Internet4Change & Click4Africa training @ Kampala and Gulu

As discussed in meetings with the CBO boards of both centers, I am offering 2 internet training workshops at each center before I leave to Thailand on 6 Feb.

Click4Africa

This course will introduce ways for beginners to participate in earning internet time for your center by participating in specific activities online. All members who have email addresses and accounts open at facebook and ned.com are qualified to attend. This course will be perfect for beginners, but they will have to have active email, ned and facebook accounts opened in order to begin.

The Click4Africa course will consist of 3 x 1.5 hours of lecture time plus assignments. Participants should schedule an additional 1 hour of connected time each per lecture (outside of the lecture time) to complete assignments.

Please sign up no more than 3 people per computer for this course.

Internet4Change 2008

This course will discuss formats for member profiles and online proposal / reporting content that can be created to serve your community via the Life in Africa WE Network online.

Members with the skills and potential to serve as online proposal champions for the community should attend, as should those who would like to participate in the verification and monitoring of online-funded initiatives at LiA (and other) CBOs in Uganda on behalf of online project supporters.

• Active email, facebook, ned.com and flickr.com accounts are required.
• Participants should also pre-arrange an interview with 1 community member immediately following the first course meeting, (not another trainee) whose profile they will work on building as an assignment.

Please sign up no more than 2 people per connected computer for this 3 part course. Each part will include a 1.5 hour lecture and practical assignments. Participants should expect to spend an additional 2.5 - 3 hours on assignments after every course meeting.

Yes - one member may participate in both courses.

Workshop Schedule

Click4Africa

Kampala

Thu 24 Jan, Fri 25 Jan, Mon 28 Jan, meeting from 3-4:30 pm

Gulu

Thu 31 Jan, Fri 01 Feb, Mon 04 Feb, meeting from 3-4:30 pm

Internet4Change 2008

Kampala

Wed 23 Jan, Fri 25 Jan, Sat 26 Jan, meeting from 10-11:30 am

Gulu

Wed 30 Jan, Fri 01 Feb, Sat 02 Feb, meeting from 10-11:30 am

An overview of what this means for your computer room at each center is as follows:

Kampala

Wed 23 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Thu 24 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Fri 25 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am / Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Sat 26 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Mon 28 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Gulu

Wed 30 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Thu 31 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Fri 01 Feb Internet4Change 10-11.30 am / Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Sat 02 Feb Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Mon 04 Feb Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

A 3-4 day follow-up workshop will be held in late March at both centers, to consolidate and expand upon what is learned this time around, and to troubleshoot practical issues that may arise in using these new skills.