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11 – 17
Year Old “Power Users” are Shaping our World
- Today
Kids, Researchers,
and Industry Leaders to Participate in Unique Online Symposium
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New
York, NY -- July 21, 2005 -- Power
Users of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are
youth who have had intensive, ongoing experiences with technology,
usually beginning early in life - resulting in a level of comfort
that allows them to bypass many traditional learning systems.
Teams of these outstanding young "Power Users" from
Latin America, Australia, Europe, Africa, the USA, China and
the Philippines will demonstrate their 21st Century digital
communications skills for leaders from the industry, education,
and research communities during the first Power
Users of ICT Online Symposium held “live” over the internet
August 8-10, 2005.
Live Online Speakers Include:
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Kathy
Bushkin, COO, United Nations Foundation
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Patrick
R. Gaston, President of the Verizon Foundation
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Don
Knezek, CEO of ISTE
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Sugata
Mitra, Senior Vice-President for R&D at NIIT in rural
India
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David
Saedi, CEO of Certiport
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Megan
Stewart, Director Global Education, Macromedia
Plus an International Economic Development Panel and a Business
Roundtable, featuring representatives from Macromedia Worldwide Education;
Worldwide Education, PTC; Atomic Learning; Microsoft, Costa Rica;
ADOBE Systems, Inc.; SEER Education Corporation; Intel; and moderated
by the FedEx Technology Institute
Live Online Activities Include:
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Interviews
with international experts
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Live
events with Power User Learning Challenge Teams
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Blogs
and podcasts providing updates from the field
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Access
to conference materials and research papers
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Interaction
via text- and voice-based discussion areas
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Online “Happy
Hour” in the virtual Conference
Lounge
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Images
galleries of Power Users activities
In addition to LearningTimes, Kempster Group, EDC and the United
Nations Fund for International Partners, sponsors include Verizon
Foundation, Microsoft, Adobe Systems, Inc., Intel, Macromedia, Certiport,
the Universidad Nacional (UNA) in Costa Rica, University for Peace,
SEER Education Corporation, Atomic Learning, and others.
Registration is only $125 and includes access to the online community,
session recordings, materials and discussions for 1-year.
For more information and to sign-up visit http://www.ictliteracy.info/summitonline.htm
About LearningTimes
LearningTimes, LLC, designs and produces online learning conferences,
communities and events, and provides the platforms, applications
and promotional expertise that make them successful. The LearningTimes
Network of 70 online communities, and 130,000 members connects
each member institution with other learning-oriented groups and
provides unique opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.
For more information, contact John Walber at 215-884-7321 or info@learningtimes.net.
Visit LearningTimes on the Web at http://www.learningtimes.net.
About KEMPSTERGROUP
KEMPSTER GROUP is a consulting firm specializing in building strategic
alliances for national and international clients focused on information
and communication technologies (ICT). KEMPSTER GROUP produces the
ICT Portal www.ictliteracy.info, which hosts the largest online
community of ICT literacy professionals in the world.
Contact:
John Walber
john@learningtimes.net
215-884-7321
Brenda Kempster
Brenda@kempstergroup.com
760 674-8919
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