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Education
Employment
Online
Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital Divide's New
Frontier: A Strategic Audit of Activities and Opportunities
The Children's Partnership; examines and makes recommendations about
Internet content for underserved Americans
Community
Technology Experts
Alliance for Community Technology; listing of people with considerable
expertise in community technology
Making
Advanced Technology Work for Community-Serving Organizations
(July 2000) Alliance for Community Technology
Bridging
the Gap: IT Skills for a New Millennium
The Information Technology Association of America
Digital Economy 2000
US Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration
Technology,
Learning, Kids, & Community: Challenges for Connecticut in the New
Economy (pdf)
Feb. 2000; Janice Gruendel, Ph.D., Connecticut
Voices for Children
The
Widening Digital Divide
(9/99) The Industry Standard
The Digital Work
Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation
(June 99) U.S. Department of
Commerce; Technology Administration; Office of Technology Policy
Falling Through the Net: Defining the
Digital Divide
(1999) National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Bridging
the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use
(1998) Project 2000, Vanderbilt University; Analyzes demographic patterns of Internet access and computer usage from late
1996 to early 1997.
A Nation of
Opportunity
The 21st Century Workforce Commission; recommendations on developing the high
tech workforce.
Web Users
are Looking More Like Americans
(1998) The Public Perspective; finds that web users are more likely to be people with college degrees
and incomes of at least $50,000, and adults with a high school education or less
account for only 19% of web users.
Microsoft's Skills 2000
assessment test
Online IT careers aptitude test
Alliance for Community Media
National organization focusing on equal access to electronic media.
Alliance for Community
Technology
Advancing the use of computing and communication technology globally to help
people help themselves through community serving organizations
The Alliance for Latino Community Technology
Task force dedicated to assisting Latinos to gain the technology literacy skills
needed to effectively compete in the Information Age.
Alliance for Public Technology
Association for Community Networking
Association of Community Partnerships
CitySkills
Cambridge, MA; provides job training and placement of underemployed urban adults
into Internet careers. The web site offers over 150 pages of free tools
and guidance.
Community Information Organizer
Community Technology Centers Network
Organization of more than 250 computer access centers in the United States.
CompuMentor
Provides low-cost, volunteer-based computer assistance to schools and
nonprofits
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
ComputerworldComputerwork.com
IT employment and career resources Web site containing computer jobs and
technical employment information, technology and career articles, information
for minorities, information on training, interview techniques, IT salary
information and links to other technical employment Web sites.
Concilio
Hispano de Cambridge, Inc.
Cambridge, MA-based organization helping Latinos and other minorities achieve
their full economic and social potential through access to
technology.
CTcareers.org
Connecticut Technology Council; one-stop shopping center for technical career
opportunities
Connecticut
Technology Council
Partnership of Connecticut providers and users of
technology committed to growing and diversifying the state's technology base.
Cyberlearning Universe
Offers classes in a wide range of computer skills. Their goal is to train
100,000 professionals and 1 million disadvantaged children in a wide range of
skills topics areas.
The Digital Divide Network
The Benton Foundation and the National Urban League; clearinghouse on
information, strategies and efforts targeting solutions to the Digital Divide.
DigitalDivide.gov
Federal government-related digital divide initiatives.
Eastmont Computing Center
Oakland, CA-based community technology center serving low-income residents
E-Lab
Academic research on Web business models, online consumer behavior, and
policy issues in electronic commerce.
go4it
Contains a searchable database of IT work force initiatives around the
country
Institute for Global Communications
Strategic use of online technology for non-profits working to advance peace,
justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental
sustainability.
Impact On-line
Free Web space, Internet access, and e-mail
Information Technology Resource Center
Helps nonprofits effectively utilize computer technology
LEAP Computer Learning Center
New Haven, CT
Mapping The Assets
Connecticut Public Television and Radio with IBM Research; working to link
public institutions together and to citizens throughout the state through
transforming television into low-cost Internet gateways that provide
educational, civic, health, arts, and cultural services.
National Strategy for Nonprofit Technology
Developing a plan for nonprofits to use technology more effectively
National Urban Technology Center, Inc.
Prepares inner-city communities across the country for participation in the
information age.
New Deal Foundation
Promote computer literacy and Internet access for all
NPower
Helps non-profits use technology to advance their work
OneNetNow.com.
Specifically designed to provide relevant content, community and e-commerce for
the multi-ethnic user. Will proactively cultivate the African-American and
Latino communities who are being left behind in the Digital Divide.
Plugged In
Palo Alto, CA-based organization recognized as a national model for bringing
technology to low-income communities.
Technology Project
Helps foundations, advocacy groups, and
leading activists to use technology to achieve their goals
through technology planning and
training; help in Web page creation; publications; Web site; online campaigns
Telecommunications
Cooperative Network
Provides nonprofits with LAN,
WAN, Phone, Internet, Intranet and Web development; consulting; voice and data
services.
Urban Technology Center
Prepares inner-city communities for full participation in the information age.
International Education and Resource Network
Created an initiative to provide technical education to disadvantaged youth.
Quality Education Data
Data on how much money schools spend on technology.
United States Department of
Education
Source of information and statistics on number of schools wired in the United
States.
Digital
Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation
The US Department of Commerce; demand for highly-skilled IT workers expected to
continue.
Jobs for the Future
Community-based programs geared toward getting young adults into the workforce
with all the necessary technological tools.