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Topics in this special issue:
1. K12> [ClassWeb] ***DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2002 -- Civic Education Grants
2. RESOUR> COPRIGHT AWARENESS WEEK - Copyright office web site
3. K12> New Learning Resources at FREE (April 25, 2002)
4. K12> Global Science & Technology Week
5. RESOUR> NCES: Find Data Tables, Fast and Easy - Newly Expanded
6. RESOUR> [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Mission-Based Tech Planning for Nonprofits"
(TechConnect handout )
7. K12> WRITING YOUR IEP'S MADE EASY
8. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital-Divide Disconnect (fwd)
9. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Jackson Continues Push for Tech Diversity (fwd)
10. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Bypassing the Carriers, a Burg Goes Broadband (fwd)
11. MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Recommended Article on Economic Divide behind
Digital Divide
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:43:05 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [ClassWeb] ***DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2002 -- Civic Education Grants
From: "Cindy Koeppel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:43:07 -0500
Subject: [ClassWeb] ***DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2002 -- Civic Education Grants
For Release:
CONTACT:
Frank H. Mackaman
The Dirksen Congressional Center
301 South 4th Street, Suite A
Pekin, IL 61554
309.347.7113
309.347.6432 FAX
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.dirksencenter.org
Robert H. Michel Civic Education Grants Announcement
DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2002
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants totaling
$50,000 in 2001-2002 to help teachers, curriculum developers, and others
improve the quality of civics instruction, with priority on the role of
Congress in our federal government. Areas of interest include designing
lesson plans, creating student activities, and applying instructional
technology in the classroom.
Teachers (4th through 12th grades), community and junior college faculty,
and college and university faculty are eligible as are teacher-led student
teams and individuals who develop curriculum. Priority will be given to the
following disciplines: history, government, social studies, political
science, and education.
Institutions and organizations are not eligible. Inter-institutional
consortia and other groups of individual may apply, but grant funds may not
be used to defray indirect costs or overhead expenses. The funds are
intended solely to produce "deliverables" of use to classroom teachers.
Preliminary proposals must be submitted by no later than May 1, 2002.
Complete information about eligibility and application procedures, may be
found at The Center's Web site --
http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantmichelciviced.htm. The Center does not
provide an application form. You may find it helpful to review the sample
grant proposal at --
http://www.dirksencenter.org/grantmichelcivicsample.htm. Frank Mackaman is
the program officer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is
a private, non-partisan, nonprofit research and educational organization
devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. The Center created the
Michel Civic Education Grants to fund practical classroom strategies to
improve the quality of teaching and learning about civics, with a particular
emphasis on the role of Congress in the federal government. The goal of
education in civics, we believe, is informed, responsible participation in
political life by competent citizens. Current levels of political knowledge,
political engagement, and political enthusiasm leave much to be desired.
Part of the solution rests in better instructional practices.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:24:54 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> COPRIGHT AWARENESS WEEK - Copyright office web site
From: "Elliott Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:15:10 -0400
Subject: Fwd: COPRIGHT AWARENESS WEEK - Copyright office web site
========================Forwarded Message=========================
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:19:13 -0600
Sender: NPPA Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Sean Cayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: COPRIGHT AWARENESS WEEK - Copyright office web site
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This week the Copyright Office redesigned their website. It is much
easier to navigate and everyone should become familar with the site.
The changes include:
A design change with a navigational bar with tabs for the most
frequently requested pages, which can be found at the top of the page,
wherever you go on the website.
The ability to search Copyright Office registrations and documents
A step-by-step guide to registration, arranged by category of work, with
pop-up menus to guide you to the right form and additional information.
A search engine for the entire website.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Best,
Seth Resnick
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Forwarded by List Owner:
Elliott Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Central Michigan University Tele: +1 989.774.3196
Journalism Dept.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 USA
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:25:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> New Learning Resources at FREE (April 25, 2002)
From: "Winters, Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education publications & more .
