Whether addressing how to provide technology instruction to an entire community or shaping the best blueprint for creating a community technology center, this forum is a place where ideas can be sparked, developed and exchanged.
Information at your finger tips
By: Nabil Eid, Syria | July 12, 2007
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| ICTs, under the motto "Information at your finger tips", is a promising programme that would work as bridge for children in (SCT) Salamieh Community Telecentre, to communicate with other children in the world.
It helps enriching them with necessary knowledge station and sense of creativity . It is by far, a way to materialize their dreams and enables them pass the threshold of global horizons.
Salamieh Community Telecentre, through its Communication and Information Sector, is therefore actively assisting children and young people to produce information themselves by supporting children media, and facilitating them create information.
Training was conducted at the Strategic ICT programme for socio-economic development , ReefNet-Syria by Salamieh Community Telecentre – Syria – as part of education programme for children which was developed with the collaboration with the UNDP and the Ministry of Communication and Technology in Syria.
The two-month training period in computer, English and French language was dedicated to help children to access information world. The children were enthusiastic to investigate world of information .
90 ICTs teaching hours are allocated to train children on concept of computer, access to internet world and English, French languages to develop skills in learning information on application programme.
(SCT) always works to investigate the roles that technology can play in improving teaching and learning children inside and outside the classroom. It also designs and develops technology applications that support engaged, active learning in formal and informal settings.
the programme is conducted by " Nabil Eid , Head manager of the (SCT) and Abdallah Fadel , Head of Language Department .Also ( Khloud Hwaijeh, Roaa Al Daman ) teachers of computer and (Reem Al Daman , Faten al Haj, Hawazen al Chaarani) teachers of English. (Lamis Mahfoud ) teacher of French language.
All children and their families participants realized the importance and benefits of this kind of training for education professionals. The children received a package of handouts, which is of great help for their future teaching activities.
Okba Al Khateeb is five years old. He is as student in the primary class in computer .
He has shown much attachment and zeal to learn computer and has made a remarkable progress. He was at his computer doing some practices when I approached him:
- Hi, your name is Okba, isn’t it?
- Yes, it is , I am Okba.
- How old are you?
- I am 5 years.
- Do you like your class?
- yes I do. very much.
- Why do you like computer class?
- I learn a lot about computer. I can write document and draw by paint programme and play games.
- How many times do you come to Salamieh Community Telecentre?
- Three times a week, but I want more.
- How can you work on computer?
- Look it is easy you do … this …. move the mouse , choose the menu bar , icon , and click here and it is OK.
- What things would you like to learn more in the computer class?
- I'd like to learn how to use internet explorer and I'd like to chat with other children around the world.
Raghdah Yehia
She is a 7 years old girl. She came from jadouah , small village it's 15 Kilometers far from telecentre . She is active and frank , She is studying English language in her class in addition to computer . She is reviewing her grammar modules with her teacher.
- Hello, What's your name ?
- Raghdah Yehia
- And I am Mr.Nabil Eid , manager of centre
- How do you do?
- How do you do?
- So what are you doing here?
- I am learning English in my class
- What other subjects do you take here?
- I take computer and English.
- How are you getting on with your English and computer?
- I am doing well . I can speak English with my friends and I can deal with them by internet.
- Any thing else?
- Nothing, I want to do my assignment now.
Mohamed al Fadil , 10 Year old boy He is active smart and hard working , He has proven great skills and success in taking our programme . He can do any thing on computer " as He said "
- Hello Mohammed , what are you doing, now?
- I am designing medicine a programme for my father . My father is a doctor and he needs programme for his clinic.
- What are the sources of your programme ?
- I use visual basic and data base to cerate my programme.
- Thanks Mohammed , Please we want to photograph you , right now
- You are welcome.
Mr Faisal Darwaish . A local citizen in Salamieh , came to our centre in the morning and asked us to enroll his daughter Hibba, for 2nd Time.
