A few weeks ago Andy reported that enrollment had reached over 6,000 in the DDN list. However, in subsequent conversations we all agreed that far fewer than that were actually active in using the DDN and similar sites to learn, collaborate and bring solution to some of the problems that we write about on a regular basis.
John mentioned the Web Heads in his 5/7 message. I was part of a 4-hour web heads meeting yesterday (Sunday, 5/8) where 39 people from from countries like Australia, China, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Canada, Belarus, and the USA did workshops and shared ideas that were intended to help kids be more successful in school and in jobs/careers. You can view the archive of these workshops at www.alado.net/econference and see the schedule of workshops planned for the rest of this week. You can also see that there is a face to face Tutor/Mentor Leadership Conference on Friday May 12 and 13, then another eConference, hosted by IUPUI on May 23. These conferences are intended to draw people together to learn, network, and collaborate on building better systems to help kids born in poverty be in jobs/careers by age 25. I congratulate the Web Heads and the Digital Workforce Society at City Colleges of Chicago for taking the lead to create and host this eConference in collaboration with the Tutor/Mentor Connection and encourage others on the DDN list to move from reading the messages, to participating in the workshop and collaborating where that makes sense. A friend of mine in Chicago, TV newsperson Merri Dee, gave me this quote many years ago. "If it is to be, it is up to me." The Internet gives that term much more power. I hope that many of you will join us on line, or this weekend at the Chicago conference, which will be held at the Northwestern University Law School. The web site is www.tutormentorconference.bigstep.com. Registration is still open and scholarships and group rates are still available. Daniel F. Bassill Tutor/Mentor Connection 800 W. Huron Chicago, Il. 60622 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