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:55:47 -0400
Subject: New Learning Resources at FREE (April 25, 2002)
Seventeen resources in the arts, social studies, & science
have been added to the Federal Resources for Educational
Excellence (FREE) website. FREE makes it easy for teachers,
parents, students, & others to find teaching & learning
resources from more than 40 federal organizations.
http://www.ed.gov/free/
The 17 new resources are described below.
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NOTE: If you'd like to tell other teachers, parents, or
students about the FREE website, a brochure can help.
You can order one, or multiple copies, at
http://www.ed.gov/free/brochures.html
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Arts
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"Smithsonian Jazz" celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, April, by
offering sound clips, information about jazz events, a directory of
jazz societies (by state & country), links to other jazz websites,
& four online "classes" featuring Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald,
Louis Armstrong, & Benny Carter. (SI,ED)
http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/
"West Building: Then & Now" celebrates the 60th anniversary (March
2001) of the opening of the National Gallery of Art. An online
photo essay shows how the West Building & its environs have changed
over the years. (NGA)
http://www.nga.gov/feature/thenandnow/thenandnow.htm
"You Be the Conservator" invites students to play the role of a
museum conservator, discovering clues about an historical object
in order to preserve or restore it. In the featured activity, the
object is a "santo," a painted woodcarving of a saint in the
Catholic Church. (SNMAH)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hosc/santos/index.htm
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Social Studies
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"The Amana Colonies" looks at the historic utopian society
established in the 1850s along the Iowa River by German-speaking
settlers from a religious group known as the Community of True
Inspiration. The group, which originated in Himbach, Germany, in
1714, created a communal system of seven villages, each with mills,
shops, homes, communal kitchens, schools, & churches. This website
looks at the group's history, beliefs, buildings, & more.
(NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/amana/index.htm
"Ashland, Oregon: From Stage Coach to Center Stage" highlights 32
historic places in this community located 14 miles north of
California at the foot of Mt. Ashland. These places together
illustrate the development of Ashland from a small transportation &
farming center founded in 1852 into a community with a strong
cultural identity. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ashland/
"Asian-Pacific Heritage Month" provides information about the
historical contributions of Asian & Pacific peoples in the U.S. &
territories. It includes links to Pacific Islander heritage &
Asian American heritage websites. (NPS,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/
"The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil
War" helps students place the Battle of Prairie Grove in the
context of Arkansas' role in the Civil War. Photos & readings from
eye witness accounts of the battle depict the harsh realities of
Civil War & its effects on both soldiers & civilians. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/70prairie/70prairie.htm
"The Battle at Stones River: The Soldiers' Story" provides
readings, maps, & visual representations of this battle near
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which was the second bloodiest battle
fought west of the Appalachians during the Civil War. (NPS,TwHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/40stones/40stones.htm
"HistoryWired: A Few of Our Favorite Things" offers a virtual tour
of selected objects not on display in the National Museum of
American History. Artifacts are presented in a dozen categories,
including the arts, commerce, home, leisure, medicine, military,
people, politics, science, & technology. Among the artifacts: the
portable lap desk on which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration
of Independence, George Washington's camp chest & military uniform,
the Star-Spangled Banner, an African American tenant farm house,
the first commercially available personal computer, & Thomas
Edison's electric pen. (SI)
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
"Thank You, Mr. Edison: Electricity, Innovation, & Social Change"
is a lesson in which students learn about the invention of the
phonograph, the impact of electricity on Americans, & Thomas
Edison's role in the electrification of America. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/99/edison/intro.html
"Thomas Alva Edison" examines several of his inventions -- the
telegraph, telephone, phonograph, & electric light bulb. Students
learn about his life & how to create their own light bulb. (SNMAH)
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/edison/html/thomas_alva_edison.html
"Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting" puts
students in the role of historians as they examine a buffalo hide
painting & click on areas that reveal clues to the painting's
story. The story helps students understand the role of the buffalo
in the lives of the northern plains American Indians. (SNMAH)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/buffalo/index.html
"Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion,
1820-1890" presents letters, business papers, photos, maps, ship
logbooks, & narratives that can help students understand the story
of American's travel by sea to settle California, Alaska, Hawaii,
Texas, & the Pacific Northwest. Themes illustrated by these
materials, selected from Mystic Seaport's collection, include
whaling, life at sea, the California Gold Rush, & native
populations. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov:8081/ammem/award99/mymhihtml/mymhihome.html
"What Are We Fighting for Over There? Perspectives on the Great
War" is a unit in which students use primary documents to develop
an understanding of the World War I era, including how the U.S.