When I asked him about his impression , he expressed his great estimation to the centre and this is is what he said
" First I had a simple …idea about the centre but when my daughter Hibba had her first ICTs training at your centre I was surprised and over joyed with the bulk of information progress, she has had and the change that has come over here. My only daughter showed much attachment to the computer programme you are giving". I was at loss how I could fill her summer times . Now , She can contact by internet with her brother in UAE, by sending emails, photos, news of our family and we can hear daily news from my son abroad.
ICTs programme in Salamieh Community Telecentre threshold to a brighter future.
Eng. Nabil Eid
ICT4D - Syria
Salamieh Community Telecentre
Nabileid21@yahoo.com
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THINK! : Towards Handling Intuitive and Nurtured Knowledge
By: Dr M V Ananthakrishnan, Rajendra Tripathi | March 14, 2007
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| The immensely rich culture and heritage of a country needs to be stored for posterity. But very little has been done, especially for countries in Asia and the Far East, all of whom have significant artefacts even to this day. Unfortunately, modern society and development has had a telling effect on these "priceless" assets of yore, so much so that they could become extinct even in our lifetimes.
A system that could capture intuitive knowledge of yesterday, disseminate it today and nurture the developments of tomorrow is the need of the day. The authors conceive of an ICT-based system that could facilitate this stupendous effort and ensure perpetual value addition and enrichment.
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Taking Back the Media: Teaching More than Basic Computer Skills at CCTV
By: Nia Ujamaa | November 1, 2005
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| When asked what aspect of Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) he was most proud of, David Zermeno, CCTV Community Technologies Program Manager, said it was the little things that pleased him. He told the story of one student who learned word and photo programs in order to make small poetry booklets. Her hunger for media literacy didn’t stop at computer skills; she eventually produced her own television show, which has now been running for two years. Similar stories can be told of numerous CCTV members, who come from a range of backgrounds. |
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The Slavery Of The Digital World
By: Jim Downey, A Sense Of Place Network | September 3, 2005
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| Views on how the potential of the Internet and other electonic tools have been impeded, obstructed and controlled. |
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Worldwide Forum on e-Democracy
By: Daniela Dallinger, A Sense Of Place Network | August 30, 2005
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| The Worldwide Forum on e-Democracy will take place on September 28th and 29th in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Paris, France. About a hundred speakers, among whom 40% are coming from all over the world, will debate during four plenary sessions, eight round tables and two additional sessions on the technological advancements of Information and Communication related to services to the citizens.
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Should we be explicit about social justice aims?
By: Michael Maranda, A Sense Of Place Network | June 20, 2005
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| Is social justice an implicit aim in our movement, or is it explcit? Is it an aim of the movement? Do we constitute a movement? Is it advisable to be explicit about such aims at all times? Why or why not? |
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News, Photos and Commentary from the CTCNet Conference
By: Andy Carvin, A Sense Of Place Network | June 14, 2005
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| Hoping to keep track of the CTCNet conference in cyberspace? With our CTCNet news digest, you can follow blog entries, photos and news items related to the annual CTCNet conference as events unfold June 16-19 in Cleveland. |
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Assistive Technologies: The Story of the Access Fund
By: Tara Kumar, A Sense Of Place Network | June 7, 2005
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| As CTCNet convenes its 14th Annual Community Technology Conference this month, the powerful effects of community technology grants are highlighted as thirty-seven organizations get aid from Connections for Tomorrow (C4T), a partnership led by CTCNet. Most community technology centers and programs serve people with disabilities and functional limitations. To support this important work, the C4T grants program (www.ctcnet.org/c4t) features an initiative called the Access Fund, which aims to increase technological accessibility for people with disabilities. |
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Digitizing the Costa Rican Classroom: A Success Story
By: Nia Ujamaa, Center for Media & Community | May 5, 2005
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| Opportunity Access Inc. provides both the hands-on community computer training and the grade school technology curriculum for the small town of Cahuita. “Our approach is unique in that we employ and train community members in every aspect of the process in order to empower each community to sustain their labs,” says founder Charles Moore. |
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Wireless Last-Mile Technologies Help Bridge the Digital Divide
By: Francis Raven, A Sense Of Place Network | April 4, 2005
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| Bridging the digital divide often relies on to the fundamental step of creating actual connections between individuals and the Internet. It has always been the dream of digital divide activists worldwide to wire the rural developing world; with wireless broadband technologies this dream can be realized. |
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Using Skype as a Community Media Production Tool
By: Phil Shapiro, A Sense Of Place Network | April 1, 2005
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| Skype is best known as an innovative Internet phone service. But did you know that it can also be used to produce community media? Learn how Skype can be used to produce high-quality audio interviews that can be put on the web, podcast, or assembled into video and other rich media projects. |
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Real-World Research: How do Low-Income Parents Support Their Children’s Educational Development?
