Re: [liberationtech] Could you help me build a Tech for Social Good course syllabus?
On the TechSoup forum, there is a branch called Public Computing, ICT4D, and Tech4Good [1]. There is a lot there you, or the students, might want to check out. http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/16.aspx --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotebroad.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> On 2018-10-31 16:09, Yosem Companys wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm putting together a syllabus for a Tech for Social Good course, and I was > wondering whether you or anyone you know have any syllabi or readings to > recommend. > > The readings could be anything from published research to media articles. > They can be seminal papers or just a good read. They can be from any > discipline or field. > > Thanks, > Yosem Links: -- [1] http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/16.aspx-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Help Puerto Rico use tech for social good
On 2018-04-08 22:02, Kate Krauss wrote: > Generally speaking, the way to help people in distress is to ask them what > they need (rather than guessing or assuming, which often results in a tool > without a user base and a lot of people who desperately needed something > else). Just wanted to say this response was so right on, IMO. That whole "Let's ask people what they want and need and might already being doing" gets left out too often. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotebroad.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] ‘Kind’ technology?
> From: HARNIDH KAUR<kharn...@gmail.com> > > I don't think most of you know this, but I work in the development space > and we're always trying to find cool ways to make tech make the world > better. I've been trying to read up more about the same. So, here. > > Is 'kind technology' a thing? Where people are trying to change gears of > existing/incumbent technology to specifically serve vulnerable populations? > > Any existing ideas/something you're working on/things you think SHOULD find > a kind tech iteration. Gimme! I would consider things dubbed #tech4good as "kind technology". There is a long, long list of examples of these kinds of initiatives on the tech4good / ICT4D branch of the TechSoup community forum: http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/16.aspx I regularly post examples to this forum, as do a few others. I certainly consider all tech that gives Internet accessibility to people with disabilities - assistive technologies - as well as technology that is designed to be accessible for people with disabilities (people using screen readers, people with color perception challenges, people who are using a tool that is the equivalent of tabbing on a computer - meaning they cannot use features like mouse-overs, etc.) as "kind technology. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotebroad.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotebroad.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] an event to address digital inclusion / design accessibility
Through February, I'll be working with Knowbility, an international nonprofit based in Austin, Texas, as its nonprofit liaison for OpenAIR (Accessibility Internet Rally). I'm recruiting nonprofits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charities, and schools to participate, and I'll be their support during the competition. And I'm based outside of Portland, Oregon - yes, this is an online event! OpenAIR provides mission-based organizations - nonprofits, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charities, schools and others - with both a new, professionally-designed, accessible website that accommodates all visitors, and with expanded awareness about accessibility issues. An organization gets more than a new web site; the organization becomes a more-welcoming organization online - and maybe offline as well. And these web sites are developed by teams of web designers who, as volunteers, work for five weeks to rapidly develop accessible web sites. Most of the development takes place in February, and judging is done and awards given in March. Teams receive training in accessible web site development from Knowbility, and receive support regarding accessibility questions from volunteer mentors - experts in the field of accessibility. Most teams are from companies, but web design classes and independent volunteers are welcomed as well. People with disabilities want to donate, volunteer and otherwise support causes they care about. Like all people, they love the arts, animals, and the environment, they enjoy beautiful parks and fun outdoor activities, and they support these and a variety of other causes. But if a nonprofit's web site isn't accessible to them, they are left out - and that means leaving out potential donors, volunteers, clients, ideas, talent and more. All of that changes when the organization participates in OpenAIR. The OpenAIR web site has complete information about this event, for both nonprofits and for design teams: https://air-rallies.org/ This web site has detailed information on the benefits of participation, why every organization should make accessibility a priority, and exactly what participation looks like. I would so appreciate it if you could let nonprofits, NGOS, etc. that you work with know about this opportunity. They can be ANYWHERE in the world - they just will have to make sure they can talk to the design team they end up with if that team is in a substantially different time zone. And, of course, if you could let any IT departments, web designers, web design classes, and others know about the event, in case they want to enter the competition as a team, that would be terrific as well. Thanks for reading! And if you have any questions that you can't find an answer to on the web site, give me a shout. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] digital security thoughts for federal employees who #resist