prepared for & participated in the war & how the war foreshadowed
the role of the U.S. as a world power of the 20th century. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/00/lincolnm/intro.html
"You Be the Historian" invites students to examine clues &
determine what life was like for a family that lived in New Castle,
Delaware, during the 1700s. Students also discover what historians
in the next century might learn about us if they found our homes
the way they are today. (SNMAH)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer/index.htm
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Science
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"Global Science & Technology Week" suggests how schools &
communities can use the week of April 28 - May 4 to generate
excitement about disciplines that underpin breakthroughs in
medicine, space exploration, & more. That week, students can send
questions (via email) that will be answered by scientists &
engineers. On April 28, a webcast will feature scientists &
engineers who create visual models of molecules & Mars (using
supercomputers), devise replacements & improvements in the human
body, & discover scientific truths about the universe. (OSTP)
http://www.ostp.gov/html/gstw/2002/gstw.html
"Mirror Molecules" helps students see the importance & uses of
"stereoisomers" -- molecules that mirror of each other. (SNMAH)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hosc/molecule/
Acronyms
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ED -- Department of Education
LOC -- Library of Congress
NPS,NRHP -- National Park Service, Nat. Register of Historic Places
NPS,TwHP -- National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places
OSTP -- Office of Science & Technology Policy
SI -- Smithsonian Institution
SNMAH -- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:20:33 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Global Science & Technology Week
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:06:57 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Spacelink EXPRESS Announcement
Global Science & Technology Week
April 28 - May 4, 2002
The Office of Science and Technology Policy of the Executive Office of the
President has joined with representatives from over 27 public and private
organizations to develop activities for this year's Global Science and
Technology Week (GSTW), taking place April 28 - May 4, 2002. The theme of
GSTW 2002 is "Science and Technology: Serving Our Global Community".
NASA is coordinating an electronic linkage campaign that will feature a
variety of resources that will be of interest to educators, students, and the
general public. Special emphasis will be placed on how NASA-developed
technologies, expertise, or know-how have made a difference in our everyday
lives. Areas covered include communication, food-nutrition, health-medicine,
remote sensing, and transportation.
For more information on Global Science and Technology Week resources please
see the address below.
http://www.ostp.gov/html/gstw/2002/gstw.html
For information on NASA's participation in the Global Science and Technology
Week, please visit the address below.
http://education.nasa.gov/gstw2002/
Specially selected NASA video programs are scheduled on NASA television that
compliment the GSTW theme, "Science and Technology: Serving Our Global
Community." Check the NASA Education File Schedule for broadcasts:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/education.file
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Spacelink Staff
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:21:15 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> NCES: Find Data Tables, Fast and Easy - Newly Expanded
From: "Pete Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:02:59 -0400
Subject: NCES: Find Data Tables, Fast and Easy - Newly Expanded
April 25, 2002
Find Data Tables, Fast and Easy - Newly Expanded
Over 1,000 current tables are yours for the searching at Quick Tables and
Figures. Using this search tool allows you to locate all tables/figures
published in the inventory of NCES' Education Statistics Quarterly; the
NEDRC (National Education Data Resource Center) Table Library; and many
NCES publications. Tables from NCES publications and data sets are
constantly being added to this data base.
http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:30:49 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Mission-Based Tech Planning for Nonprofits"
(TechConnect handout )
From: "Deborah Elizabeth Finn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:26:37 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] "Mission-Based Tech Planning for Nonprofits" (TechConnect
handout )
Dear Colleagues,
On Tuesday, TechFoundation, United Way of Mass Bay, and Teaming For
Technology had the pleasure of hosting a Boston TechConnect session on
"Mission-Based Tech Planning for Nonprofits." Big thanks go out to Beth
Kanter (moderator), Jessie Saacke, and Catherine Peterson (panelists).