By: Kallen Tsikalas and Elisabeth Stock, Computers for Youth | March 4, 2005
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| Are there ways in which we can help low-income parents become more active in their children’s learning? Are there simple tools or resources that can make a difference? At Computers for Youth (CFY) we are pursuing the answers to these questions. A non-profit organization, CFY has provided nearly 5,000 low-income children and families in New York City with home computers and many support services over the last five years. |
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Activists Bring the Digital Frontier to New Communities
By: Michelle Chen, Free Expression Policy Project | March 1, 2005
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| As corporations and local goverments compete or cooperate to control wireless internet access, grassroots activists use emerging technologies to bridge the digital divide and network low-income communities. The second article in a two-part series by Michelle Chen, originally published in The NewStandard. |
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Community website runs on volunteers' drive
By: Kanti Kumar, World Health Organization | January 26, 2005
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| Caithness Community Website is built and maintained by volunteers supporting local voluntary clubs, organisations and initiatives in the Caithness county of Scotland. |
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Volunteers take community radio to Fiji women
By: fem’LINKpacific, UNESCO | January 24, 2005
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| In Fiji, femLINKpacific, a women’s media NGO, is launching its mobile women’s community radio project this month. The femLINKpacific volunteer team takes to the road with their 'radio in a suitcase'. |
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Wireless Politics May Determine Future of Digital Democracy
By: Michelle Chen, Free Expression Policy Project | January 18, 2005
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| Control over an emerging communications technology is pitting corporations against communities, private profit against public access to information. Michelle Chen looks at trends on the wireless horizon. Part one of a two-part series originally published in The NewStandard. |
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Politics Online
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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Although not all political organizations are incorporated as nonprofits, I'm convinced that all nonprofit professionals should be watching the former's online strategies. |
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Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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| If you are a nonprofit professional who keeps hearing about open source software and doesn't know how to begin thinking about it, it's nice to know that the folks at the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative understand your feelings and your needs. |
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The Riders Movement
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
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| The Circuit Rider movement (sometimes known as the "
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A Nation Online: 2004 U.S. National Digital Divide Report Released
By: NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce | January 10, 2005
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| The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has just released the latest national digital divide report, A Nation Online.
The report states that a dramatic uptake of broadband technologies has fueled the nation's rising use of the Internet. The report also finds that broadband users are more likely to use the Internet more frequently and in a wider variety of ways, and broadband usage is lower in rural than urban areas.
