New Mexico State Library Curriculum MaterialsContributed by: Fast Forward New Mexico Link: http://fastforwardnm.org/resources/curriculum Click the title to vote The New Mexico State Library offers curriculum materials for educators offering a basic skill series and a small business success series in English and in Spanish. |
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New York State Broadband Speed TestContributed by: New York State Office of Cybersecurity Link: http://www.nyspeedtest.org/index.php Click the title to vote The New York State Office of Cyber Security (OCS) is partnering with the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany – SUNY to independently test the speed of broadband service available to New York State residents. CTG will collect, analyze, and report the results to OCS, who is deploying state-of-the-art geographic information systems (GIS) to create a clear and accurate broadband map of where and what level of broadband is available across the state, which will help drive policy decisions and future funding. |
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BiblioboutsContributed by: Link: http://bibliobouts.si.umich.edu/BiblioBoutsAbout.h... Click the title to vote Bibliobouts project at the University of Michigan funded by IMLS that seeks to teach information literacy through gaming. |
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Common Sense Media Digital Literacy and Citizenship CurriculumContributed by: Common Sense Media Link: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators Click the title to vote A nonprofit online education advocacy group developed curriculum to educate kids early about the basics of digital literacy and digital citizenship. The resources currently available are geared for children in grades 6-8 with plans to expand to children in grades K-12 (expected end of 2010). |
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Mac Integration BasicsContributed by: Apple Link: http://training.apple.com/itpro/macinteg Click the title to vote Training on how to integrate a Mac into an existing Windows or other standards-based network. Explains the process of setting up a Mac system to take full advantage of network services such as directory services, file sharing, printing, and email. |
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San Diego Futures FoundationContributed by: San Diego Futures Foundation Link: http://www.sdfutures.org/ Click the title to vote The purpose of this organization is to improve access to computers and services by making information technology available to underserved individuals, organizations and disadvantaged small businesses through training, education, technical services and equipment. |
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Zero DivideContributed by: Zero Divide Link: http://zerodivide.org/ Click the title to vote Zero Divide provides access to an ecosystem of broadband technology, training, and education programs for workforce development, asset building, microenterprise, and small business assistance we hope to improve the economic opportunity of low-income, disadvantaged individuals. |
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University of Illinois Digital Literacy resourcesContributed by: University of Illinois Link: http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/ Click the title to vote This portal for digital literacy includes various tutorials, guides, and digital tools created to help find, evaluate, and critically use information sources. |
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Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your LibraryContributed by: National Library of Medicine Link: http://nnlm.gov/training/consumer/apple/ Click the title to vote Want to improve your consumer health collection and services? Interested in improving your reference skills for providing health information for the public? Then this class is for you. Starting with a discussion about the information seeking behaviors of consumers, the class focuses on the provision of consumer health information services for the public. We will also cover health literacy, planning the service, the reference interview, consumer health online, collection development, collaboration, community partnerships, outreach and marketing. Students will also learn about how to stay up to date on consumer health librarianship. |
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Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy WebsiteContributed by: American Library Association (ALA) Link: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/info... Click the title to vote Resources and tools on literacy in an online format. |
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Museums, Libraries and 21st Century SkillsContributed by: Institute of Museum and Library Services Link: http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/21stCent... Click the title to vote This report provides a self-assessment tool and an assessment of museums and libraries against a continuum of 21st century skills. |
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Digital Literacy CorpsContributed by: Net Literacy Link: http://www.digitalliteracycorps.org/ Click the title to vote An informal national movement of student volunteers that work to increase digital inclusion and broadband adoption. |
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Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of ActionContributed by: Link: http://www.knightcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/... Click the title to vote This report offers a plan of action for how to bring digital and media literacy |
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California School Library AssociationContributed by: Link: http://www.csla.net/ Click the title to vote Several free, online web 2.0 professional development tutorials for teacher librarians and classroom teachers. |
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Berkman Center Broadband StudyContributed by: Berkman Center for Internet and Society/Harvard Link: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/broadband_re... Click the title to vote A report of international experiences with broadband and plans for next generation connectivity produced for the FCC. |
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African American Community HealthContributed by: National Library of Medicine Link: http://nnlm.gov/training/aframhealth/ Click the title to vote African American communities see diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease affecting their friends and families every day. Free online resources from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources are available to help. |
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Confronting the Challenges of a Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st CenturyContributed by: The MacArthur Foundation Link: http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45... Click the title to vote This report guides the focus of the conversation about the digital divide from questions of technological access to those of opportunities to participate and to develop the cultural competencies and social skills needed for full involvement. The report argues schools and after-school programs must devote more attention to fostering new media literacies: a set of cultural competencies and social skills that young people need in the new media landscape. |
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Best practices for web design or redesignContributed by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Link: http://www.usability.gov/guidelines/index.html Click the title to vote A collection of best practices for each step of the web design process. |
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Seattle's Community Technology ProgramContributed by: Link: http://www.seattle.gov/tech/indicators/ Click the title to vote Report from 2009 on Seattle's residential information technology survey. |
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AIGA Design for DemocracyContributed by: Design for Democracy Link: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-for-democra... Click the title to vote Seeks to make government more accessible by making information, instructions, forms, websites and service centers easy to find, understand and use. Design for Democracy has access to specialists in information, interaction, environmental and graphic design, as well as experts in usability, plain language, ethnographic research and branding. |