We are happy to make the handout available in digital format to any
nonprofit professional who requests it. There is of course no charge
involved; just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to let us
know that you want it.
In my opinion, the "lessons learned" sections of this handout could save a
small nonprofit considerable anguish and some real money. The handout also
explains how to download some superlative fact sheets, templates, and tools
for planning/assessment from the web at no charge.
Meanwhile, there's still time to register for the next two Boston
TechConnect sessions. Attendance is absolutely free for nonprofit
professionals, but pre-registration is required. To register, please go to:
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?JEA2JSQEY745947FS9NR9PV2
The June 20th session will be on "How Nonprofits Can Measure the Value of
Tech Investments," and the September 19th session will be on "How Nonprofits
Can Raise Money for Information Technology."
Best regards from Deborah
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Nonprofit Liaison Officer and
Director of the Boston TechConnect Series
TechFoundation
20 University Road, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.techfoundation.org
www.imakenews.com/techfoundation
TechFoundation delivers technology, expertise and capital to help nonprofit
organizations harness the power of information technology to serve humanity.
We envision a world where nonprofit organizations can access the same
resources to serve humanity that businesses use to create wealth. We are
based in Cambridge, MA, with offices in New York, NY, Washington DC, and
Seattle, WA.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:59:14 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> WRITING YOUR IEP'S MADE EASY
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Baker)
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:59:07 -0700
Newsgroups: k12.ed.special
http://www.iep4u.com
WRITING YOUR IEP'S MADE EASY
IEP 4U.COM has over 4000 free Goals and Objectives (IEP-ITP) each with changeable
benchmarks
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:06:51 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital-Divide Disconnect (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:28:43 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Digital-Divide Disconnect (fwd)
>From today's Benton Headlines... -ac
DIGITAL-DIVIDE DISCONNECT
[Commentary] The Bush administration's proposed 2003 budget calls for the
elimination of two critical digital-opportunity programs: the U.S.
Department of Education's Community Technology Centers Program and the
U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Opportunities Program. Norris Dickard,
Senior Associate at the Benton Foundation, agues that these small programs
have a big impact. He cites both research and reports from the field testify
to the value of these federal efforts in helping to narrow the gap between
technology haves and have-nots. With waning private-sector investments
because of the recession and state budgets under the biggest crunch in
years, Dickard says that the need for smart public-private partnerships to
bridge the digital divide is more important than ever.
[SOURCE: EDWeek, AUTHOR: Norris Dickard (Senior Associate at the Benton
Foundation)]
(http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=32dickard.h21)
ac
Andy Carvin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:07:27 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Jackson Continues Push for Tech Diversity (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:30:10 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Jackson Continues Push for Tech Diversity (fwd)
Also from today's headlines... -ac
JACKSON CONTINUES PUSH FOR TECH DIVERSITY
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the third annual Rainbow/PUSH Silicon
Valley Project conference Wednesday, said that Silicon Valley corporate
boards are no more diverse than when his non-profit first raised the issue
three years ago. Jackson said the group's goals have ``evolved'' to issues
such as expanding opportunities for minority-owned firms to do business with
large corporations, increasing access to capital for minorities and women
and bridging the digital divide in poor communities. Though some large
corporate interests were represented at the conference, they did not discuss
the importance of diversity at their corporations or outlined company
programs that encourage diversity in hiring or supplier relationships.
