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CYFAR Conference Details and Agenda
CYFAR - Children, Youth, Families at Risk (PSU Website)
CYFAR - National Website with resources and tools
Pennsylvania YET Club / Program (ongoing actions being done at Washington High School)
Earth Charter Community Summits hosted by a Phili nonprofit
Others of Technology, Learning and Leadership
AFRICAN PARTNERS: The African Computing and
Telecommunications Summit 2004 was in Mauritius in Sept. 2004. The event aims to focus on "building partnerships to mainstream Africa's ICT sector," and will include specialised forums on African open source, African e-government and a regional workshop on standards for e-goverment security organised by the UN
Economic Commission for Africa.
Online News Association's annual conference
http://www.journalists.org/2004conference/ is November 12-13, 2004 in Hollywood.
The Master of the Web Universe competition crowns a
know-it-all of the online news industry. "We're pitting teams against each other for the best solutions to real-world scenarios. Will your ideas impress your peers and our judges? Will you win the competition and become a Master of the Web Universe?"
Another innovation, students are
being sought to cover the event and interview industry leaders in
attendance. Plus, professionals are being recruited to spend a little time
with a student, reviewing and guiding his or her coverage.
Pop Tech event in Maine in October at a restored Opera House. AlphaChimp attends as with Sculley and Florida.
Mid American Association of Computers in Eudcation - hosts an Educational Technology Convention in July
Tech Trends - event in Pittsburgh, August 3 to 6, 2004 at the Convention Center.
Overseas example: Using computers in afterschool, http://beta.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=3553
www.bottlabs.com in the Northwest with a great lab and part of the Boys & Girls Club
The Ingot a simple
qualifications framework that is Open Source friendly. INGOTs are
International Grades in Office Technology and can be achieved using
entirely Open Source software.
Hoby - Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership
Brazil's case story from Changemakers
Science 2003 at Pitt in September
CTC Net
New Media Conference 2003
MacHack an event that runs all-night long that is geared mostly to Apple's Macintosh and always set in June in Dearborn, Michigan.
Offers the best combination of real-world information and industry networking.
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco
http://www.m-cult.org/read_me/program.php
http://www.m-cult.org/read_me
Runme
Hub Sites
Come Invent the Future, Invent PA's site: http://www.inventpa.com
k12ltsp.org
The Enterprise Center - Phili based for entrepreneurship
Linux User Groups World Wide
Mentoring
Generations Together - www.gt.pitt.edu/ jmccrea@pitt.edu
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota - www.mentoringworks.org
The National Mentoring Partnership - www.mentoring,org
The Mentoring Institute - www.mentoringinstitute.org
SEARCH Institute - www.search-institute.org
Maine Mentoring Resource Center - www.mainementoring.org
Bay Area Video Coalition's (BAVC) Medialink program -- an
award-winning scholarship program that provides technical training and
career development for low-income San Francisco adults. Students learn
the latest in media technologies and apply their skills to building Web
sites for nonprofits.
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