YouMedia Chicago in Action!
YouMedia Chicago is an innovative, 21st century learning space, housed at the Harold Washington Library, created to inspire collaboration and creativity among Chicago urban young adults as they work in groups on projects and learn vital digital media skills. I spent a brief moment in the YouMedia lab tonight, and let me tell you the design and setup of all the technology is really nice! And since Black Digerati is based in Chicago, we’re currently working on developing a relationship with the leadership at YouMedia to act as ‘technology mentors’ to some of the youth. More info on that to come, but in the meantime check out the video created by some of the youth as they tell the story of YouMedia:
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In this short video, Digital Sisters founder Shireen Mitchell is speaking on a panel about how to question designers on diversifying apps that can be valuable social software tools. In the video she gives an example of a question she posed to the developer of the ‘Are you safe?’ iPhone app. Check out the video below:
Read MoreMicrosoft’s “Digital Inclusion” Chief Andrea L. Taylor
If you are a minority from an poor community with aspirations of one day working for technology giant Microsft, Ms. Andrea L. Taylor may be the catalyst behind that process. Check out the video below as she talks about everything from ‘Closing the technology skills gap’, ‘applying for Microsoft training vouchers’ and their ‘job training program.’
Read MoreWhy were minorities late to accessing social media sites like Facebook?
This video from 2007 is an interview prominent researcher and Digital Divide expert Dr. Eszter Hargittai did on Chicago Tonight speaking on possible structure issues early on with social media. For example, why early on did more whites tend to use Facebook than minorities? She makes a good point that perhaps the reason why so many minorities were late to accessing social media sites like Facebook is because at one point Facebook was only open to certain majority white universities and colleges and was later opened up to everyone else. Check out the video below:
Read MoreRwanda’s Internet Revolution
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Read MoreSilicon Valley Freedom Riders of Technology Honored
An important part of the Digital Revolution was left out (or was never included depending on how you look at it!) of its history, but is now being brought to the mainstream in the form of a documentary by technology historian John William Templeton. The name of the documentary is ‘Freedom Riders’, which chronicles prominent African-American Silicon Valley technologists from the 1950s and 1960s.
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