Ian Schuler, CEO of developmentseed.org, has offered "Some digital security thoughts for federal employees who #resist" - a series of tweets for those working in the US government, and those that visit US government agencies onsite for any reason. It's advice on how to keep your computer, phone & online data safe from the current administration. This is the first tweet, and the others are below it: https://twitter.com/ianschuler/status/827173397029408769 --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] DRL Internet Freedom pages hit the memory hole
On 2017-01-30 08:32, Griffin Boyce wrote: Hi all, This morning, a colleague visited the DRL website only to find that the content had been deleted. I checked another page and found it had was no longer available. - https://www.state.gov/netfreedom/index.htm - https://www.humanrights.gov/issues/internet-freedom/ Thank goodness for archive.org! http://web.archive.org/web/20161120012233/http://www.humanrights.gov/dyn/issues/internet-freedom.html http://web.archive.org/web/20161203214623/http://www.humanrights.gov/dyn/issues/internet-freedom.html I notice the search function on the DRL website doesn't work - it says these pages are there, but when you click on the link - nope. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Fake News
>Adding to the aggregation of coverage: >From the Intercept this morning: A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That > MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs > https://theintercept.com/2016/12/09/a-clinton-fan-manufactured-fake-news-that-msnbc-personalities-spread-to-discredit-wikileaks-docs/ > >From Wikipedia: "The Intercept is an online publication launched in February 2014 by First Look Media, the news organization created and funded by eBayfounder Pierre Omidyar. The editors are Betsy Reed, Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill. The magazine serves as a platform to report on the documents released by Edward Snowden in the short term, and to "produce aggressive, adversarial journalism across a wide range of issues" in the long term." So, given the bias of the publication, I would take this with a big grain of salt. Or two. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Fake News
I think it's too early for academic studies to be completed and published on this phenom. Really looking forward to those. Here's non-academic articles I've found, or related stuff: Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined. https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook National Public Radio story a few days ago the guy in Los Angeles who built many of these fake news sites http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs Filippo Menczer, Professor of Computer Science and Informatics and Director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University, Bloomington, authored the article Why Fake News Is So Incredibly Effective, published in Time and The Conversation. http://time.com/4583475/fake-news-effective/ a new study from Stanford researchers evaluated students' ability to assess information sources, and described the results as "dismaying," "bleak" and a "threat to democracy," as reported by NPR News. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/23/503129818/study-finds-students-have-dismaying-inability-to-tell-fake-news-from-real And maybe on a related note: fake news, folklore & friendships http://coyotecommunications.com/coyoteblog/2016/11/28/fakenews/ How did volunteers impact the 2016 USA Presidential election? http://coyotecommunications.com/coyoteblog/2016/12/01/2016volunteers/ --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Research on ICTD in Latin America
David Nemer david.ne...@uky.edu wrote: >>We are conducting a research on ICTD in Latin America and we would like to >>invite you to fill out this survey: I just published a web page of tech volunteering initiatives, several of them in developing countries, all of them focused somehow on ICT4D. You might want to contact those that work in Latin America to see if they have info for you: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/techvolgroups.shtml Sorry I didn't meet you when I was at U of KY last year teaching for a week. Would love to have traded info in person. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Combating Corruption with Mobile Phones
Do you think that we could find some folks through CS+Social good for this? We could organize a hackathon or just have a meeting with the volunteers who can work a few hours a week this month. Let me know how this might work. I encourage you to post to the TechSoup community re: this. http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/16.aspx and to the appropriate NetSquared community: http://www.netsquared.org/ Also see these tips for One(-ish) Day "Tech" Activities for Volunteers http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/onedaytech.shtml Looking forward to hearing how this turns out. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Open Camps @ UN / uniteforhumanity
