[NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:1613] Digital Steppingstones Upcoming Workshops

From: Hacker, Emily (EHacker@fegs.org)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2001 - 10:41:28 EST


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Some of you may recall the announcement I posted in January about the Tomas
Rivera Policy Institute's first Digital Steppingstone Workshop in Miami. I
heard that the Miami and Houston sessions were excellent. Perhaps some
Southern tech list subscribers attended. Three more sessions of the same
workshop are coming up over the next few weeks:
 
March 13, Chicago, University of Chicago Gleacher Center
March 15, New York City, Crowne Plaza Manhattan
March 28, Los Angeles, California Science Center

Below is a brief description of the workshops. For more information and to
register, go to TRPI website at:
http://www.trpi.org/dss/2001workshops.html or contact the TRPI Conference
Coordinator, Leah Leander by e-mail: dss@trpi.org or phone: (909) 621-8897.

"Digital Steppingstones: Smart Strategies for Underserved Communities in the
Information Age," consists of five regional workshops on information
technology programs to be offered by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
during the spring of 2001. The goal of the workshops is to bring together
regional experts to share their exemplary practical uses of technology in
schools, libraries and community centers. 

The Digital Steppingstones (DSS) initiative explores the practical uses of
technology in public access centers in low-income and minority communities.
Funded by a multi-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, DSS has
become an integral part of TRPI's on-going efforts to reduce the gap in
access to information technologies and related training and services faced
by urban underserved communities.

Topics to be explored:
* Practical strategies for providing access to computer and network
resources in schools, libraries, and community centers.
* Examples of successful information technology programs and strategies in
local public access centers.
* Key resources for information on funding, digital literacy, curricular and
workforce needs.
* How leadership is supporting efforts to access information technologies in
underserved communities.


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Emily Hacker
Moderator, NIFL Technology
Director of Learning Technologies
F.E.G.S
(212) 366-8122
ehacker@fegs.org

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