This is very interesting! Is there materials in English that one could read more in detail about this?
Salman Ansari -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dani Matielo Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Re: what are your favorite telecentre initiatives? Hello Andy and everybody, my name is Dani Matielo and I have been lurking in this list for a while. The discussions here are very interesting and I hope I can participate more in the future. For now, I would like to add a telecentre initiative to Andy's list, called Acessa S�o Paulo, led by the State of S�o Paulo in Brazil which, I believe, is a very sucessful Program and has a lot of interesting experiences to share with other initiatives around the world. Currently, Acessa S�o Paulo has 200 telecentres spread across the state of S�o Paulo, which are open from Monday to Saturday during eleven hours per day. Each center has two monitors � trained by the USP Escola do Futuro [School of the Future] ( www.futuro.usp.br), 10 computers with Internet connections, printers, webcams and scanners. Any person over 11 years of age may use the computers to access the Internet, develop his/her r�sum�, do school research, use the electronic government services, send and receive emails etc. . Since its creation in 2000, Acessa S�o Paulo has handled more than 10 million service requests and presently has more than 500 thousand registered users. In addition to computer and Internet access, Acessa S�o Paulo also develops research into its telecentre's user profiles. The results of the researches, which are conducted by Escola do Futuro, can be found at www.ponlines.futuro.usp.br. Supporting the digital inclusion program, there's also development of free-access pedagogical content, such as MiniCursos [Mini Courses] (www.minicursos.futuro.usp.br) and Cadernos Eletr�nicos [Electronic Notebooks] ( www.cadernos.futuro.usp.br). The first are courses via Internet, with an average of four lessons. Each lesson provides a homework suggestion and indicates sites to complement the content. Upon completing a step, the user is evaluated with a multiple-choice test, which encourages him/her to study all material up to that point. The MiniCursos content is popular and has practical applications. Currently there are six MiniCursos online: How to make a resum�, How to tie a tie, Dengue, Personal security, Sugar-less sweets, and Internet etiquette. Reinforcing the intention to contribute to digital inclusion in the low-income communities, the Cadernos Eletr�nicos develop various computer. There are currently 10 Cadernos Eletr�nicos available, which can be printed out at the telecentres, including: How to create and manage emails, Website creation and publication etc. Also of note in Acessa S�o Paulo are the weekly Internet surveys. This project, called Fala S�o Paulo [Speak S�o Paulo] ( www.falasp.futuro.usp.br) covers a variety of subjects including Culture and Leisure, Health, and Jobs. The data is tabulated by gender, age and access location. These surveys, with subjects relevant to the community, currently has the average of one thousand votes per week. The latest content project developed within Acessa S�o Paulos is called PIM, Passaporte de Internet e Multim�dia [Internet and Multimedia Passport] ( www.pim.futuro.usp.br), which was launched in the beginning of October 2004. PIM, following the passport analogy, is designed to be a support for user net-surfing. After passing a test on basic email skills, Internet navigation, and text editing, participants receive a physical passport, similar to a conventional passport, to track his/her learning with passport stamps. The stamps are records of specific content, which can be accessed through the site. The first stamps offers are Blogs, Basic Hardware and Graphic Design. To receive a stamp, the user must follow detailed procedures on the site, which can vary in accord with the intended stamp. Another objective of PIM is to develop an on-line community that promotes greater interaction among users through a forum and messaging among participants. Acessa S�o Paulo is also concerned with involving the community where the telecentres are installed. This is done by stimulating development of projects and activities that use technological resources in a creative and educational way. Rede de Atividades [Activities Network] has been developed to schedule specific times in the telecentres for these activities so that users can publish community content, which in turn promotes community awareness. If anyone is interested or has any doubt about the program, I would be pleased to give more Information about it. Best regards, Dani Matielo Escola do Futuro da USP Projeto Acessa S�o Paulo ____________________________________________ Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:37:22 -0600 From: Andy Carvin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DDN] what are your favorite telecentre initiatives? To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi everyone, As part of my efforts to identify interesting telecentre initiatives for the upcoming IDRC/EDC telecentres book, I'd like to ask a question for general discussion on the list: What are your favorite telecentre initiatives - particularly ones outside the US? Do you see it as a model for other telecentre initiatives? Is it breaking new ground in some way? Is it successfully integrating learning, public health programs, e-government, media production, economic development activities, or other services into its mission? Or did it start with a development mission of its own and simply embrace telecentres as a strategy for accomplishing that mission? I'm very eager to engage list members in identifying interesting, creative telecentres around the world. The EDC/IDRC book, to be released at WSIS in November, will be an important opportunity for us to demonstrate the role of telecentres in global development, and how they're more than just simple public access points to the interest. So please post your thoughts to the list; I'd love to hear what you think. thanks, andy _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
