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Citizen Literacy and Access
Fund
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These proposals were approved at the April 13th meeting of the Citizens Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board. If you are interested in participating in the implementation of these activities, contact David Keyes at 386-9759 or david.keyes@seattle.gov.
INTRODUCTION [Or skip to summaries]
SCOPE: These projects will 1) Reach information technology under-served communities; 2) Improve technology literacy; 3) Increase the quality and number of public access sites; and 4) Foster public awareness and discussion of information age issues and planning.
These projects target three key areas:
ACCESS – Ensure that citizens have access to facilities, equipment and the connectivity necessary to ensure full and equal participation in society.
LITERACY – Foster the development of the training programs, media literacy and awareness initiatives necessary for a skilled, informed citizenry.
STRATEGIC PLANNING, MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION – Develop a common understanding of what technology literacy is, goal setting, coordinated implementation and useful evaluation tools.
These projects build on the Citizens Literacy and Access Fund projects initiated last year. In addition to the projects below, the City will complete the Seniors Project in 1999 and re-evaluate the multimedia project contained in the approved 1997-98 CLAF Projects.
Descriptions:
Access for All Project |
$20,000 |
Ensure citizens have access to
computers, the Internet and basic skills training within
walking distance from home. To work towards this goal,
the Access for All Project will
Phase 2 would promote ownership of computers by low income people. |
| Go to Detailed Proposal |
Information Age Education Campaign |
$30,000 |
| Reach deep into the community with a
basic education campaign. The campaign will use multiple
media (print, web, presentation software, video, etc.) to
educate citizens on their role, opportunities and issues
in the information age. The campaign will also
disseminate some basic information on understanding the
Internet and information technology and publicize
available resources. Materials will be prepared in
multiple languages. All messages will be given in a
language that is non-threatening and understandable. There are three key elements to the campaign: 1) development of materials for traveling road shows and media outlets; 2) recruitment and training of education ambassadors (a speakers bureau) to present materials; 3) a coordinated campaign to reach diverse constituencies; and 4) education support from media outlets. |
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Information Technology Impact Indicator Project |
$30,000 |
| Work with other technology, education, and community leaders to develop a working definition of basic technology literacy and a set of technology impact indicators to measure over the time the impact of information technology on the health and vitality of our city or region. The indicators may be broad enough to expose a wide range of effects (jobs, culture, trade, education, health) and reflect positive and negative impacts. The definition and indicators would be developed in phase 1. Phase 2 would collect the first measurements. |
| Go to Detailed Proposal |
Technology Matching Fund
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$319,500 |
This would continue the Technology
Matching Fund program that we successfully launched last
year. The fund was also able to help leverage additional
Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) support for projects.
The focus this year would be on projects not eligible for
the Department of Neighborhoods (DON) program and on gaps
in technology literacy and access infrastructure. These
include:
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| Go to Detailed Proposal |
Neighborhood Technology Forums |
$20,000 |
| These Technology Forums would build on last year’s community computer fair, but scaled down with greater neighborhood ownership. We would have as a goal at least 2 forums per year. The City would provide financial support to local organizers. Local targeting will increase the potential for ongoing projects, local ownership and enable forums to be focused on community needs and timed to neighborhood action (i.e. planning for neighborhood centers or in conjunction with other neighborhood events). This could be a kickoff for a matching fund application, an information age campaign or connected neighborhood project. |
| Go to Detailed Proposal |
Connected Neighborhood Pilot Project |
$10,000 |
| Help a neighborhood effectively get
on and use the information highway. This project will
focus on applications to community activity, not on how
much state-of-the-art equipment can be crammed into one
neighborhood. A major goal is broad and diverse
participation. The project should have one of its goals addressing some concrete problem or challenge in that community. One component of this could be skills training and employment for local residents to maintain the hardware and software in the neighborhood. |
| Go to Detailed Proposal |
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