Lone Eagle Resources for the National Council of State Legislature

Regional Educational Technology Assistance (RETA) Program
http://reta.nmsu.edu
Statewide partnership helping educators integrate technology into their classrooms. Includes chat room, lessons, and workshop schedule.

Digital Pathways: Community-based distance learning for New Mexico's American Indian Nations is designed to further American Indian educational efforts by developing a recruiting and mentoring network and supporting students through this network as they earn academic degrees. Funded by the Sloan Foundation. The website is underdevelopment. There is a website for a conference we held prior to funding the project for tribal leaders also called Digital Pathways. The Digital Pathways proceedings site with NM tribal leaders is at
http://distance.nmsu.edu/externals/digital_pathways/index.html

Online Teaching and Learning Certificate website is located at
http://extended.nmsu.edu/academics/otl/index.html

Carmen L. Gonzales, Ph.D.                        Voice: 505.646.4692
Vice President for Student Success             Fax: 505.646.2044
Dean of the College of Extended Learning   Email: carmen@nmsu.edu
New Mexico State University                      http://www.nmsu.edu/distance/
P.O. Box 30001/Dept. 3WEC
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

New Educational Portals of Interest

The Google Literacy Project www.google.com/literacy
A resource for teachers and literacy organizations.

PBS’s Learningnow blog for educators
www.pbs.org/learningnow hosted by Andy Carvin www.andycarvin.com
Exceptional resources from a master at EdTech Innovation

A Teacher’s Tour of Youtube.com
www.edutopia.org/community/spiralnotebook/?p=150
video: "Eager to Learn" ( www.edutopia.org/1047 )

Annenberg/CPB Educational Videos
www.learner.org For Classroom Internet Access

Community Technology Review http://www.comtechreview.org
Articles with dozens of resources links on youth media, community networking, community organizing, technology for non-profits and more.

The CTC VISTA Project ( http://www.ctcvista.org) invites you to check out our newest edition of the Project newsletter, the Digest http://www.ctcvista.org/digest/fall06/ The Digest's goal is to highlight the work of the CTC VISTAs, as well as the accomplishments of our participating organizations, and to explore new trends in the use of new digital media and technology in community-based non-profit endeavors.

This fall edition include updates from the Project HQ, experts from the CTC VISTA blogs past & present, and feature articles including:

One Alumna's Advice for CTC VISTAs, by (former CTC VISTA) Molly Szymanski - "Working on a project that requires knowledge of local resources can be difficult especially if you haven't been in the city long enough to be familiar with community networks."
Rethinking "Internet for Everyone" & Social Networking , by (current VISTA) Brittney Fosbrook - "Why would case managers use this technology tool, they questioned, if they could barely navigate the internet? It is true, many of the people in the office have not been provided with the intensive technology training that I have taken for granted."
The Nature of Participatory Culture & Technology , by Nettrice Gaskins - "Participatory culture shifts the focus of digital media creation from one of individual expression to community involvement and civic participation."
Citizen Speak: A Low-Cost Organizing Online Tool, by Jo Lee - "All I had to talk about was how a small group of activists used a free email advocacy service called CitizenSpeak to battle a multinational railroad company."
Community Networking Hits Media Mainstream (Almost)!, by Frank Odasz - "Perhaps future programs will focus on the lessons learned from thousands of community technology centers and community networks struggling to educate citizens, generate local content, and provide fiber and wireless broadband access."
Full version of above article: http://lone-eagles.com/mainstream.htm

The CTC VISTA Project is now accepting applications for our January round of placements. To begin the application process, simply submit an intent to apply
( http://www.ctcvista.org/application) - see the Project guidelines
( http://www.ctcvista.org/guidelines) for additional information.

Conclusion

Community wellness, homeland security and mental health all relate to our ability to get the information and services we need across all agencies, “silos,” and global sources. We need community learning programs integrated with Internet knowledge access, peer social networks and mentoring programs; Mutual support social networks for just-in-time inquiry-based learning - Service library one-stops.

IP to the Hogan http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_041806.html Article on Internet for Navajo Chapter Houses

New Educational Portals of Interest

The Google Literacy Project www.google.com/literacy A resource for teachers and literacy organizations.

IP to the Hogan
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/prod_041806.html
Article on Internet for Navajo Chapter Houses

The Google Literacy Project www.google.com/literacy
A resource for teachers and literacy organizations.