Digital East Saint Louis -

Meeting Canceled

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:52:56 -0600

Due to the storm that will be rolling in tomorrow, the DigitalESL meeting will be canceled. I apologize for the inconvenience and please check the website soon for the re-scheduled date. If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact Elizabeth (eandreja@uiuc.edu) or Paul (padams@uiuc.edu).

Next Meeting: February 26th

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:08:03 -0600

The Next meeting will February 26th, 6:30 p.m. at the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Saint Louis. please email Elizabeth with any agenda itmes you would like added. eandreja@uiuc.edu

Minutes from the January 29th meeting

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:05:55 -0600

I. DCEO funding: requests for applications due 2/15/2008.
a. Allocations from the government are for five million.
b. Half will be available during this request, the second half available in six months.
c. The state grant has a cap of 10% on administration overhead and maximum for grants was raised to $75,000.
d. Consortiums and partnerships encouraged. Successful grant collaboration last term was between Prairienet, Community Concepts, and Computer Village.

First Meeting of the Year: January 29th, 2008

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:59:08 -0600

First Digital ESL meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 29th 2008 at 6 p.m. . It will be at the Morning Star Baptist Church located at 5801 State street, in East St. Louis. For questions contact Elizabeth Andrejasich at eandreja@uiuc.edu.

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has re-instated funding to the digital divide program. Join us Tuesday for tips and support in applying government funds as well as other agenda items.

Grant opportunities through the Illinois State DCEO Digital Divide Program

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:22:48 -0600

grant applications are due by Feb. 15th. Applications can be downloaded at http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Technology/Technology+Grants+Programs/1-Eliminate+the+Digital+Divide.htm

IL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE PROGRAM

NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND WORKSHOPS

FISCAL YEAR 2008

SUMMARY:
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announce the release of the Digital Divide Grant Program 2008 application. The immediate goal of the Program is to increase access to computers and technology training in low-income communities. Under this program, the Department is authorized to make grants to support Community Technology Centers. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15, 2008

November 6 meeting is cancelled

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:36:17 -0600

The Novemeber 6 meeting at 7 p.m. has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience. Please check back soon for a re-scheduled date.

9-18 Minutes

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:37:56 -0500

Start: 2007-09-26 12:37

Timezone: Etc/GMT-6

Meeting: Digital ESL Collaborative
Date: 9/18/07 Start: 7:00 p.m. Finish: 8:15 p.m.
Location: Village Theatre
Lead: Paul Adams
Recorder: Elizabeth Andrejasich
Attendance: o Thelma Willaims o Christina Fisher o Amy Montgomery o o Don M Holt o Al Hamilton o Jowanda Lindsey o Curtis Malone o
MINUTES
Teen Tech Team (TTT) There are about a dozen participating teens right now. They recently sold two computers at the flea market, but numbers are low. We need to find ways to sell more of the refurbished computers in order to motivate more teenagers. Concerns as to times and conflicts were addressed in today’s meeting. Christina suggested that Saturday may not work well—could afternoons at the school be a possibility? It was also suggested that teens be represented at the digital ESL meetings. Paul discussed the possiblit of a collaboration between the University’s Sao Tome Project and Digital ESL/Teen Tech Team. This excited the group!

Sharing Resources

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:24:37 -0600

Expressed at the 1/26 meeting was a need to utilize the Digital ESL website for sharing websites, software, and other resources. A frequently updated blog will be created for this purpose. please send your contributions (i.e. an excellent math resource for kids or a free web resource for CTCs) to Elizabeth Andrejasich at eandreja@uiuc.edu.

September Meeting at the Village Theater

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:07:34 -0500

Our Tuesday September 18th meeting was successful with 9 members present. Agenda items incuded updates on DCEO funding, possible summer technical support for Computer Labs, Teen Tech Team, and the Sao Tome West Africa Project. For Minutes from the meeting see the attachment below.

Teen Tech Team

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:49:36 -0500

Prairienet, a unit of the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Greater St. Mark COGIC and Computer Village, a nonprofit training organization has formed a partnership known as the Teen Tech Team. This project is designed to address the technology literacy needs of youth in East St. Louis (metro east area) Illinois. There has been significant interest by local youth in developing hard ware skills. There are currently no instructional programs of this kind in the area. As Prairienet (through LIS 451) develops more and more public access computer labs and the Digital ESL Collaborative continues to distribute more used computers to the homes of low-income families, the need for hardware repair will increase. The intent of this project is to teach youth hard ware skills that they will in turn use to repair and upgrade computers in the community.

Digital ESL Collaborative: minutes from previous meetings

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:33:46 -0500