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The Boston Technobabes
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | December 28, 2004
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| Women who work in nonprofit technology in the Boston area gather together every month for a night out with the babes. |
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Checking In With Ana Montes at the Latino Issues Forum
By: Cedar Pruitt, A Sense Of Place Network | December 10, 2004
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| Ana Montes of the Latino Issues Forum spoke with DDN editor Cedar Pruitt recently about the future of higher education and online access in the Latino community, the Spanish Internet, and the critical need for good, accessible content. |
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The RECA Foundation Growing and Adapting Through the Years
By: Phil Shapiro, A Sense Of Place Network | December 10, 2004
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| The RECA Foundation in southeast Washington state is a nonprofit organization that gives in countless ways to the surrounding communities. This article shares some background information about this organization, which was an early member of Community Technology Centers' Network. |
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Scotland’s Craigmillar Project: Combating Virtual Inequality in the Digital Age
By: Dr. Andrew McDonald and Phil Denning | December 10, 2004
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| The Craigmillar Community Information Service (CCIS), a project funded by the European Union and Scottish Executive, is a community-based Internet service and training provider, a port of quality digital applications and services focused on employment, education, arts, youth, social welfare and the environment. |
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Global Action from Brazil: CatComm's Community Technology Toolkit
By: Nia Ujamaa, Center for Media & Community | December 9, 2004
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| CatComm, a virtual resource based in Rio de Janeiro, is taking advantage of the Internet’s ability to disseminate information beyond socio-economic, cultural and geographic borders. CatComm’s Community Solutions Database (CSD) serves as a virtual bulletin board, allowing for community initiatives to share their success, hardships, questions and solutions to problems. |
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Lessons Learned From the First Ohio Community Technology Day
By: Angela Stuber and Gabe Gloden, Ohio Community Computing Network | November 4, 2003
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| The executive director of the Ohio Community Computing Network
explores how OCCN spent a day this October educating Ohio legislators about the importance of community technology centers. |
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The Educator’s Network – Supporting ICTs in Schools
By: Rodwyn Grewan, SchoolNet SA | September 30, 2002
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| Sandi Senior Secondary School is one of nearly 200 disadvantaged schools in South Africa that is participating in a project to integrate computers in schools while also supplying teachers with the training and support needed to fully take advantage of the computer equipment.
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iEARN Sierra Leone: Youth Witnessing From The Front Lines
By: Andrew Greene Jr., iEARN Sierra Leone and Childsoldiers.org | August 26, 2002
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| iEARN Sierra Leone is founded on the idea that through tele-collaboration, war-affected children will be better able to create awareness about the issue of child soldiers on a global level. |
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Radio Sagarmatha: Broadcasting the Internet to Nepal
By: Shenaz Malik, Benton Foundation | August 5, 2002
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| Each year infoDev and the IICD sponsor a competition for ICT development success stories. Radio Sagarmatha is one of 2002's winning stories. |
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Community Technology Centers: A National Movement to Close the Digital Divide
By: Mark Sargent, The George Lucas Educational Foundation | July 9, 2002
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| Community Technology Centers lead the way in providing young people in underserved communities with technology access and the skills to create multimedia content. |
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Owerri Digital Village: A grassroots approach to empowering Nigerian youth and their communities
By: Njideka Ugwuegbu, Youth for Technology Foundation | June 18, 2002
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| In this essay, Njideka Ugwuegbu of the Youth for Technology Foundation discusses her organization's establishment of a telecentre in Owerri, Nigeria.
