By royal appointment?
Posted in All posts, Silver Surfers
As the culmination of a project bringing together young people from throughout the Commonwealth via the internet the Queen has sent an e-mail thanking the youngsters for their participation. According to Royal insiders it’s only the second time that Her Royal Highness has sent e-mail – the first was back in 1976 when the technology was very new.
Here at Digital Unite we’re thrilled to see that she is joining the ranks of Silver Surfers but slightly disappointed by the reaction of the BBC’s Royal correspondent, Peter Hunt. He says “…inboxes around the globe aren’t about to be inundated with missives from the Queen. At 83, she won’t be making a habit of it.”
But we know age has nothing to do with it – just ask great-grandmother Irene or Kath of the Grannies for You Tube. And if she gets a little stuck we’re bound to have a tutor who can help.
May 1st, 2009 annedonnelly | 3 Comments »
May 1st, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Hmmmm …. I am left feeling a little anxious for Mr Hunt, as his suggestion about the lack of inclination/ capacity of an octogenarian to be active online flies as in the face of Beeb line on digital literacy; they are also trying hard on and offline to promote IT skills/ digital literacy for all ages and they spend a lot of time and effort on inclusiveness.
We have got very productive and supportive relationship with BBC Nations and Regions for example around SSD09 and there is a fantatsic amount of promotion on local BBC radio and hopefully TV, and signposting to Events on May 15th, coming out of that.
Perhaps it’s the Royal Correspondent who needs catching up…?
May 1st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Perhaps someone should contact the Queen’s secretary and ask whether she has an opinion of whether she will be “making a habit of it”!
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:46 am
The Queen should be setting a good example, and I agree that we should not accept what seems like a rather flip comment from the BBC’s Royal Correspondent. She’s probably too busy and too tired to undertake extensive familiarisation with IT, but at least the message should come out right!