The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development Information Technology: A Regional Workshop on Bridging the Digital Divide Johnston Commons, University Park, PA May 13-14, 2003   Agenda   Tuesday, May 13, 2003 Moderator: Stephan Goetz, Northeast Center 11:30 am Registration Bravo Room, Johnston Commons Noon Lunch Welcome Dr. Ted Alter, Director of Cooperative Extension, Penn State University Conference Overview Saturn Room, Johnston Commons 1:00 pm Keynote: Divide Programming – Cooperative Extension's Opportunity Ellwood (Woody) Kerkeslager, Information Futures, LLC. Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 2:00 pm Program Highlights – Overviews of the Access eBusiness, Access eGovernment, Access eNon-profit and Community Network and other selected programs. The overviews will include educational objectives, target audience and program resources. Rae Montgomery, Tim Kelsey, Walt Whitmer and Bill Shuffstall Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 3:30 pm Break 4:00 pm eProgramming Models – Implementation models being used to integrate digital divide programming in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Program offerings Rae Montgomery, UMN; Connie Hancock, Univ. Nebraska and Mary Jo Depp-Nestlerode, Regional Director, PSU Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 5:00 pm Break 6:00 pm Dinner and Poster Session Off Campus Wednesday, May 14, 2003 Moderator: Bill Shuffstall, Penn State University 8:00 am Access eGovernment (www.egov.psu.edu) Tim Kelsey, PSU Cooperative Extension Dan Brockett, PSU Cooperative Extension 301A Ag. Administration   Access eBusiness (www.extension.umn.edu/mainstreet/) Rae Montgomery, UMN Cooperative Extension Jennifer Glover, Cornell Cooperative Extension 110 Ag. Science and Industry (ASI) Computer Lab   Community Network Initiative Bill Shuffstall, PSU Extension Elwood Kerkeslager, Information Futures, LLC Room 2, Armsby Building   eNon-profit Walt Whitmer, PSU Cooperative Extension Peter Wulfhorst, PSU Cooperative Extension 109 Ag. Science and Industry (ASI) Computer Laab Noon Lunch (opportunity for state or geographic clustering) Saturn Room, Johnston Commons 1:00 pm Teaching IT – Techniques that work (& don't work) Facilitated round table discussions focusing on successful digital literacy teaching techniques used in Digital Divide programs (facilitated by AM presenters) Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 1:30 pm Breakouts by program area – Small group discussions around possible strategies for implementing digital divide programming in the Northeast Region. Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 2:30 pm Report back to large group Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 3:00 pm Wrap-up – Where to From Here – Stephan Goetz, NE Center for Rural Development. Conference summary and next steps to refine and implement strategies for increase digital divide program offerings in the Northeast Region. Bravo Room, Johnston Commons 4:00 pm The End   Questions or comment? Please contact the co-Chairs William Shuffstall (shuffy@psu.edu), Fred Schmidt (fschmidt@zoo.uvm.edu), Stephan Goetz (nercrd@psu.edu) or 814-863-4656. [IT Workshop home] [NERCRD home] [PSU home] This site was last modified on March 18, 2003