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Silence Speaks: Digital Storytelling in Support of Healing and Violence Prevention
By: Amy L. Hill, Silence Speaks | June 7, 2002
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| Third World Majority, a nonprofit media training center dedicated to social and economic justice, seeks to provide survivors, witnesses and prevention advocates with the skills to create multimedia pieces about the impact of violence. |
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The Digital Divide on an Analog Continent
By: Mark Moore, The Source ISP | January 28, 2002
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| Mark Moore tells the story of how a community-minded group with limited technical expertise and no previous experience launched a community connectivity initiative in eastern Uganda. |
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Building Connected Communities: The 5Comm Advanced Telecommunication Project in Southwest Minnesota
By: Mark Erickson, 5Comm | January 18, 2002
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| After more than a generation of decline, rural communities across America are increasingly looking towards technology and application of advanced, community-based telecommunication models to stem the downward economic spiral. |
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Learning How To Smile Online
By: Nancy T. Fisher and Laura J. Frazer, Jewish Vocational Service | December 17, 2001
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| Because the new economy relies so heavily on technology, one social service agency has discovered the importance of incorporating computers and distance learning into the agency’s curricula for teaching work skills necessary for employment. The Jewish Vocational Service of East Orange, NJ, has developed an interactive, Internet-based distance learning program that teaches a variety of customer service skills to immigrants, dislocated workers and people with disabilities. |
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A Low-Tech, Low-Cost Tool for the Homeless
By: Kevin Taglang, Telecommunications Policy Consultant | December 10, 2001
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| Homeless Americans do not have access to the most basic telecommunication device: a telephone. Using a low-tech, low-cost solution -- voice mail -- organizations are providing an essential tool for people in search of shelter, jobs and services. |
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The Fire Next Time: L.A.'s FAME Renaissance
By: Mark London Williams | October 29, 2001
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| The First American Methodist Episcopal Church’s Renaissance program is one of America’s first faith-based small technology business incubators. Rev. Mark Whitlock describes its unique business plan as "not so much concerned about making money for ourselves," but rather, the community around it. |
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Youth Are Problem-Solvers…. Not Problems to Solve
By: Tony Hebert, Ph.D., and Amy Ostermeier, University of Tennessee | October 15, 2001
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| Advocates for civic engagement and community renewal have highlighted youth as an important resource in rebuilding a civic society for the future and in creating healthy communities today. |
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Digital Convergence and Multimedia Access in Roxbury, Massachusetts
By: Nettrice Gaskins, BNN Multimedia Center | August 15, 2001
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| The Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN), which runs two public access cable T.V. channels in the city, has recently launched a new multimedia center that offers community members the opportunity to learn everything from Web site design to digital video production, nonlinear editing and streaming media. |
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Teaming for Technology: A Connectionist Approach to Making IT Happen
By: J.C. Dwyer, Teaming for Technology - Chicago | August 7, 2001
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| Teaming for Technology (T4T) has grown in the last four years from organizing small computer recycling programs to developing non-profit databases and portal sites all over the country. |
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Successful Utilization of Volunteers for Sustainable CTCs
By: Jayne Cravens, United Nations Volunteers | August 6, 2001
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| Jayne Cravens, the online volunteering specialist for United Nations Volunteers, describes how community technology centers can successfully involve volunteers in providing public access to technology. |
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Reflections on the Rise and Possible Fall of the Federal CTC Program
By: Norris Dickard, Benton Foundation | July 30, 2001
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| Norris Dickard, former coordinator of the Department of Education's Community Technology Centers program, looks back at the history of the initiative and the challenges that are currently threatening it. |
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Longwood Cyber Residency and Exhibition Program
By: Eddie Torres, Longwood Arts Gallery | June 25, 2001
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| Bronx Council on the Arts' Longwood Cyber Residency and Exhibition Program provides artists from underrepresented groups, such as artists of color and women, the opportunity to utilize advanced computer technology as a creative tool. |
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Cada Vez: An IT Enterprise with Community Connections
By: Andy Carvin, Benton Foundation | June 25, 2001
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| Part conference center, part restaurant, part training facility, Cada
Vez is a hybrid high-tech operation that hopes to offer the latest IT tools to
area businesses, nonprofits and residents -- while at the same time serving as
a focal point for community technology activities. |
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The Arizona Rural Telemedicine Network Q & A with Associate Director Dr. Kevin M. McNeil
By: Kade L. Twist, Benton Foundation | June 18, 2001
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| Arizona has been a pioneer in the use of telemedicine services to communities dangerously isolated from critical health services. Through interagency relationships within the state government and partnerships among a wide variety of not-for-profit and profit healthcare organizations, the Arizona Telemedicine Program provides a wide range of telemedicine services and distance learning across the state. |
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Using the Digital Divide to Bridge Other Divides
By: Ken Komoski, LINCT Coalition | June 12, 2001
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| The LINCT Coalition is a nationwide coalition of nonprofit organizations, businesses and local community-based organizations. LINCT and its partners work together to help communities turn the issue of the digital divide into a high-profile vehicle for bridging America's more deeply-divisive educational, economic and social divides.
