Dear all,
ART was in touch with you regarding the Mekong ICT Camp 2010, Chiang
Mai. We got this database from them.
The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the Frontier
Foundation is holding a three day Digital Natives workshop in Taipei
from 15 to 17 August, 2010. The three day workshop will serve as an
ideal platform for the young users of technology to share their
knowledge and experience of the digital and Internet world and help them
learn from each other’s individual experiences.
Everybody has a story to tell, and with the Internet, it is possible to
tell the story and be heard. Young people around the world use digital
technologies to find a voice, an expression, a creative output and a
space for dialogue. Gone are the days when the young were only to be
seen and not heard. In the Web 2.0 world, the young are seen, heard and
are making a dramatic change in the world that we live in.
As Internet and digital technologies become more widespread, the world
is shrinking, time is replaced by Internet time, we are constantly
connected and intricately linked to our contexts, our people, our
cultures and our networks. And you, yes YOU are a part of this change.
In fact, as Digital Natives
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people who have found technologies as central to their lives – you are
directly affecting the lives of many, sometimes even without knowing
about it.
An Open Call for Participation
The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) in collaboration
with the Frontier Foundation (Taipei, Taiwan) are calling out to young
technology users to share stories about how they have tried to change
things around them with the use of digital and Internet technologies.
Conversely, if you feel that the presence of these technologies has
significantly changed you in some way, we want to hear about that too!
These can be stories where you have made a significant impact by
initiating campaigns or movements for a particular cause, stories where
you have used technologies to cope with problems in your personal and
social life through your online persona in the virtual World Wide Web or
stories where a small blog you started, or a facebook group you created,
or a plurk network that you started, or a discussion group that you
participated in, led to a change that has a story to tell.
The three day workshop will select 20 participants from all around Asia
and in the Middle East to come and share these stories, to interact with
facilitators and scholars who have worked in different countries and
areas, and to form a network of collaboration and support. We will give
your stories a face, a voice and a platform where they can be heard in
your own voice, in your own style and in your own formats. Participants
can fill in an application form (as given below) and forward it to
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15th July 2010.
Simultaneously a website will also be hosted online where the Digital
Natives will contribute to the content. Selected participants will be
encouraged to document in it. Expenses relevant to the project will be
granted to the selected participants.
Application Form
* Name:
* Gender:
* Age:
* Primary language of communication:
* Other languages you can read and write:
* Email:
* Postal address:
* Describe your Internet related experience / initiative(s) in 300
words. Furnish with URLs where necessary. Optionally, if images
and videos are part of the description, then upload them in a high
resolution version to a secure website and provide the URL.
* Write in a few sentences about your expectation from the workshop.
* I declare that the above information is true to the best of my
knowledge.
* I agree that Digital Natives will use the material I have provided
for public use.
Please note that the information you provide will be kept for purposes
of the Digital Natives project. Materials which you submit will be used
for reporting to sponsors and for public use relevant to the project.
Dates: 15, 16 and 17 August, 2010
Venue: Taipei (Taiwan)
Thanks and Regards’
Hasina Hasan
Digital Natives Co-ordinator
The Centre for Internet and Society
Phone: +91-80-40926283
