The Rochdale Digital Festival is a free event that can help de-mystify technology and should ot be missed. The event will be hosted on 27th February (Saturday), from 10:00am to 4:00pm, at Number One Riverside, Rochdale (Greater Manchester). The festival is organised by Rochdale Borough Council and sponsored by Optevia, the specialist IT provider. There will be live broadcast of the event by BBC Radio Manchester. The event will show how useful technology can be and what you can do, if you have got some digital skills or want to acquire more.
A special guest, Jennie McAlpine, will be at the venue from 12pm to meet visitors. The Coronation Street actress is best known fr her role as Fiona ‘Fix’ in the ITV1 soap. Councillor Daalat Ali, who is Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community, opined that the show would be very hepful and friendly. The festival will highlight the digital resources of the borough in an inspiring and fund day, he added.
The staff there can help you to do online banking sagely, make video calls, set up an email account, use social networks, shop safely online, search for jobs and much more. Problems of your laptop can be solved with the help from students of Hopwood Hall College and an O2 Guru at hand. Internet service providers will offer you superfast broadband packages and best value. Experts here include Google and there will be free master-classes. Topic include online security, animation, film making, building bettter websites and making the most of Google. Learning and training providers will showcase their latest digital courses. Various zones will be highlighting entertainment, skills, career, creative and games related digital content/demos. A visit to this free event will show you how useful it can be.