[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury, AUTHOR: K. Oanh Ha]
(http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3132349.htm)
Andy Carvin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:09:00 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Bypassing the Carriers,
a Burg Goes Broadband (fwd)
From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:31:29 -0400
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Bypassing the Carriers, a Burg Goes Broadband (fwd)
Bypassing the Carriers, a Burg Goes Broadband
After years of waiting for the phone company (Verizon) to offer high-speed
Internet service, the local government of Cumberland, Maryland is ready to
take matters into its own hands. Cumberland, population 21,000, is facing
a quandary familiar to much of rural America: the cost of upgrading the
telephone system's wires to offer high-speed data service (DSL) is
prohibitively expensive. As a result, phone companies prefer to invest
where the population density guarantees a return on their upgrade investment. As
a result, many local governments are making the leap into providing DSL
services for their communities, in essence, going into competition with the
phone companies. Small cities and towns who have rolled out their own
broadband systems are finding themselves in legal battles with
telecommunications companies. Jim Baller, a Washington-based lawyer who
represents the American Public Power Association, an alliance of more than
2,000 community-owned utilities, sides with the local government broadband
initiatives. Says Baller, "If local governments are not free to fill some of
these gaps, what we'll see happening is what happened in the electric power
industry." Electrification, he said, took government initiative in the most
rural areas.
[SOURCE: New York Times; AUTHOR: Peter Wayner]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/technology/circuits/25BROA.html)
Andy Carvin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:10:25 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> [DIGITALDIVIDE] Recommended Article on Economic Divide behind
Digital Divide
From: "Harmony Kieding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:09:32 -0700
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Recommended Article on Economic Divide behind Digital Divide
Hi all-
Am passing along the links to some articles and writing on the economic divide
behind the digital divide, with a few excerpts from each.
Power in Prose /Poor Magazine gives voice to have-nots
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-in/article.cgi?/c/a/2002/04/19/EB143453.DTL
(or a shorter link to above)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L56A208B
"Tiny developed her own welfare-to-work program. The Department of Human Services
signed on. Now, Poor magazine staffers are training welfare recipients basic
reporting, writing, graphic design, Web design, investigative reporting and
advocacy at a South of Market union hall. It may be the only welfare-to-work
training program that focuses on journalism. In the past four years, 15 people
have completed the program.
Amanda Feinstein, a project manager for Human Services, says Poor and its media
studies program gives clients skills that transfer to other jobs. Clients have
gone on to work as a desk manager, an administrative assistant and as a peer
adviser for a juvenile-justice advocacy group.
Feinstein says the program is a good match for people who have little to no
skills to get an entry-level job.
"They've had some real successes," Feinstein said. "People get hands-on training
in computer software and writing skills, which are helpful in a variety of ways,
including self-expression."
Poor News Network
http://www.poormagazine.org/
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Please also see the following:
Bridget Reilly
http://www.geocities.com/reillybridget/
ON HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT
http://www.geocities.com/reillybridget/homeless_oregon4.html?992289590200
or a shorter link for above:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C10A218B
"There seems to be an atitude that homeless people are homeless only because
they were too stupid to keep their homes and are therefore not very competent
at thinking for themselves, and that they therefore need the guidance of more
intelligent, "enlightened" people to help them back onto the path to a "normal"
life. To any person with an I.Q. of more than 50 who is homeless because of
the worsening economic conditions in the country this attitude is, to say the
least, extremely insulting.
What is lacking here, or maybe only partially formed, is the concept of homeless
empowerment: that we should have the power to control our own lives, to use
our intelligence to find out own creative solutions to our predicament, and
that we are entitled to keep our dignity in the process; that we have the same
constitutional rights as every other citizen, and that the very last thing we
need is to be treated like criminals or idiots while we are struggling to survive."
Harmony Kieding
Ovre Lang gate 51
Tonsberg 3110
Norway
+47-33-35-57-00
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
worldhome
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/causesindex.html
digital divide links
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7076/digitaldivide.html
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