Breakout Topics

Education, Employment, Personal
How is information technology affecting education, employment, and personal lifestyles? How do information technologies in this context relate to a sustainable society? Consider some of the ways information technology is used, as:

• an educational tools for students in schools
• a source of information for teachers and professors
• a source for colleg course assignments
• a workplace training tool,
• a job skill
• a shopping tool
• for personal research
• the tool for telecommuting
• a new way to correspond with family, friends, associates

Community, Political, Government
How does the amount of information and the ways it is delivered affect community, political activities, and government? How does it affect your involvement and perception in these areas? Information technology relates to:

• Connection within communities
• Neighborhoods
• Ethnic communities
• Connection between communities

• Participation in local decision-making
• Notification of public issues
• Access to public officials
• Transfer of government information to citizens

This project is part of the City of Seattle Citizens Technology Literacy and Access initiative in cooperation with the volunteer Citizens Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Board (CTTAB) and Sustainable Seattle. Additional assistance for the forum is being provided by Progress Project of the Evans School of Public Affairs and the Glaser Progress Foundation and Seattle Community Network.

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