Only just found out about this: OPEN CAMPS @ UN 2016 FYI per the _Journal of the United Nations_ > http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/En/lateste.pdf [1] > > Journal of the United Nations > Programme of meetings and agenda > Tuesday, 5 July 2016 > Official meetings > > OPEN CAMPS @ UN 2016 (OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY > (OICT)) > > The Open Camps @ UN 2016, is organized by the Office of Information and > Communications Technology (OICT), from Friday, 8, to Sunday, 17 July 2016, at > Headquarters. The 10-day event, featuring more than 25 sub-conferences > covering a variety of open source technologies... For information and to register, go to: > http://opencamps.org/ [2] > > The world's largest mission-driven open source conference Of all the events, this one seems the most interesting to me - wish I was in NYC to attend: > http://: [3]uniteforhumanity.com/ [3] > A community-run conference focused on the use of open source technologies to > address humanitarian issues and pursue the UN's GlobalGoals [4] where "the > UN'sGlobalGoals [4]" refers to the 2030 Agenda: > http://www.un.org/pga/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/08/120815_outcome-document-of-Summit-for-adoption-of-the-post-2015-development-agenda.pdf > [5] > > TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: > THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Links: -- [1] http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/En/lateste.pdf [2] http://opencamps.org/ [3] http://uniteforhumanity.com/ [4] http://globalgoals.org/ [5] http://www.un.org/pga/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/08/120815_outcome-document-of-Summit-for-adoption-of-the-post-2015-development-agenda.pdf-- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] #YesWeCode Initiative - & Prince
#YesWeCode (http://www.yeswecode.org) is an initiative that seeks to mobilize tech and social justice leaders to connect 100,000 low-opportunity young adults to the skills and experiences they need to access high-paying careers in technology. CNN commentator Van Jones founded the #YesWeCode initiative with the support of Prince, who passed away yesterday. http://www.yeswecode.org/prince Jones elaborated on Prince's involvement at the 20th Anniversary Essence Festival: "After the Trayvon Martin verdict I was talking to Prince and he said, 'You know, every time people see a young black man wearing a hoodie, they think, he's a thug. But if they see a young white guy wearing a hoodie they think, oh that might be Mark Zuckerberg. That might be a dot-com billionaire.'" "I said, 'Well, yeah, Prince that's true but that's because of racism.' And he said, 'No, it's because we have not produced enough black Mark Zuckerbergs. That's on us. That's on us. To deal with what we're not doing to get our young people prepared to be a part of this new information economy.'" Since July 2014, YesWeCode has been focused on three activities: Communicate: In partnership with Oakland, Calfornia-based organizations, #YesWeCode launched an interactive website with a powerful search tool that enables users to find local coding education resources. This tool also helps users find local events and learn more about coding opportunities. Convene: #YesWeCode has convened 100+ coding practitioners and stakeholders in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans. #YesWeCode partnered with Qeyno Labs to host a Start-Up Weekend hackathon in February 2015, focused on uplifting young African-American men and boys. Catalyze: In July, #YesWeCode launched at the 20th Anniversary ESSENCE Festival with a youth-focused hackathon and a headline performance by Prince, before a festival audience of 500,000 people. Just seemed appropriate to post this. --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Here's a pro bono satellite imagery project - what should we use it for?
On 2015-11-09 23:49, Patrick Meier (iRevolution) wrote: "My role is to identify compelling applications that will produce data/analysis that is very much needed by humanitarian, development, human rights, and/or public health, etc organizations. Once compelling applications are identified, Crowd4Sat will obtain the necessary imagery, customize a citizen science platform and invite digital volunteers to analyze the imagery. The results will then be shared with the humanitarian, development, human rights, etc, organizations that requested the data/analysis." I maintain a list of links, with summaries, to online stories that relate to virtual volunteering, including online volunteer "mappers", here: http://virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com/news You might want to scroll through to look for leads on "compelling applications." There are also some links to such initiatives on the TechSoup forum, and the forum is searchable (I tried the words volunteers and map, and the results were mostly what you would be looking for). --- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, & my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My role is to identify compelling applications that will produce data/analysis that is very much needed by humanitarian, development, human rights, and/or public health, etc organizations. Once compelling applications are identified, Crowd4Sat will obtain the necessary imagery, customize a citizen science platform and invite digital volunteers to analyze the imagery. The results will then be shared with the humanitarian, development, human rights, etc, organizations that requested the data/analysis. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Computer Science for social good? Introducing CS 90SI at Stanford
