DOT Stories
Metropolitan Jet Project Sheffield
Added 18 July 2012
The Metropolitan Jet project, funded by the BIG Lottery, is based at the Metropolitan Station Foyer in Sheffield and provides information, advice and guidance on education, training and employment to members of the refugee and new migrant communities. The DOTs (Digital Outreach Trainer) scheme and its informal mentoring approach has been incorporated into the project’s [...]
Sheffield College
Added 12 July 2012
Sheffield College has been an active partner in the DOTs (Digital Outreach Trainer) scheme since its creation. Through this involvement, the ideas of informal mentoring and the passing on of information have been used to reform the way training is delivered for staff across the college, and has led to the generation of new innovative [...]
Game2Engage
Added 12 July 2012
Game2Engage is a development of the DOTs (Digital Outreach Trainer) model, created by Sheffield College’s iMedia department. Designed as a way of bringing the college’s digital mentors, students who volunteer to help others with digital technology, and disabled learners together, it utilises gaming technology as a way of enabling students to communicate. After a strong [...]
NHS Forest Lodge
Added 12 July 2012
Forest Lodge is a low secure NHS unit in Sheffield, assessing, treating and rehabilitating mentally disordered offenders. An important step on the way back into the community, the unit is stepping up its integration of digital technology by incorporating the DOTs (Digital Outreach Trainer) scheme into the daily routine, and providing users with a way [...]
Sam Blake
Added 06 June 2012
Sam Blake is a 19 year old who recently completed a course in Creative Media at the Sheffield City College. While he was in his final year there, he heard about the MITP – Joining the DOTs Project. Because of his passion for digital technology, he immediately volunteered. Early in 2011, he gained the level [...]
Ishmael Lammy
Added 04 April 2012
Ishmael Lammy is a 19 year old from Sheffield who spent over five years with the Sheffield United Football Academy. During his time at Sheffield United he led his team on several occasions and often contributed game-winning performances, inspiring those around him and helping to maintain positive team morale. His ‘never-quit’ attitude was displayed on [...]
Ian Howarth
Added 20 January 2012
Ian Howarth is a science technician at The Sheffield College, and has a lot of experience in helping people to learn through technology. As an eMentor on the DOTs (Digital Outreach Trainers) scheme since it began, he has been able to use his skills to guide digital mentors through the scheme as well as help [...]
Christine Bainbridge
Added 03 January 2012
Christine Bainbridge is an e-Communications student at The Sheffield College and a Level 3 accredited DOT (Digital Outreach Trainer) who has just started as an eMentor, advising and guiding other DOTs online. While she has experienced frustrations and setbacks during her journey on the DOTs scheme, she has discovered that it’s a model which brings [...]
Sue Harpham
Added 20 September 2011
Sue Harpham has been a IT helpdesk assistant for ten years at Sheffield College. While she claims to be far from an expert in computing, it’s her straightforward approach and empathy with people that make her good at her job, and a natural fit for being a guide to others on the DOTs scheme. Her [...]
Yvonne Gavin and Khalid Mohammed
Added 20 September 2011
Yvonne Gavin is a careers advisor, employed by the MST JET project, funded by the BIG Lottery Reaching Communities, and is based at the MST Sheffield Station Foyer providing accommodation based support to single and homeless refugees. She provides information, advice and guidance on jobs, education and training. Khalid Mohammad is a resident at the [...]
Amanda Harston-Southern
Added 20 September 2011
Amanda Harston-Southern is an IT tutor at the Dearne Enterprise Centre in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire. Being a DOT (Digital Outreach Trainer) has allowed her to exercise mentoring skills and IT knowledge outside of the classroom, as well as providing the benefits of her experience as a guide to other DOTs. Amanda has been working as [...]
Rachel Tew
Added 19 August 2011
Rachel Tew helps people use computers every day at Sheffield Libraries, and becoming a Digital Outreach Trainer (DOT) has complimented her experience. She has been able to make a valuable contribution to the DOT community, and found that being a mentor has made her reflect on her own approach to helping others. Because Rachel has [...]
Wakas Hussain
Added 19 August 2011
Wakas Hussain is a final year iMedia student at Sheffield College who initially became a Digital Outreach Trainer (DOT) as a way of adding to his CV and personal statement for university application. However, he found that being a part of the scheme has opened doors onto learning experiences and personal growth he had not [...]
Iain Milner
Added 06 June 2011
Iain Milner is an accounts administrator and single parent who has discovered IT and digital technology during his working life and has developed a keen interest. Becoming a Digital Outreach Trainer (DOT) has allowed him to build on his enjoyment of helping others and to explore opportunities that would otherwise have been inaccessible to him. Iain has been a DOT [...]
Ben Fuller
Added 24 May 2011
Ben Fuller, a resident of Rotherham, has a long standing love of computing and is a self-diagnosed ‘gadget geek’. Ben is channelling his digital enthusiasm into the DOTs scheme and finding that mentoring can lead to qualifications and personal achievement, as well as a study trip to Malta.
Mercy Nguru
Added 26 April 2011
By becoming a Digital Outreach Trainer (DOT), she has found an easy way to consolidate and improve her IT knowledge, help other people learn more as well as discovering a pathway to new qualifications.
