Field Reports
Notes from the Digital Inclusion CorpsTeaching Elders Computer Skills
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...
ATALM 2017: New Directions in Digital Inclusion Forum
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...
Free WiFi and No WiFi
I stopped to reflect for a minute on my recent visit to Venice Beach, CA. The park has signs posted over the park benches “FREE WIFI.” I watched people gather and use their smart phones to share photos of the beautiful sunset and Facetime with their families. The...
Recycling Technology
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...
Empowerment Through Digital Inclusion
The indigenous people of the Americas are no strangers to innovation and utilizing available resources to better their lives. You can see, in the pottery of the Southwest, how ideas were being shared and improved over time. I think that is why the 2017 International...
Starwood Studios
I had the opportunity to visit my friend Eric Davis who is a production manager at Starwest Studios in Los Angeles CA. Eric and I were introduced from our time serving in the US Coast Guard together. He began working in television production after he left military and...
Arizona Tribal Libraries Digital Inclusion Summit
The following is a Field Report from Nicole Umayam in Arizona. Click here learn more about the Digital Inclusion Corps. 26 people attended the Arizona Tribal Libraries Digital Inclusion Summit on September 21, 2017, hosted by the Ak-Chin Indian Community Library in...
Computer Class I, Elders Introduction to Safety Technology and Mouse skills
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...
Pawnee Title VI (Elders/Seniors) Media Center
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...
2017 Arizona Indian Education Stakeholders Summit
Last week I attended the second day of the 2017 Arizona Indian Education Stakeholders Summit, held at the We-Ko-Pa Resort and Conference Center on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Reservation. The conference brought together educators, administrators, curriculum specialists,...