Summer-Fall 2001 http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/ en-us 2005-10-18T16:13:48-05:00 Faces of Tomorrow http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000345.html Back Cover Editor 2005-10-18T16:13:48-05:00 About This Issue http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000086.html We're extremely excited to be back and to have a new home for the Review at the UMass/Boston College of Public and Community Service (back issues are available online). Our enthusiasm is matched by our awe at the speed of... ComTechReview Peter Miller and Richard Civille 2005-06-14T07:01:00-05:00 Community Media & Technology at UMass/Boston http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000135.html FRONT COVER: At the press conference at Boston Neighborhood Network's Roxbury studios and soon-to-open Multi-Media Center, celebrating the $1M+ award from the Corporation for National Service (CNS) to UMass/Boston CPCS for the CTC VISTA Project last October. (l to... ComTechReview Reebee Garafolo 2005-06-14T07:00:00-05:00 MetroBoston State Street Technical Support Initiative http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000148.html At the press conference announcing the State Street grant at the United South End Settlements (USES) in Boston: George A. Russell, Jr., Executive Vice President and Director of Community Affairs for State Street; Kate Snow, Codman Square Health Center... CTCNet Steve Ronan and Marissa Martin 2005-06-14T06:05:00-05:00 Online Panels with the America Connects Consortium http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000132.html The America Connects Consortium online panels email list discussions, hosted by CTCNet and Education Development Center, give subscribers the opportunity to explore a series of topics in some depth, one at a time, in a format analogous to a panel... CTCNet Steve Ronan 2005-06-14T06:04:00-05:00 Gathering Together: CTCNet's 10th Annual Conference http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000131.html This year's CTCNet Annual Conference, Advancing Community Technology ~ The Next Wave, June 15-17, in collaboration with the America Connects Consortium and the Association for Community Networking, marks its ten-year anniversary, a milestone warranting a brief look back at its... CTCNet Lauren Kadi 2005-06-14T06:03:00-05:00 CTCNet in the Lead http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000081.html Origin and History Portraits from the 2000 Leadership Institute: (top to bottom) Michael Roberts (United Neighborhood Houses, New York City) and Stephanie McIntyre (TechnoTots, Perth Amboy, NJ), Lorraine Treadwell (Civic Association Serving Harlems), Karen Chandler, Director CTCNet, Davis Park (Little... CTCNet Karen Chandler and Sarah Petrin 2005-06-14T06:02:00-05:00 Street Tech Poem: Digital Monster http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000087.html Towering, menacing above meSpeaking, crying, whispering for me to come insideand seeThere was a door in the middle of 23rd Yes a big big door in the middle of the street standing erectThe monster calling me hither pushing urging commanding... CTCNet Brandon Moore 2005-06-14T06:01:00-05:00 Street Tech Poem: Shadows That Covered My Future in a Lost World http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000088.html CTCNet Joseph Booth 2005-06-14T06:00:00-05:00 The Association for Community Networking http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000133.html NO MORE STUFF! Andrew Cohill giving his keynote address: "Networks and the Knowledge Democracy: Nine Challenges for Communities," at the Bridge Builder's Conference, Deleware State University in Dover, September 14, 2000. The 20 ounce Coke bottle prop provided an... AFCN Andrew Cohill 2005-06-14T05:02:00-05:00 Planning for Local Community Internet Awareness Initiatives http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000089.html Clyde, Kansas, population 800, received a grant for community training to develop local electronic communication skills and Internet applications awareness in three specific areas: civic, personal, and business. After many internal planning meetings and a conference call with Lone Eagle... AFCN Frank Odasz 2005-06-14T05:01:00-05:00 The New Gold Rush - Mining Raw Human Potential Using Free Web Tools http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000090.html As the cost of computers and Internet access continues to drop, and the range of free Web tools and online self-directed learning opportunities expands, serious questions emerge: How can we provide the best training for the most people—requiring the least... AFCN Frank Odasz 2005-06-14T05:01:00-05:00 The Ars Portalis Project http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000136.html What have community network practitioners learned to do well that can now be taught to other practitioners? In antiquity, the walls and gates surrounding a town or city did more than provide protection: they helped define the boundaries of... AFCN Richard Civille 2005-06-14T05:00:00-05:00 Bridging the Digital Divide in DeKalb County http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000084.html For more detailed view, click on the map. The Family Technology Resource Centers (FTRC) Program consists of 14 community technology centers operated by the DeKalb County School System (DCSS) in Atlanta, GA. The model program is an outreach and... Profiles Paul Baker and Dara O'Neil 2005-06-14T04:03:00-05:00 The Atlanta Community Technology (ACT) Initiative http://comtechreview.org/summer-fall-2001/000137.html “Science and technology can sometimes be dazzling. Still human knowledge has not made life secure and happy for most people.”—cyber center client Jabari Simama keynoting at the CTCNet conference in Atlanta last June. Background In December of 1999, the City... Profiles Lynette Kvasny 2005-06-14T04:02:00-05:00