WSU Extension
CBDD At A Glance
WSU's Center to Bridge the Digital Divide (CBDD) is an outreach organization founded by WSU Extension in 2001 to help underserved populations improve their quality of life using information technology. We accomplish this through facilitating collaborative partnerships, providing educational outreach, research, and policy guidance.
Community Leaders from all Washington State Horizons sites met in Moses Lake for three days of LeadershipPlenty Training and Public Relations Training. The workshop took place as part of the Horizons Project directed by the CBDD's Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom
Allez les Cougs! The CBDD's Coffee Cooperative Telecenter project was featured in a 30 second TV spot for WSU. View it here »
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Bill Gillis uses his Blackberry in just the right place: the W3C Mobile Web Workshop in Bangalore India December 2006. Bill gave a presentation on Building Capacity for Digital Innovation in Developing Countries.
W3C Mobile Web Initiative
Comcast Local Edition host, Steve Mumm, interviewed WSU Extension Rural Bridges, Co-Director, Monica Babine, about our ways to increase information technology-enabled work in rural communities. The program aired in December 2006 to an audience over 100,000 customers in the Inland Northwest during CNN Headline News.
You can view it online using Windows Media, or Real Player.
Rural Bridges team Dee Christensen and Monica Babine presented at the Rural Conference 2006 in Portland, Oregon on November 7. Their presentation entitled Successful Rural Information Technology-Enabled Work: It Isn't All About Call Centers is now available ppt 9.4MB.
Communities Connect is a Statewide Network focused on supporting and advancing community development in Washington State through the use of community technology. Hundreds of community organizations across Washington State utilize technology to help their clients meet their goals, which range from increasing grades and graduation rates for youth, to higher wages and new careers for adults.
Wiki Wednesdays are short one hour phone and online gatherings to help people get comfortable using the Communities Connect wiki. All you have to do is be at your computer, online and call in. We'll walk through the wiki, practice using it and have some fun. If you can, please register for a wiki account BEFORE the call. Find out by checking out the Joining Our Wiki page.
Look here for information on registering, on upcoming Wiki Wednesdays, and notes from past Wiki Wednesdays.
Michael VanHenley of the Digital Learning Commons, has been a valuable partner for the CBDD's efforts in Afghanistan. On his recent trip to Kabul, Michael wrote an exciting account of his experiences flying kites with friends in Kabul. Michael is pictured here on the left holding a purple kite. On the right is Dr. Ryan Sain of the CDDD, deputy diretor of Global Networks and the Afghan eQuality Alliances.
Kite Flying in Kabul