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A Closer Look at Phoenix's Neighborhood Networks Centers
By: Kade L. Twist, Benton Foundation | June 11, 2001
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| The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Networks initiative brings computers and Internet access to the doorsteps of low-income Americans. But is this program living up to its potential? |
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CLICK Responds to Oklahoma's Digital Divide
By: Dr. Mary John O'Hair, Center for Educational and Community Renewal | June 5, 2001
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| Oklahoma is launching a new state program entitled Computer Literacy Instruction for Communities and Kids (CLICK), designed to improve learning and enhance the quality of life for all Oklahoma children through greater access to computers, the Internet and other forms of technology. |
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Friendship Bytes: Online Mentors Help Students Bridge The Divide
By: Nadia Kalman and Greg Warner, iMentor | May 14, 2001
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| iMentor, a New York City organization, uses the Web to connect inner-city students with adult mentors based on their personal and professional interests. iMentor works closely with schools, after-school programs, community technology centers, and other programs that serve young people from low-income neighborhoods. |
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Is Low Power FM Finally finding its Voice?
By: Rachel Anderson and Kevin Taglang, Benton Foundation | April 16, 2001
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| A popular "low-tech" medium, radio, could become an important information tool for underserved communities. The FCC recently announced that 255 local organizations, municipalities, churches and schools have qualified for licenses to operate 100-watt non-commercial low-power FM (LPFM) radio stations in communities across the country. |
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Baltimore Urban League: Building Self-Esteem and Community
By: Roberta Furger, The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) | April 10, 2001
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| Initiatives unite communities and narrow the technology gap for residents of all ages. |
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The SAVI Community Connections Project
By: Suzette Foster, The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University of | April 6, 2001
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| The SAVI Community Connections Project, (SCCP) seeks to bridge the unique knowledge and perspectives individuals have regarding their own communities, to the necessary resources and information to assess its strengths and vulnerabilities. The SAVI Community Connections Project builds upon these efforts by advancing the database to the community through the development of interactive Internet tools. |
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Cyber-Tricksters and Cyber-Shamen: The Other Side of the Digital Divide
By: Kade L. Twist, Benton Foundation | April 6, 2001
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| The line between fantasy and reality in cyberspace can be ambiguous to many Web wanderers – especially K-12 children – and the cumulative result of this misunderstanding, more often than not, leads to an unrealistic public perception of Indian people that can have lasting political, social and cultural consequences for Indians and non-Indians alike. |
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Tomas Rivera Policy Institute's Digital Steppingstones
By: Richard Cutler, Ph.D, The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute | March 27, 2001
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| The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute launched the Digital Steppingstones (DSS) project to explore the role of advanced technologies in low-income and minority communities, their effectiveness in enhancing K-12 learning, preparing community members for the workforce, and filling communities' information needs. |
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Bridging the Digital Divide: A Faith-Based Initiative
By: Owupele M. Bamson, Chapel of Peace | March 21, 2001
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| With its success in providing the Caribbean immigrant community of Nashville with hands-on computer training, the Chapel of Peace exemplifies the significant role that grassroots faith based organizations play in narrowing the digital divide. |
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A "Regional Community" Approach to Technology Catch-up in Rural America
By: Tom Christoffel, Regional Intelligence | March 12, 2001
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| Exercising "regional intelligence" can benefit all by providing a standard framework for regional communities to effectively adopt new technologies. |
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Now That We've Built It, How Do We Keep It?
