Grassroots.org is searching for university programs to participate in development of social action domains. See below for the program description. Please send questions to:
Angela Stuber Executive Director www.grassroots.org <http://www.grassroots.org/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype -- angelastuber fax 614-455-9809 Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/22b/2b2 Content Development for Grassroots.org Social Action Domains Process Students choose the domain they are interested in developing. Grassroots.org prefers groups of students to work on one domain. A Grassroots.org staff is designated as the primary contact for the students and faculty. Partner institution confirms with Grassroots.org staff that the domain is still available to be developed. University students at partner institutions propose a focus for the domain, a strategy for obtaining the content and an expected completion date. Grassroots provides feedback to the students regarding their focus and strategy. The students develop the site's content. Students do not need to have web development skills. Content is written by the students and placed into the webpage by Grassroots.org. Relying only upon a domain name, a domain's intent may be ambiguous, thus the need to focus each domain. Grassroots.org encourages strategies that utilize expert organizations in the field and engage readers in the issue. Grassroots.org encourages creatively involving the expert partner organizations. Content Each site will contain: * a summary description of the issue, * linked sites of organizations who can provide additional information regarding the issue, and * recognition of the institution, program/department and students developing the content. Students will also be featured in the Grassroots.org newsletter and online Volunteer of the Month profiles. Domains available for Development Below is a list of high profile domains Grassroots.org would like to develop. A complete list of domains Grassroots could develop is available at http://www.grassroots.org/page.ww?section=Partners&name=Sites+Available+for+ Development BioTechnology.org (undeveloped) ModernWorld.org (undeveloped) Homeless.org (needs revised) FairHousing.org (undeveloped) FireSafety.org (undeveloped) KnowledgeIsPower.org (needs revised) Liberties.com (needs revised) (note: liberties.com is one of the names Grassroots.org will be using for a free e-mail service) CivilLiberties.com (undeveloped) PatientsRights.org (needs revised) PlanetEarth.org (needs revised) (AmericanForests.org will be providing some content in the next month or two) PoliticalAction.org (undeveloped) TakeAction.org (undeveloped) PublicService.org (needs revised) Ready.org (undeveloped) (Important for its similarity to ready.gov which is a federal government disaster preparedness site) Relief.org (needs revised) (We also have a site at disasteraid.org, the two could contain the same content or we could utilize them differently) SocialWork.org (undeveloped) SocialServices.org (undeveloped) Society.org (undeveloped) SpecialEducation.org (undeveloped) SpecialNeeds.org (undeveloped) TheDigitalDivide.com (undeveloped) Angela Stuber Executive Director www.grassroots.org <http://www.grassroots.org/> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype -- angelastuber fax 614-455-9809 Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/22b/2b2 <http://www.grassroots.org> _______________________________________________ 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.
