learners to stream all the nostalgic content they could wish for.

Although many people might be looking forward to the winter festivities, this time of year can be really hard for many digitally excluded people. Your sessions might be the only social connection they have and a much needed warm space. Thank you for being there for your community, and we hope these resources give you some ideas to brighten up these December days!