From: GLORIA CHUA JIA MIN c...@stanford.edu CS+Social Good, Stanford's first student group focused on the intersection of CS and social impact, is introducing CS 90SI, a 2 unit class in fall 2015. Students will work on high-impact real world projects. Interested? I'm not interested in taking the class, but I'm VERY interested on what high-impact real world projects students might work on. Could you give some examples? Also, if any of you know of similar classes at other universities, I'd love the web links for such. Thanks. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml Author: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Knowbility’s Heroes of Accessibility Honorees Announced
Knowbility (http://www.knowbility.org), a nonprofit based in Austin, Texas that's focused on digital inclusion for people with disabilities (and pioneered the idea of hackathons before they were called hackathons), has held its first annual Community Heroes of Accessibility Awards to recognize excellence in accessibility. Categories: Individual Achievement, Educational Achievement, Institutional Achievement, Emerging Leader and Unsung Hero. You can see the list of honorees here: http://www.knowbility.org/v/news-detail/Knowbility-s-Community-Heroes-of-Accessibility-Honorees-Announced/7u/ -- ___ The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook is OUT! More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 ___ Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Research evaluations re: virtual volunteering
Updated: List of research and evaluations regarding virtual volunteering. http://virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com/research Virtual volunteering is a term describing a volunteer who completes tasks, in whole or in part, off-site from the organization or person being assisted, using the Internet and a computer, tablet, smart phone or other Internet-connected device. Virtual volunteering is also known as online volunteering, digital volunteering, e-volunteering and cyber service, and includes microvolunteering, crowd-sourcing, telementoring, teletutoring, and various other online activities undertaken by volunteers. Additions welcomed. #tech4good #vvbook #apps4good #volunteers -- ___ The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook is OUT! More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 ___ Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] PeerLibrary is searching for volunteers
On 2014-09-02 09:58, Mitar wrote: PeerLibrary is... currently looking for programmers, designers, and community managers. In addition to posting to Liberationtech, consider posting your volunteering opportunities to: -- VolunteerMatch (http://www.volunteermatch.org) -- HandsOn (http://www.handsonnetwork.org/) It's best to do a post for each position - one for programmers, one for designers, one for community managers - rather than a mega listing. More advice on using third party web sites to recruit volunteers: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/othersites.html I'll add this to my own list that I maintain of organizations that recruit online volunteers: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/stuff/findvv.shtml Greetings from Ukraine. -- Jayne -- ___ The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook is OUT! More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 ___ Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] AccessU conference is May 12-14, 2014
The digital divide for people with disabilities remains very real and very large. And advances in legislation, in technology and in civil rights awareness mean that understanding accessible design has never been more important. The annual John Slatin AccessU conference is May 12-14, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Hosted by the nonprofit Knowbility, the conference provides 50 classes on accessible design, detailed here: http://www.knowbility.org/v/accessu-course-list/John-Slatin-AccessU/3i/ Registration info: http://www.knowbility.org/v/accessu-registration/ -- ___ The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook is OUT! More about the book, and how to buy it (as a paperback or as an e-book): http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 ___ Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Shameless promotion: The LAST Virtual Volunteering Guidebook
I see Danah's blatant groveling and raise to shameless promotion. MY book, The LAST Virtual Volunteering Guidebook, was just published last week. It's available through Energize, Inc., the largest publisher of volunteerism-related books. http://www.energizeinc.com/store/1-222-E-1 My co-author and I wrote it not only to help introduce the concept of virtual volunteering, in all its forms - crowdsourcing, micro volunteering, ementoring, etc. - to organizations, but also, to help organizations already engaging with online volunteers, to improve and expand their virtual volunteering activities, including activities related to Liberationtech's focus on tech, democracy, freedom, human rights and development. In conjunction with the revised guidebook is the Virtual Volunteering Wiki, a free online resource and collaborative space for sharing resources regarding virtual volunteering. http://virtualvolunteering.wikispaces.com Even if you don't buy the book, have a look at the wiki - I've toyed with the idea of creating a section specifically on online volunteers in advocacy work - even if it just links to what's already out there. So if you have suggestions, lay them on me. Danah said Fingers crossed that y'all will find it useful and interesting. Same for me. (And Danah, I'll be buying your book, FYI, because teen use of the Internet is of huge interest to me). And I see Danah's hug and I give a KISS. On the MOUTH. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Tech equivalent of Physicians for Social Responsibility?
