McGrath Community Network

Collaborating and Sharing Knowledge

    This innovative survey was created by Natalie Baumgartner in McGrath, Alaska. She found Lone Eagle resources
               via a Google search and created a narrated "vision" powerpoint for the community to become intentionally innovative.
                 Sadly, her efforts were not embraced quickly enough, and the school has since closed, and many young families have left
the village, leaving the future of McGrath Alaska very much in question.

Name:______________________________________

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Yes, I’m interested in learning more about:

Community Internet Skills and Content Development
http://lone-eagles.com/essential-skills.htm
A series of very easy, but highly relevant and motivating lessons created to facilitate the rapid growth of new skills in seven categories:

Email skills as essential for electronic citizenship
Search Engine Skills as essential for self-directed Internet learning
Web self-publishing skills as essential for local and global ecommerce and expression.
Mentoring and teaching skills as essential for sharing knowledge in your community.
Entrepreneurship skills as essential for individual, family and community sustainability.
Cultural Preservation and expression skills as essential for using technology to preserve the knowledge of our elders and culture for future generations.
Leadership and innovation skills as essential for becoming a role model for your community for adapting to change.

E-commerce & Telework Strategies online class.
http://lone-eagles.com/akecom.htm
Non-credit course, independent study with mentorship provided. Certificate will allow person completing program to mentor others for $20. per student. This is an online Internet course designed specifically for non-technical learners as a first online learning experience. This non-credit mastery learning online course offers ten two-hour lessons covering the basic concepts, skills, and trends for rural Ecommerce, Internet entrepreneurship, and Telework employability.

Hands-on activities provide for exploring many of the best Ecommerce and Telework training materials, resources, and replicable models available - from which you'll easily be able to determine the resources best suited for your continued self-directed learning.

Who Is It For? -Young and old interested in learning essential Internet entrepreneurship, ecommerce, and Telework readiness skills - to allow them to remain in, and sustain their rural communities.

The Good Neighbor's Guide to Community Networking
http://lone-eagles.com/cnguide.htm
Community networking is about sharing information, ideas, and innovations. …Bringing the best of over ten years of community network experimentation and innovation to your community. Exactly how you, and your community, will match big-heartedness, with computers and bandwidth, to create a network that is fun, inclusive and productive, will be determined by your imagination, and your ability to share your visions with others. As expectations increase with experience, you can expect your community members to become increasingly proactive in reinventing "their" community network. Eleven online chapters:

What is a Community Network?
Community Networking: Making a Difference
Building Individual and Community Collaborative Capacity
Starting a Community Network; How to Get and Use the Tools
Community Networking Applications for Education, Healthcare, and Community Development
Rural Community E-Business Strategies, and Training Resources
Youth-Based Community Development Strategies
Grantwriting Tips and Funding Sources
Innovation Diffusion; Looking at the Process of Change
Twenty Lessons Learned
Bibliography of Community Networking Resource

What other skills would you like to either learn or share?

I’d take a 30-minute eye-opener I’ll mentor/share this 30-minute eye-opener

Basic Computer Skills

__ I can turn it on, now what? __ I can turn it on, now what?

__ Word processing-easy steps __ Word processing-easy steps

Internet Use

__ Search Engine savvy __ Search Engine Savvy

__ How to use “e-mail” (Outlook Express) __ How to use “e-mail” (Outlook Express)

__ Simple Web Page construction (Netscape) __ Simple Web Page construction (Netscape)

__ Shopping on the web – Web Tour __ Shopping on the web – Web Tour

__ Where can I buy…? (bring your questions) __ Where can I buy…? (bring your questions)

__ Anti-Virus Program overview & configuration __ Anti-Virus Program overview & configuration

What Information would you like to either learn more about or share?

E-Commerce and Telework

__ e-Bay Web Tour __ e-Bay Web Tour

__ “60 Minutes” e-Bay Video viewing __ “60 Minutes” e-Bay Video viewing

__ e-Bay “tools” Tour __ e-Bay “tools” Tour

__ Business startup resources Web Tour __ Business startup resources Web Tour

__ Digital camera basics for the web __ Digital camera basics for the web

__ What is Telework? Web Tour __ What is Telework? Web Tour

EcoTourism

__ EcoTourism Web Tour __ EcoTourism Web Tour

__ Alaskan Village EcoTourism part 1 Web Tour __ Alaskan Village EcoTourism part 1 Web Tour

__ Alaskan Village EcoTourism part 2 Web Tour __ Alaskan Village EcoTourism part 2 Web Tour

__ Infrastructure needed for SED __ Infrastructure needed for SED

Resources on the Web

__ State of AK resources Web Tour __ State of AK resources Web Tour

__ Women’s Web Tour __ Women’s Web Tour

__ Men’s Web Tour __ Men’s Web Tour

__ Teenage Web Tour __ Teenage Web Tour

__ Kid’s Web Tour __ Kid’s Web Tour

__ Pre-School Web Tour __ Pre-School Web Tour

__ Health & Medical info Web Tour __ Health & Medical info Web Tour

__ Free online classes, tutorials, lessons Web Tour __ Free online classes, tutorials, lessons Web Tour

__ Frank Odasz’s Website Tour __ Frank Odasz’s Website Tour

What other skill or information not listed above do you want to find or learn about on the Web?

What Information or Skill not listed above are you willing to share using the Web?