by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Oct 20, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Every Friday for the past few weeks I have had the honor of teaching elders at the Sac and Fox library in Stroud, OK. It has given me the opportunity to test out curriculum on “real” people, guide, answer questions and listen. I always come away thinking how much...
by Nicole Umayam | Oct 19, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports, Digital Inclusion News
All five of us were able to make it to New Mexico for the 2017 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums to speak about our digital inclusion projects. Our presentation was an open forum titled New Directions in Digital Inclusion. We’re...
by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Oct 18, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Looking back at Net Inclusion 2017 In Minnesota, I was fortunate to visit an organization that refurbished technology, taught individuals basic computer skills with the goal of helping them with everyday life skills and/or career and employment. The individuals at...
by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Sep 25, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
The highlight of teaching elders is never knowing quite what to expect. I sat between two gentlemen, one who was the first to have signed up for the class. He is extremely sky, soft spoken and says few words. When he first signed up his friends had told me rather...
by Sandy Tharp-Thee | Sep 20, 2017 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports
Monday was a wonderful way to start the week off, creating a media lab for the elders in the Title VI building at the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Complex. Title VI is the program with Native American tribes that offer programs for their elders age 55 and above including...