On 2013-10-15 04:07, Ringo wrote: I was wondering if anybody here knew of any organizations for IT professionals/computer repair technicians that are in the same vein as physicians for social responsibility? Obviously there are civil advocacy groups like the EFF, but I was wondering if there were any more specific orgs that are membership/profession-based? And yes, I googled it first : ) Yes and no... As has been pointed out, CPSR is now defunct. TechSoup used to be CompuMentor and, when it was that former entity, helped match nonprofits with screened IT professionals ready to donate their services to help with various tech issues in the SF Bay Area - it doesn't do that anymore (except online, via its forum - help on an ad hoc basis, and contributing online volunteers aren't screened). That kind of circuit rider movement lead to the creation of organizations like NTEN (http://www.nten.org/history), which still exists. Lasa is a social welfare law and tech charity based in the London, and long ran the UK version of Circuit Riders, but I'm not sure that exists anymore. Internationally, there's the World Computer Exchange, which mobilizes tech volunteers (http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/volunteer). The United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) was a global volunteer initiative to help bridge the digital divide. UNITeS both supported volunteers applying information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D) and promoted volunteerism as a fundamental element of successful ICT4D initiatives. UNITeS was launched in 2000 by then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and was hosted by the United Nations Volunteers programme. Its archived web site is here: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/unites/ UNITeS is defunct, but the UN still has IT4D focused initiatives, and UNV still recruits and places IT volunteers for assignments. I maintain a Twitter list called Tech4Good ICT4D that has other leads for you: https://twitter.com/jcravens42/tech4good-ict4d/members -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] SMS questions
On 2013-08-27 11:36, Richard Brooks wrote: I think I understand their needs and wants. SMS is really not my strong point. If anyone with an understanding of SMS, SMS web interfaces, and/or related security issues would be willing to point me in the right direction (or discuss potential issues) I (and by extension they) would be grateful. You might want to also post this question to the TechSoup forum, either the Mobile and Wireless branch: http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/13.aspx Or the security branch: http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/f/29.aspx Just another way, potentially, of getting someone to help with this. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Does anyone know a celebrity who feels strongly about privacy issues?
On 2013-08-12 15:32, Francisco Ruiz wrote: Does any one know of a celebrity who cares enough about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of his/her time to read a hash before a camera? Hugh Grant has made privacy issues the focus of his Twitter feed. However, he is more focused on for-profit companies (the media) violating people's privacy, at least based on his advocacy. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat: Translation Volunteers Needed
I would like to post this to the TechSoup Community message boards - but perhaps that would not be appropriate? On 2013-05-23 02:29, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: Dear LibTech, We're working on a couple of new Cryptocat features (encrypted file sharing over OTR/video chat) and we're wondering if you could help us translate those features into the 35+ languages in which Cryptocat is available. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] CPSR dissolution and Gary Chapman, Winner of CPSR's Norbert Wiener Award
On 2013-05-07 20:50, Doug Schuler wrote: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Dissolution and Gary Chapman, Winner of CPSR's Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility It is my unenviable task to announce that Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), a non-profit educational corporation, has been dissolved. It's taken me two days to process all this... I'll start with Gary Chapman: when I was directing the Virtual Volunteering Project at the University of Texas at Austin from 1996 - 2001, Gary was an immediate supporter - which, once I knew him and his work, wasn't surprising at all - he understood the human side of technology and immediately understood what the project was trying to do. I so loved reading his blog, and I so enjoyed corresponding with him over the years, even after I left UT for the UN. His loss is still so huge. As for CPSR - I attended their annual meeting in 1994 in La Jolla. I found the agenda online: http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Politics/Speech/Computers/CPSR%20Annual%20Meeting%201994/ I was working for a small federally-funded nonprofit, and brand new to the Internet (though not to computers and software, from a user's point of view). It was a life-changing event for me. It's where I learned about accessibility, especially for people with disabilities, as well as got to meet Phil Agre and Art McGee. I could go on and on regarding what that conference did for me in terms of inspiring me and my work. I owe so much to CPSR for that conference alone - I can trace so much of the work I've done over the last almost 20 years to that conference. I'm very disappointed to hear that CPSR is no more. I thank everyone associated with it for all your work, which continues - and will continue - to inform mine and countless others. -- Ms. Jayne Cravens MSc Portland, Oregon, USA The web site - http://www.coyotecommunications.com The email - j...@coyotecommunications.com Me on Twitter, other social networks, my blog: http://www.coyotecommunications.com/me/jayneonline.shtml -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