By: Wanda Gardner, Director, Decorah Public Library | March 5, 2001
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| The Decorah Public Library has struggled to build a vibrant Community Technology Center (CTC) but with budget constraints looming they have to ask hard questions about the future. |
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Technology Access Foundation
By: Ann Stjern, Technology Access Foundation | March 2, 2001
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| TAF's mission is to bring technology education and technology access to disadvantaged communities and, thus, change the economic futures of these communities. To do this, TAF developed the Technology Education Pipeline Model (TEP). The TEP is a comprehensive model that includes three primary programs. |
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Connecting Communities of Color
By: Ann Stjern, Technology Access Foundation | March 2, 2001
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| Connecting Communities of Color Consortium (C3) is comprised of 17 community agencies and service providers in Seattle and 6 in Tacoma, Washington. TAF built this consortium with existing community organizations to focus on providing access to current technology and technical curricula to traditionally under-served populations. Through strategic planning and a unified voice, C3 works together to bridge the information technology gap. Additionally, C3 is the vehicle for providing the programs and services of the Virtual Institute, which includes online instructional courses and open lab hours |
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Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council Opens Scout Technology Program
By: Leslie Wright, Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council | February 8, 2001
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| In Central Texas, the Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council premieres "The Edge," the first Girl Scouts tech program in the United States. |
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Community Action Agencies Tackle the Digital Divide
By: John Buckstead, National Association of Community Action Agencies | February 8, 2001
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| John Buckhead, Executive Director of NACAA, explains how community action agencies have been providing technological access and much-needed training to low-income populations for more than 20 years -- long before the term "digital divide" became popular. |
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Unique Learning Center
By: Kade Twist and Chic Smith, The Unique Learning Center
One Ministries | December 4, 2000
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| Inside the walls of a D.C. brownstone, One Ministries is using an organization founded 20 years ago to raise the next generation of well-rounded, well-educated and conscientious community leaders from today's urban youth through a five-day per week program designed to fulfill the individual needs of African-American K-12 students. |
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People Without Borders: Helping Immigrants Build Skills for Success
By: Andy Carvin, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| People Without Borders, a Washington-area non-profit, has made it their mission to assist immigrant populations in skills development. Their Computer Training Center in upper Northwest DC provides over a dozen IT courses, from basic computing and Internet use to Powerpoint and Excel. |
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Neighborhood Learning Center
By: Kade Twist and Chic Smith, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| The Washington Commumity Fellowship began a tutoring program for neighborhood youth in the basement of the church in 1982. Today, with $20,000 in seed money, the newly opened Neighborhood Learning Center is stepping up to meet the challend of community technology training while "providing a place
where students and families can grow together." |
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Seattle Community Network: an Innovative and Progressive Leader in Techno-Philanthropy
By: Wade Englund, Technology Education Coordinator | December 4, 2000
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The Seattle Community Network offers a democratic forum for the exchange of information and ideas. The hope is that SCN acts as a formidable compliment to existing news, entertainment, education, social,
economic, and political organizations, in strengthening, energizing, and
improving the health and sustainability of Seattle communities. But since 1996, there has been a shift in focus from establishing and providing access to e-communities, to capacity building and bridging the digital divide through community information services and technology education. |
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Lessons Learned: Rules for the Computer Lab and Beyond
By: Mark R. Jones, Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications & Te | December 4, 2000
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When planning a computer lab project, start with people-based requirements and work back through to the supporting infrastructure. And remember, no matter how hard you try, and no matter how much research and careful planning you do, something will eventually pop up that you never considered or expected. Make sure that your chief financial administrator knows this! Budget an additional 10%-15% of total lab costs and total yearly operating expenses in advance for contingency needs. |
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Teens Teaching Seniors: The Digital Divide on a Local Level
By: Angie Groh | December 4, 2000
