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ANNOUNCEMENT: CONFERENCE ON TELECOM & YOUTH
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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 16:14:35 -0500 From: lbreit@tiac.net (Lisa Breit) Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: CONFERENCE ON TELECOM & YOUTH
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*THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY:** RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND CHILD ADVOCATES
sponsored by*
THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND and THE NATIONAL YOUTH CENTER NETWORK
with generous support from IBM and Bell South
February 7, 1996 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM The New Charlotte Convention Center Charlotte, North Carolina
This one day pre-session to the annual national Children's Defense Fund conference will explore the issues and implications of how interactive communication is changing the face of child advocacy and youth services. Visit our demo lab and "tour" web sites and internet resources that are of immediate benefit to youth service providers and child advocates.
Presenters are practitioners from model programs across the U.S. and will talk about how they are using this new medium to transform their work. Workshops (listed at the end of this message) will focus on:
**how to use the Internet and World Wide Web to ehnance child advocacy and youth services;
**working with children using Internet tools and the WWW in school and community settings;
**accessing research, policy analysis and alerts, curricula, training and other information on the World Wide Web;
**communicating with collaborators, clients and community resources using online technology;
**how telecommunications policy affects children, youth and families;
**coordinating local or regional services;
**role of technology in education reform;
**addressing liabilities and risks for youth on the Internet.
*
CONFERENCE FEE: $25, includes lunch and dinner
FOR REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL INFORMATION:
Karen Seaver Hill, Meeting Planner, Children's Defense Fund
voice: 202-662-3674
email:
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM:
Lisa Breit, Conference Coordinator, National Youth Center Network voice: 508-358-7971 email: lbreit@tiac.net
Conference Program and Workshops
9:00-10:00 General registration/coffee
10:00-10:15 Morning Plenary: Welcome, Announcements Presenter: Henry Fernandez, LEAP, New Haven, CT
10:15-10:50 Introductory Speech: Doors to Opportunity Presenter: Mario Morino The Morino Institute, Reston, VA
11:00-12:20 First workshop session
* Workshop 1a--Advocacy and organizing-- NC KIDS COUNT and HandsNet: Connecting Child Advocates Across the Miles
Presenters: Julie Rehder, KIDS COUNT Program Manager NC Child Advocacy Institute, Raleigh, NC
Tricia Keane, Executive Director Child Advocacy Commission, Raleigh, NC
David Goldsmith, Director, Member Development HandsNet, Cupertino, CA
* Workshop 1b--Beyond Access-- Fostering Instructional Reform through Service and Technology
Presenters: Jessica Walter, Project Director Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation, Charlotte, NC
Benita Little, Admin. of Contributions and Community Programs IBM Corporation, Charlotte, NC
Hal Gardner, Director of Education Technology Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte, NC
Robert Meng, AmeriCorps Member Project FIRST, Charlotte, NC
* Workshop 1c --Tools You Can Use-- Hands-on Tour of the National Youth Center Network
Presenter: Andrea Schorr, Director LEAP Computer Learning Center, New Haven, CT
12:30-2:00 Lunch Session-- Telecommunications Policy, Youth and Community
Presenters: Allen Hammond, Professor of Law and Telecommunications Policy New York School of Law, New York, NY
The Way It's Gonna Be: How Telecommunications Policy Will Affect Our Communities and What We Can Do
As industries converge and companies compete and merge and information that used to be free can only be had for a fee, how do we make sure our communities do not become "road kill" on the information superhighway? As the Congress debates and the states deregulate, how do we participate and wht do we do to assure that an equitable vision of the information superhighway comes true? What's now being done in communities like ours to foster cmputer literacy and electronic democracy? Professor Hammond will provide some answers to these questions, and discuss ways to include our communities and children in the promise of electronic empowerment.
Kathryn Montgomery , President Center for Media Education, Washington, DC
Digital Kids: Promise and Peril in the New Media Environment
How can we be certain that children will be well served by the latest advances in telecommunications media? Dr. Montgomery will address how parents, educators, and child advocates can minimize the risks to our children in the communications age, and can influence public policy to ensure a "level playing field" for the benefits to youth and community life that new technologies offer.
2:10-3:30 Second Workshop Session
* Workshop 2a--Learning--
What It Takes to Work With Children, Computers, and the Internet
Presenters: Andrea Schorr, Director LEAP Computer Learning Center, New Haven, CT
Sheva Gross, Program Director LEAP Computer Learning Center, New Haven, CT
Hector Campos, Associate Director Plugged In, Palo Alto, CA
Cynthia Savo, Dissemination and Technology Manager
Yale Child Study Center School Development Program, Comer Project for Change in Education , New Haven, CT
* Workshop 2b--Advocacy and organizing--
Harnessing the Web: New Activism & Advocacy Tools for Communities
Presenters: Chris Cartter, Systems Manager Join Together Online, Boston, MA
Dorothy Norman, Advance 2000 Director Ava R1 Public Schools, Missouri
Michael Browning, Coalition Outreach Manager Inglewood Drug & Violence Prevention Coalition, California
Eric Helmuth, Prevention Specialist Community Partnership of Summit County, Ohio
* Workshop 2c --Tools You Can Use-- Hands-on Tour of the National Youth Center Network
Presenter: Brian Rubin, Program Coordinator National Youth Center Network, New Haven, CT
3:40-5:00 Third Workshop Session
* Workshop 3a--Beyond Access-- Not an Option: Making the Information Revolution Real for Our Community
Presenters: Steve Snow, Director Charlotte's Web, Charlotte, NC
Randall Jones, Public Services Director Charlotte Dept. of Transportation, Charlotte, NC
Frank Mansfield, Executive Director George Shinn Center, Charlotte, NC
Ms. Geraldine Powe, Executive Director Anita Stroud Youth Development Center, Charlotte, NC
* Workshop 3b--Investment-- What Works and What Doesn't: What Grantmakers Are Learning About Technology, Communities, and Education
Moderator: Lisa Breit, The Morino Institute
Presenters: Robin Willner, Reinventing Schools Initiative International Business Machines, Inc., Armonk, NY
JJ Pryor, Executive Director MCI Foundation, Arlington, VA
Laura Breeden NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
* Workshop 3c --Tools You Can Use Hands-on Tour of The National Youth Center Network
Presenter: Sheva Gross, Program Director LEAP Computer Learning Center, New Haven, CT
5:00- 5:30 Reception hosted by the Morino Institute and CDF
5:30-7:00 Dinner
Closing Comments: Leadership, Community and the New Communications Literacies: Ten Ways That You CanTake Action
Presenter: Mario Morino The Morino Institute, Reston, VA ```
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