Net Literacy
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Net Literacy is an
Governance
The students have their own operating board of directors to plan strategy, develop operational plans, write grant proposals, and organize their training efforts. The students are assisted by a small volunteer adult member board to sign and authorize contracts.
The honorary co-chairpersons are Senator Evan Bayh and Senator Richard Lugar. Dr. Suellen Reed, Superintendent of the Indiana Department of Education, also serves on the honorary board. Other members of the board include Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Joe Donnelly, Congresswoman Susan Brooks, past Congressman Dan Burton, Congressman Andre Carson, past Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, past USIIA president Dave McClure, past Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard, and past Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett.
Awards and recognition
In 2005, the student-volunteers lobbied members of the
The group has been endorsed by or partnered with over 400 organizations, including the Techpoint Foundation, the Indiana Recycling Coalition, the US
Digital inclusion
Net Literacy’s programs are independently beginning to be developed by students in the U.S. and abroad. The US Internet Industry Association submitted [
Programs
Senior Connects
Senior Connects is a program of Net Literacy that was founded as the Senior Connects Corporation in 2003. Senior Connects targets retirement homes, independent living facilities and nursing homes, and provides computers and computer and Internet training to the residents. Through the Senior Connects program residents receive computer and Internet access. The program builds computer labs inside independent and assisted living facilities, teaches seniors how to use the computer and access the Internet, and provides access and increased computer access to seniors
Each Senior Connects team is anchored in a high school. Some high schools are piloting programs that invite senior citizens into the schools to use the schools’ computer labs.
Safe Connects
The Safe Connects program targets K-12 students teaching Internet safety. Safe Connects works with public schools and the Department of Education to integrate the Safe Connects curricula into School curricula. The main categories of the curriculum include
Volunteer high school students are provided with training materials to conduct classes for their younger peers in the presence of their parents. While first focusing on 4th through 6th grade and high school students, the Safe Connects website includes a section for students, parents, K-12 teachers, and other youth organizations. The program, which was approved by the Indiana Department of Education, has a 4-6 grade program, and 7/8 grade program, and a 9-12 grade program tested at several central Indiana high schools. The K-3 and 7-8 grade programs. In 2009, the Indiana General Assembly passed a resolution calling for all Indiana
Computer Connects
The Computer Connects a program collects and refurbishes computers. The computers are then distributed by Community Connects to Senior centers and other community centers.
On all donated computers (unless otherwise requested), the
]In 2006, high schools began establishing their own Computer Connects programs, repurposing computers to families on public assistance that could not otherwise afford to purchase a computer for their children to complete their homework at home.
Community Connects
The Computer Connects program provides computer labs to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Section 8 apartments, community centers, pre-school, after school, faith-based and other nonprofits seeking to establish their own computer labs, with the help of mayors and town managers, including the Indianapolis and Fort Wayne mayors.
Financial Connects
Financial Connects' is a website that aggregates financial literacy videos and online interactive games. It also includes 20 original financial literacy videos that served as a pilot to test the feasibility of the project. One month after the Financial Connects website launched, Net Literacy received a $98,000 grant from State Farm insurance so the website could be expanded and serve as a national financial literacy website created by students. Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett commended the students on this project and the IDOE sent an email to every Indiana Principal and Superintendent encouraging them to participate in a contest which will provide 100 prizes ranging from $250 to $1,000 for videos and interactive games used on this website.
Computer recycling
Nonprofit assistance
Net Literacy student volunteers adopt projects and programs for their community. As an example, during a Lilly Endowment summer program, 18 student volunteers built websites for 20 nonprofits as a community service, many of which could not have otherwise been able to afford an online presence.[5] A second project focused on building a website for the community group NESCO.[6]
References
- ^ "NL Honorary Board Of Directors - Net Literacy". www.netliteracy.org.
- ^ http://www.usiia.org/legis/FCC 09-51 Comments.doc [dead link]
- ^ "Digital Agenda for Europe - A Europe 2020 Initiative - European Commission". Digital Agenda for Europe. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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