[Conet] SAFAR

[Thompson, Steve]

Hi,=20

Thought some of you may be interested in this project.=20

We were invited to work over six weeks with the Sahara Older Asian =
Women's=20
Group. This is very much a social group and there was to be a visit=20
somewhere (Safar means journey) We had to have a learning experience in =

there so it was proposed that they would take digital images of their=20
journey and we would create a web diary)=20

On week one they all went to Albert Park for a practice journey and =
equipped

with seven digital cameras of various shapes and sizes our 30 =
photographers=20
took loads of pictures.=20

On week two they came to the CIRA UK Online Centre and I showed them =
how=20
Adobe Photoshop Elements could magically create a web photo gallery.=20

They were so keen to see these images that they had to get to grips =
with=20
pointing and clicking pretty sharpish in order to enjoy their pictures. =
That

until it was time for tea and sarnies (I told you they were a social =
group!)


On week three we created  the "Fun" pages. A bit more risqu=E9 but they =
had a=20
laugh messing around with each others faces (digitally)=20

Week 4 was the trip to Newcastle and off they went, having a whale of a =
time

by all accounts.=20

Today we let Photoshop do it's magic but this time they added some of =
their=20
own words to the pages using MS Word. And then of course tea and =
sarnies=20

Next week is the launch of their web diary and I'm sure they would be=20
delighted if you were to visit and sign their guestbook.=20

www.tvo.org.uk/safar=20

thanks=20

Steve Thompson=20
Community Media Co-ordinator=20
Tees Valley Online=20
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CIRA=20
University Of Teesside=20
Middlesbrough TS1 3BA=20
tel +44 (0) 1642 342786 (direct line)=20
fax +44 (0) 1642 342711=20
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