Other Resources
These resources relate to session topics at the "Learning Communities"
meeting held at Purdue University on May 18, 2000, and more generally to Indiana
communities' development and enhancement of education and lifelong learning
opportunities.
Consultants
- How to Choose a Consultant
From Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, tips on everything
from "What is a consultant?" to "Getting your money's worth.
Geared for use by communities and organizations.
- Selecting a Consultant
Seven strategies to help you select the right consultant and get the most
from him/her. (From Digital-women, but not for women only!)
Technology and Lifelong Learning
- The Community Technology Centers
A national 500-member membership organization of not-for-profit community
technology centers.
- Neighborhood
Networks
A community-based initiative created by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD). Through innovative private/public partnerships, Neighborhood
Networks establishes multi-service community technology centers (CTCs) that
bring digital opportunity and lifelong learning to residents of insured and
assisted housing. There are more than 731 Neighborhood Networks centers operating
in HUD multifamily housing properties throughout the United States, including
the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
- TechSoup.org
Offers small to midsize nonprofits one-stop shopping for their technology
needs.
- Computer Clubhouse
In partnership with the Museum of Science, Boston, its award-winning Computer
Clubhouse and the MIT Media Lab, Intel will support the establishment of 100
Intel Computer Clubhouses in under-served communities worldwide. The goal
of the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network is to proliferate the highly successful
Clubhouse learning model and establish it as a replicable model for technology
learning.
- PowerUP
comprised of dozens of non-profit organizations, major corporations and state
and federal government agencies that have joined together to ensure that America¹s
underserved youth acquires the skills, experiences and resources they need
to succeed in the digital age. PowerUP has installed computer labs in schools,
public housing complexes, youth serving facilities, and community centers
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and leverages partnerships with
numerous public and private organizations and build on thousands of existing
community centers, schools and other locations nationwide -- making the most
of resources that are already in place.
- YouthLearn
The Morino Institute has taken up the challenge of reaching beyond the issue
of access, to cut to the heart of social divides in ways that help people
in low-income communities improve their lives. The Morino Institute's two-year
YDC Pilot, for example, helped youth organizations integrate technology into
their out-of-school learning programs. The practical insights gained from
the pilot grew into the YouthLearn online learning community and Web site.
The Digital Divide
Indiana’s Higher Education Structure
Early Childhood Education
Workforce Development
- Indiana Department of Workforce
Development
- Worker
Retraining Perspectives
This 1996 report from a Century Foundation-supported task force chaired by
former New Jersey Governor James Florio includes white papers and recommendations
identifies "several government and corporate strategies that could continuously
strengthen the skills and knowledge of many workers, enhance the productivity
of the American workforce, and raise prospects for higher U.S. corporate
profitability and economic growth."
Finding Information on Your Community and Other Communities
- Growing a Learning
Center: Information for Community Development Leaders
Statistical/Governmental/Economic Information for the U. S. A.
Statistical/Governmental/Economic Information for Indiana
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