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Proposals for Technology Literacy and Access Projects 1999-2000

Community Information Technology Impact Indicator Project

Description A participatory project working with other technology, education, and community leaders to develop a working definition of basic information technology literacy and a set of impact indicators to measure over the time the impact of information technology on the health and vitality of our city or region. The indicators may be broad enough to expose a wide range of effects (jobs, culture, trade, education, health) and reflect positive and negative impacts. The definition and indicators would be developed in phase 1. Phase 2 would collect the first measurements.
Vision: That we are able to see over time what the impacts of information technology are on our whole system of society and have tools to focus efforts in areas that are desired and have positive impacts.
Need: There is a need to understand the influence and directions of information technology and technological systems, both positive and negative, in the Seattle region and to use these indicators to target programs and secure additional resources..
Activities:
  • Assemble a panel of community, business, technology, social service, funders, education and lay citizens to guide the project
  • Develop a working definition of information technology literacy
  • Develop a set of community information technology impact indicators
  • Collect the data for the first application of the indicators
  • Forums
  • Marketing
  • publishing,
  • Evaluating and updating
Outcomes:
  • The indicators should be actively used and supported by funders, service providers and community planners, including CTTAB in its evaluation of program accomplishments and priorities.
  • Technology indicators will be integrated with employment, housing and other traditional indicators.
Project Management
  • CTTAB or another partner such as the University or Sustainable Seattle
Resources Needed
  • Panel on definitions and indicators panel
  • Funding or donation for surveying and data gathering.
Potential Partners Sustainable Seattle, Loka Institute, School of Public Affairs at UW, Evergreen State College
Evaluation The indicators are respected, well-known, and useful for understanding and for action.
Timeline This year: Definition and draft of Indicators

Next year: Data collection
Funding Proposed $30,000

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