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Access IT Awards 2009 now open for nominations

Access IT Awards – Open for nominations Following the successful launch of the awards in 2008, we are pleased to inform you that the ACCESS-IT initiative is now open for a second year. The ACCESS-IT Awards are encouraging nominations of activities that promote a better quality of life for people with disabilities and the elderly, through the use of Information Technology (IT). This year, we anticipate even more nominations than in 2008. Last year’s Finalists and Winners have exploited f… Continue

Added by David Banes on July 8, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

A meeting in Singapur: Global Curriculum Development Workshop (June 2009).

From 2 to 5th of June, the Global Curriculum Development Workshop was held in Singapore, and was attended by representatives of different world organizations participating in the Global telecentre.org Academy (GTA). GTA is a project lead by Telecentre.org and created to provide support and training to people working in ICT centers around the world.

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Added by Marta Mans on July 7, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

An open window in Omnia’s Network

Omnia is a network created by the Catalan Government to work on social inclusion and community development using ICT as the main vehicle. The first Omnia’s telecentre was opened 10 years ago and Esplai Foundation was involved in the growing process since the very beginning until now… Continue

Added by Laia Fauró Gual on July 2, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

New AbilityNet Podcast released

This months podcast swings from reviews of assistive software to issues of interoperability and some first thoughts on the apple iPhone 3GS. A round up op fthe latest AT news includes mention of Access IT 2009 (more to follow) Available for free from www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast or via ITunes Continue

Added by David Banes on June 30, 2009 at 11:01pm — No Comments

AbilityNet eLearning Website refresh

We've just completed a major refersh to our elearning website at www.abilitynettraining.org The site is a collection of abilityNet materials, a portal to resources from across the web and embedded video courses for assistive technology and general applications The site is based upon Moodle the free open source learning platform and the theme based upon free code from edugeek. These combined seem to offer a really good foundation to developing low… Continue

Added by David Banes on June 25, 2009 at 9:49pm — No Comments

European Telecentre Resource Bank

Dear Telecentre-Europe member, We are pleased to announce an exciting new project that will bring a range of benefits for telecentres and staff. We are creating a European Telecentre Resource Bank that will collect best practices, guides, tools and any other resources that can improve telecentres’ effectiveness and efficiency. The resources will be divided into five themes: 1. Employability – for example, a telecentre trainers guide to online job hunting 2. Sustainability – for… Continue

Added by telecentre-europe on June 25, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

Accessibility rss feed from Abilitynet Twitter

If you like to see daily links to information and resources - and general news and gossip on access for people with a disability you can follow us on Twitter - @abilitynet for those who would liek to browse but not actually have an account you can get an rss feed with http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/14978999.rss Youll find the rss feed delivering live content on our page in the telecentres europenetwork as well Ho… Continue

Added by David Banes on June 19, 2009 at 9:16pm — No Comments

e Conferencing - 21st Century Solution for Knowledge exchanges?

We are looking forward to european Participation http://www.telecentre.org/forum/topics/e-conferencing-21st-century Continue

Added by Niranjan Meegammana on June 17, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Measuring Global Public Access to ICT

The Center for Information and Society (CIS) has recently published a document containing a collection of short summary reports for each of the 25 countries included in the Public Access Landscape Study! The Landscape Study examines how people around the world access and use inf… Continue

Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on June 15, 2009 at 7:07am — No Comments

Technology alone will not bridge knowledge divides

There is an interesting article about a conference done by Abdul Waheed Khan named: "Technology alone will not bridge knowledge divides" held in Maastricht. Abdul Waheed Khan is the UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, and in this event celebrated at the begining of this month, he expressed that knowledge societies should not be shaped and driven by technological forces but by societal choices, and told the audience how the educational process wil… Continue

Added by telecentre-europe on June 11, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Google wave - new platform for collaboration

Good guides to Google wave http://tinyurl.com/mk898h http://bit.ly/bCaE8 video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ Wave is a collaboration tool in real time from Google that is due for release soon - if you wnat to know more the links above should help Continue

Added by David Banes on June 3, 2009 at 8:36am — 1 Comment

Do schools kill creativity? A good question...

Ken Robinson made an interesting conference about creativity and how to face the future. In Telecentre's dynamics we often try to create thinks for "tomorrow", for the coming years, looking for tools that we may will be needing in a short term period and the impact those can generate. Regarding it, the reflexion Ken Robinson provides in this video is an approach that can give us the right attitud to think about the future. Please, visit the video link uploaded in the… Continue

Added by telecentre-europe on June 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Proceedings of European eAccessibility Forum

Proceedings of European eAccessibility Forum are now on-line http://bit.ly/Te8ra Continue

Added by David Banes on May 31, 2009 at 6:01pm — No Comments

An Interview With Queen Rania of Jordan On How Twitter Can Help Change The World

Her Majesty Queen Rania: "Twitter’s a great way to tell people across the world what I care about and, hopefully, motivate them to join me in furthering my causes. It’s also a fantastic medium to hear the ideas and opinions of people I might not otherwise get to meet. … Continue

Added by Pawel Makowiecki on May 21, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

New AbilityNet Podcast released

www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/episodes/AbilityNetPodcast04-May2009.mp3 Contents for May * Item on Amazon's Kindle ebook reader text to speech controversy * Tips on how to customise your technology for your own use * NVDA open source screen reader review * Feedback from Digital Inclusion conference * Events for your diary A full transcript of the podcast is at http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcas… Continue

Added by David Banes on May 19, 2009 at 8:59am — No Comments

The Evolution of Content

An interesting and thought provoking presentation on the "evolution of content" Enjoy!! Continue

Added by Ian Clifford on May 15, 2009 at 3:31pm — No Comments

Telecentre.org Begins Transition Towards 2010

Please, read the information posted in Telecentre.org ... Telecentre.org has reached an understanding and is in the early planning phase with the Commission on Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines to devolve its Secretariat... Continue

Added by telecentre-europe on May 12, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Call for Partnership Opportunity with Ofok NGO "Analindh Foundation Project"

Title of the Action: “E-Social Networks for Capacity Buil… Continue

Added by Moataz on May 11, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

new abilitynet blog - "Crab Claw Syndrome its so 2009" www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog

This blog post explores one way we could make RSI a popular issue www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog Read with a pinch of salt ! David Continue

Added by David Banes on May 9, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

ICT Policy Support Programme - Call for proposals

European Commission's ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) aims at stimulating innovation and competitiveness through the wider uptake and best use of ICT by citizens, governments and businesses. ICT PSP supports pilot actions and networking activities in areas such as: • ICT for health • ICT for ageing and inclusion • Digital Libraries • ICT for government and governance • ICT for energy efficiency, environment and smart mobility • Public Sector information… Projects funded by ICT PSP ar… Continue

Added by Laurentiu Bunescu on May 8, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

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A meeting in Singapur: Global Curriculum Development Workshop (June 2009).

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An open window in Omnia’s Network

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