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Through the dedication and commitment of hundreds of individuals from San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area, volunteers have shown that they are what makes Tech Connect work.
Public events (as of 4-5-08)
January 27, 2007 |
Westside Court Housing Community Fair |
Western Addition |
February 27, 2007 |
Self Help for the Elderly Tech Connect Workshops |
Chinatown |
March 2007 – March 2008 |
Conard House, McAllister Computer Advice sessions |
Tenderloin |
May 9, 2007 |
Visitacion Valley Middle School Technology Fair |
Visitacion Valley |
October 26, 2007 |
Mission District Resource Fair at Caminos Pathways |
Mission |
December 15, 2007 |
Tenderloin Community Tech Support Day |
Tenderloin |
January 14 and 15, 2008 |
Episcopal Community Services' Skills Center Advice Sessions |
South of Market |
January 25, 2008 |
Episcopal Community Services’ The Alder Computer Resource Fair |
South of Market |
March 1, 2008 |
Tenderloin Computer Help Day |
Tenderloin |
March 5 and April 2, 2008 |
Marshall High School Family Computer Help Session |
Silver Terrace |
March 29, 2008 |
Chinatown Computer Help Day |
Chinatown |
April 3, 2008 |
Hamilton Family Center Transitional Housing Computer Advice Session |
Western Addition |
April 9, 2008 |
Hamilton Family Center Dudley Apartments Computer Advice Session |
South Of Market |
April 14, 2008 |
Hamilton Family Center 260 Golden Gate Computer Advice Session |
Tenderloin |
April 26, 2008 |
Mission District Computer Help Day |
Mission |
May 10 – July 26, 2008 |
Alice Griffith Community Opportunity Center Computer Advice Sessions |
Bayview |
June 7 , 2008 |
Tenderloin Computer Help Day |
Tenderloin |
Hamilton Family Center 260 Golden Gate Computer Advice Session
July 30, 2008 |
Laptop Set-up Night for At Risk Youth |
Mission |
324 volunteer shifts completed
1007 people helped
142 computers repaired
53 computers and software installed for individuals and in public labs
Five wireless systems installed: Conard House, McAllister; Dudley Apartments; Westside Court; Valencia Gardens
Three non-English languages spoken (Cantonese, Spanish and Mandarin)
Four community websites created:
http://www.mcallisterhotel.org/newsletter/
http://westsidewifi.org/
http://sfconnecttechconnect.wikispaces.com/
http://digitalinclusion.wordpress.com/
Press
"Technology Exhibition at TIE Center," Sing Tao Daily, February 28, 2007
"Technology Exhibition," Ming Pao Daily, February 28, 2007
"Technology Exhibition at TIE Center," International Daily News, February 28, 2007
"Technology Exhibition at the TIE Center," World News Journal, February 28, 2007
"Tenderloin Tech Day," CNET video story, December 2007
"Digital Do Gooders," San Francisco Magazine, March 2008
ABC News, March 1, 2008
KTVU Channel 2 website, February 28, 2008
"Tenderloin Residents Get a High Tech Boost," San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2008
“First Chinatown Computer Repair Day at TIE Center,” Tsing Tao Daily, March 30, 2008
“Worldbeat – Networking Across the Digital Divide,” InfoWorld, April 9, 2008
Event Volunteers, Supporters and Partners: Alameda County Computer Resource Center; BAYCAT; The BeeHive; Booker T. Washington Community Service Center; CALawHelp.org; Caminos Pathways Learning Center; Childhood Matters; City College; Clean Slate Program; Community Technology Network Bay Area; Comcast; DCYF; Digital Connectors; EA Games; Episcopal Community Services; Full Circle Fund; Google; Government Services Administration (GSA); Hamilton Family Centers; IBM; Ketchum Public Relations employees; KQED; Learning Bee; Marshall High School PTSA; Meracki; Microsoft employees; MyHousing.org; Netgear/ Skype; One Economy; Network Ministries; Photobucket.com employees; ReliaTech; St. Anthony Foundation Learning Center; Salesforce.com employees; SF Linux Users Group; SF Public Defenders office; SF Public Library; SF School Volunteers; SFUSD; SFSU Service Fraternity volunteers; Self-Help for the Elderly; Snapfish employees; StreetTech; USF volunteers; Visitacion Valley Beacon Center; Wells Fargo eBus; Wells Fargo employees; Westside Court Housing Development; YouthNoise; and Ziproad.org.
Event goals (examples): - Educate and excite residents about resources available to them through the Internet that may be useful to their daily lives.
- Help residents gain basic Internet skills and training.
- Create demand for Internet and computer equipment.
- Introduce local computer training and tech support programs
- Excite students about digital media and resources.
- Inspire residents to use computer labs and online resources regularly
- Inform residents of special programs to purchase low cost computers.
Activities and Demonstrations (examples):
- Email registration
- Install wireless Internet equipment.
- Weekly advice sessions
- Internet safety and security
- Job search
- Research job training and education opportunities
- Computer literacy classes registration
- Tech support training classes
- Digital Media training opportunities
- Free computer equipment information
- Affordable computer purchase options
- Work with residents to create website:
- Demonstrate online video and music
- Housing, parenting, cooking and food preparation, and academic online resources
- Google maps
- Online immigration information
- Small business tools
- Online banking and financial literacy
- Online ESL resources
- Stop motion animation workshop
- College preparation information
- Youth-generated content websites that they can use in the afterschool computer labs.
- Digital Storytelling
- Photo and video sharing
- Skype phone and Voice Over Internet (VoIP) applications
- Translation tools and Chinese language sites
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