Teaching Opportunities in NYC

[Pam Mcketa]

Hi Tamara --

Have you checked with the Fund for the City of New York? Here's a Fast
Company article on the organization from November 2000.

http://www.fastcompany.com/online/40/wf_mccornmick.html

An excerpt from the article: "The Fund's Nonprofit Computer Exchange and its
Internet Academy annually conduct a full range of training courses for 4,000
staffers at city nonprofits, helping them learn to use the Web and develop
and maintain their own sites. Although McCormick is enthusiastic about all
of the things that she'll be able to do when the latest FCNY project,
E-CommunityConnect, starts bringing Internet access and relevant content to
such low-income neighborhoods as Washington Heights and Red Hook, Brooklyn,
she's also careful to remind her colleagues ( and herself ) that parachuting
computers into neighborhoods that need them doesn't necessarily represent
progress. "Technology is the least part of it," McCormick says. "We have to
understand the needs and opportunities in these neighborhoods."

If you are interested in pursuing further, email me directly!

Pam

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-----Original Message-----
From: Youthlearn Discussion Forum
[mailto:YOUTHLEARN at LISTSERV.MORINO.ORG]On Behalf Of Tamara Pearson
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:05 AM
To: YOUTHLEARN at LISTSERV.MORINO.ORG
Subject: Teaching Opportunities in NYC

<p>Hello everyone,

My name is Tamara Pearson and I am a doctoral student in Educational
Technology at the University of Florida.  I am nearing the end of my
coursework and about to begin my dissertation research.  My area of
research is the digital divide and more specifically how Community
Centers are working to combat the divide through technology programs
in poor communities.

I am currently exploring possible sites for conducting my research.
I am interested in obtaining a position as a technology teacher in a
community program and collecting data from my students.  I am
interested in community programs in NYC, so if anyone has leads for
me to follow please email me privately to discuss them.

Thank you for your time and I appreciate your help.

tamara

Tamara Pearson
University of Florida
School of Teaching and Learning
tpearson at coe.ufl.edu

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