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| Angie Groh, 16, writes about when she realized the digital divide was part of her community -- and what she has since done about it. Angie, a high school sophomore in Thornton, IA, has been an active member of Iowa 4-H for seven years. |
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The Arts Online: The Role of the Arts in Bridging the Digital Divide
By: Victoria Bernal; Jamal Le Blanc, Open Studio: The Arts Online; Digital Divide Network | December 4, 2000
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| The Benton Foundation hosted an online discussion with the staff and directors of Open Studio: The Arts Online on the role of the Arts in ending the digital divide. The discussion exposed the important role the Arts play in
encouraging people to learn about and explore technology; supporting the interests of business and communities; and making content and culture relevant to communities. |
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The NorthPoint Community Connectivity Initiative: Public-Private Partnership to Bridge the Digital D
By: Alexander Clemens, Community Relations Director, NorthPoint Communications | December 4, 2000
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NorthPoint founders and executives attempt to bridge the divide by sharing DSL, and all the social and economic benefits that go with it, with less advantaged communities through a number of strategic partnerships centered around HUD Neighborhood Network Centers. |
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From Radio to Internet, MIGIZI Stands for Indian Workforce Training
By: Kade Twist, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| Founded in 1977, MIGIZI made radio and media training a vital part of its mission - in addition to providing for the social and cultural needs of Minneapolis' large urban Indian community. MIGIZI is currently helping 140 adults through its Skills for Successful Indian Adults program and 100 high school students with its Native Academy program. |
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Four Directions to Making the Internet Indian
By: Kade Twist, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| Indian Country is still very much on the wrong side of the digital divide. Only 39 percent of rural Indian Country has basic phone service, household personal computer ownership accompanied with Internet access is still no greater than 15 percent. Community leaders are left with a critical dilemma: How can Indians culturally rationalize technologies they can't universally access? A collaboration between Tribal Nations, federal government agencies, universities, academic organizations and private corporations has begun to answer this question. |
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Faith-Based Efforts: The Neighborhood Learning Center Experience
By: Julie Campbell, Executive Director, Neighborhood Learning Center | December 4, 2000
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Faith-based organizations are becoming increasingly active in efforts to bridge the digital divide. By taking a holistic approach, they have been uniquely effective. While these organizations provide Internet access and computer literacy development, they also address some of the more systemic problems that contribute to the digital divide: providing literacy training, critical thinking skills development, professional skills development, community content production, as well as a host of seemingly unrelated services such as personal counseling, nutrition education and clothing. |
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Cyberstars and HELP: Urban Youth Empowerment
By: Dr. Steven Hawley, Wright State University | December 4, 2000
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| Professor Hawley profiles three initiatives in Ohio that are giving urban youth the opportunity to prove themselves -- and to succeed well beyond their expectations. |
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Canku Ota: Many Paths Celebrating Native America
By: Vicki Lockard, Canku Ota | December 4, 2000
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Canku Ota is a celebration of the traditions and cultures of Native American and Alaskan Natives. Each biweekly issue contains news articles, about events and issues, contributed by some premier writers and artists. We also share stories, recipes, nature articles, opportunities, school news, projects, and anything else of interest to our readers, young and old. |
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Old Time Community Organizing for the 21st Century
By: Nancy Montano, La Plaza Telecommunity | December 4, 2000
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On December 7, 1994, the residents of Taos County witnessed the birth of New Mexico's community network, La Plaza Telecommunity. Due to the diligence and hard work of La Plaza staff, the La Plaza user is representative of the community at large, bridging age, culture, gender and socio-economic standing. La Plaza's service area includes not only Taos proper but numerous villages and communities throughout the entire county from Costilla near the Colorado border, 37 miles north of Taos to the Penasco Valley 20 to 30 miles south. |
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BDPA Cincinnati Reaches Youth and Beyond
By: Wayne Hicks, BDPA Cincinnati Chapter President | December 4, 2000
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The Outreach Department of Black Data Processing Associates' Cincinnati Chapter has a mission to increase the number of computer literate teens in the inner city by offering a challenging, competitive, esteem-building, state-of-the-art program that will train youths in today's technology. The Outreach Department's programs include: the Youth Technology Seminar Series, Student
Recognition, Student Scholarships, High School Computer Camp and a High
School Computer Competition program. |
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