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Access to computers improves literacy, cohesion at remote community

New Learning Centre becomes vital 'gathering place' for Yekooche First Nation

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-January 30, 2010

 
   

   

BC Hydro Aboriginal Scholarships

The BC Hydro Aboriginal Scholarships are now available at:
www.bchydro.com/community/community_investment/scholarships.html

Successful applicants must use their scholarships in the year for which they were awarded. In order to provide opportunities to more British Columbians, you can only receive this award once.

• Eight $1,500 aboriginal scholarships, available to individuals who are status/non status Indians, Inuit or Métis and are residents of B.C. who plan to enrol in a full-time public post-secondary institution in Canada. Students pursuing an education in technology or engineering will be considered priority applicants. General Admission students are also encouraged to apply.

• One $2,000 Randy Brant Memorial scholarship based on a combination of academic achievement and outstanding community involvement. No essay is required.


Application form available to download.

BC Hydro Aboriginal Scholarship Poster Download (PDF, 799 KB)

BC Hydro Aboriginal Scholarships Application (PDF, 42.6 KB)
 
   

   

Case Study 2006-2008

The Impact of Technology on Stimulating Learning Opportunities(Yekooche Learning Centre)
 
   

   

User Skills

User Skills Development - Objective Information Sheets (FNTC)
 
Capacity Plan Development Report ( FNTC - Nov 20 & 21, 2008)
 
 
   

   

Integrated Land Management Bureau - e-Tools and Services

First Nations Pilot Training Project

 

 

BC has natural resource data that is of interest to First Nations.  BC has also developed a suite of e-tools and services that they want to share with First Nations to better access natural resource data.  As such, in March 2007 the Integrated Land Management Bureau, in consultation with FNTC, hosted 3 pilot workshops to train the initial First Nation clients who had expressed an interest in learning ILMBs’ web-based analysis tools and services used to access this resource information. 

 

ILMB is committed to continuous improvement and this pilot was used to gather input on the ease of use of their tools and services and on the capacity of this pilot group to use the tools and services.  The resulting Report: First Nations Pilot Training Results and Recommendations identifies issues that ILMB has agreed to address, and raises issues that could be wide-spread in First Nations communities – i.e. lack of technical capacity, lack of time, lack of resources to incorporate new learning into current practice, etc.

 

FNTC would like to commend ILMB for publishing this Report, and for their commitment to work with us and all First Nations communities in BC to improve the capacity to access and use natural resources data.
 
e-Tools and Service Pilot Report

 

 
   

   

Computers in Homes

Computers in Homes - a New Zealand Project
 
   

   

Think Tank on ICT Capacity Building, Sept 29 - 30, 2006

Background
FNTC Invitation Letter
Email From Network BC
Agenda & Participants\
Summary of Think Tank

 
Presentations
  1. Ellen Godfrey - First Nations ICT Training - Issues, Challenges, and Best Practices
  2. Martin Buck - Overview of SILC
Other Resources
  1. List of OLT Projects 2005-2006
  2. Cynthia Chataway - Successful Development in Aboriginal Communities
  3. Summary of How People Learn - John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, Editors
  4. Fully Integrated Technologies (FIT) "Tree" model

Think Tank  Report

The proceedings of the two day Think Tank were recorded thanks to the folks at K-Net and can be found at the following links:
Click here for FNTC Forum on ICT Capacity Building.
 
   

   

Everyone needs at least basic computer skills. It's not always easy to develop those skills if you live in a remote community but, if you have access to the Internet, you'll be able to access some very good training programs on-line. If your connection to the internet is too slow, most commercial software have training packages available on cd-rom. Packages to teach basic typing, word-processing, spreadsheets or presentation applications as well as web-site construction are readily available. We've listed just a few sites below as examples and would love to hear from you with the sites you've found to be most helpful. If you're having problems finding what you need, email the First Nations Technology Council at info@fntc.info and we'll do our best to help you.

Some useful online tools:

British Columbia Community Connectivity Coop www.bc3.ca

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) www.merlot.org/Home.po

CFN Learning www.cfnlearning.com

Typing Pal Online www.typingpal.com

Learn 2 Type www.learn2type.com

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing www.5dollarsoftware.com/mabetety15.html

Microsoft at work: discover ways to work smarter www.microsoft.com/atwork/training.mspx