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Get Online Week Event Ideas

Get Online Week sees hundreds of creative, fun and engaging digital skills events held in local communities across Australia. Here are some ideas to get you started.

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Get involved in Get Online Week by hosting a digital skills event this 19 - 25 October 2026.

Whether it’s a morning tea, BBQ, or trivia night, hosting a digital skills event is a great opportunity for people to receive local support in a friendly way.

Here are some fun Get Online Week event ideas to get you started.

BONUS: We’ve even listed the types of digital skills each event will help you to teach! 

Five fun and easy Get Online Week event ideas to help you close the digital divide.

Organise a coffee hour and challenge everyone to search online for the best coffee in your town.

Cook up a techie BBQ where everyone can get their tech questions answered over a sausage sizzle.

Plan your dream trip with AI. Challenge AI to find the cheapest way to Rome (and the best pasta).

Play online shopping bingo. Who can find the cheapest milk? Best reviewed fridge? Have prizes ready for the winner.

Invite a guest speaker. Ask them to present to your group on a topic like online safety then practice what you learnt.

Host a fun digital skills event in Get Online Week and help your community get online safely and confidently.

Get Online Week. A campaign by Good Things. goodthingsaustralia.org

5 ready-to-use event packs

Why spend time creating your own resources when we’ve got everything you need? We have put together ready-to-use event plans and resources so you have everything you need to host your digital skills event this Get Online Week! Select an event idea to learn more.

Stay tuned: We will be sharing presentations and other event resources you can use in your digital skills event soon!

Host a scam detective game event and support your community with some basic skills to spot scams and learn not to trust everything they receive by text message or email.

  • Icebreaker: Play the Thumbs or Thumbs down game to get everyone feeling comfortable in the room.
  • Discussion (Connect to topic): Have you ever received a scam text message or email? Ask everyone to share their experience with scams and introduce the idea that not everything you see on your phone or online is real. Some people are trying to trick you!
  • Online learning: Play the Scam Detective game. Put it on a big screen and play together OR support your group to load the game on their device and play individually. Have choccies ready as prizes!
  • Practical activity: Ask everyone to look at their text messages and see if they can spot a scam message using the clues they just learnt about. Remember to be careful and not to click any links!
  • Reflection: Ask everyone to share one thing they learnt about scams and celebrate with some cake!

 

Digital skills covered in this session:

  • Online safety
  • Spotting scams

 

Resources:

Host fuel price bingo! Support your learners with using fuel price apps and websites so they can compare prices online.

  • Icebreaker: Ask everyone to introduce themselves and how they check fuel prices. Do they drive around to find the cheapest petrol or just stick to their favourite petrol station?
  • Discussion (Connect to topic): Start a chat! Talk about the main points of Be Connected article: How to save money on petrol. Top tip: Share safety tips with your learners such as only downloading apps from official app stores and not using petrol price comparison apps while they are driving.
  • Online learning: On a big screen project the fuel price app in your state or territory. Show your learners how to use it.
  • Practical activity: Play fuel price bingo! The online activity can be done as a group or individually. Learners need to find the top 3 cheapest petrol stations in your community.
  • Reflection: Ask everyone to share what they’ve learnt and if they have any questions.

 

Digital skills covered in this session:

  • Getting to know a device
  • Using apps
  • Critical thinking
  • Understanding technology

 

Resources:

Prompting AI is a bit like writing a recipe. It needs steps to follow and ingredients to work with. Host an AI prompt recipe event and show your community how to get the most out of AI using prompts!

  • Icebreaker: Ask everyone to introduce themselves and share what they’ve used AI for and how they have written their prompts. If they have not used AI, ask them what they want to use AI for.
  • Discussion (Connect to topic): Project the Ask AI to do what you want: Prompting resource. Chat about what makes a good AI prompt! Top tip: Remind everyone to double check what AI says! It is not always accurate or reliable.
  • Online learning: Play the AI art gallery game. This is a fun and interactive way to introduce prompting. Take some time to explore the other artworks!
  • Practical activity: Time to put everything into action! Ask everyone to visit ChatGPT or any AI program they are comfortable with. Type in a prompt to learn a new recipe, or to plan a holiday to their dream destination!
  • Reflection: Ask everyone to share what they have learnt and what they are excited to do next with AI!

 

Digital skills covered in this session:

  • Using apps
  • AI basics
  • Critical thinking

 

Resources:

There are many apps and websites that can help make life easier. Host a morning tea and support your community in learning about these apps and how to use them!

  • Icebreaker: Make sure to have tea, biscuits and cake ready! Ask everyone to introduce themselves and what they are most excited to learn today.
  • Discussion (Connect to topic): Start a chat about Google/Apple Maps. Have you used the app before? What do you know about Google/Apple Maps?
  • Online learning: Project Google/Apple Maps on a big screen. Walk through how they can search for a restaurant in your area. Scroll through the options and how to navigate there!
  • Practical activity: Ask everyone to open Google Maps to find the highest reated coffee in your area. Chat about if you all agree with the results. Bonus round: Ask everyone to find the fastest route to get there!
  • Reflection: Ask everyone to share what they have learned about using Google Maps!

 

Digital skills covered at this event:

  • Online searching
  • Getting to know a device
  • Critical thinking (fact checking info found online)
  • Using maps
  • Understanding technology

 

Resources

Host a karaoke event!  Support your learners in looking for their favourite songs with lyrics on YouTube and encourage everyone to sing-along!

  • Icebreaker: Ask everyone to introduce themselves and share what their favourite song growing up.
  • Discussion (Connect to topic): Has anyone used Youtube to listen to music? Or used a streaming service (like Spotify, Apple Music) to listen to music? Start a disussion about using these programs and their experiences using it.
  • Online learning: Project YouTube on a big screen. Explore YouTube, how to search, the different links and other functions of the website.
  • Practical activity: It’s karaoke time! Ask the group to have a go and search their favourite song right now on YouTube. Remind them to include “karaoke” at the end of the search. Have a blast and sing along! Bonus points for connecting their device to the big screen.
  • Reflection: Ask everyone to share what they have learnt about YouTube and what they are excited to do next.

 

Digital skills covered at this event:

  • Online searching
  • Online hobbies
  • Using apps

 

Resources: 

Need more event ideas?

  • Podcast pros: Host an event to teach people how they can find a podcast on their favourite topic.
  • BBQ and ask a Q: Hold a sausage sizzle at your centre. Invite your community to BYO device and ask you their tech questions.
  • eBook club: Try starting off a digital book club! Show people how to download books to their device (free and paid options).
  • Jump on board: Rotate your attendees through different digital skills ‘stations’ to learn essential tips and tricks. Stop 1: Update emergency contacts in your phone. Stop 2: Add appointments to digital calendars. Stop 3: Check contact details are up to date in government apps.

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