e-Vermont In the News
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Evslin Commentary: Imagining Vermont’s digital future Editor’s note: Mary Evslin is a retired high tech marketing executive and principal in Evslin Consulting. read more... |
05/07/2012 VtDigger.org |
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Video: Vermont's Digital Future Conference Introduction and Keynote read more... |
05/08/2012 Center for Media and Democracy |
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Websites aim to make neighborhoods more neighborly e-Vermont Partner Michael Wood-Lewis of Front Porch Forum is quoted in this article, printed 4/23/12 in the Baltimore Sun. In the Anne Arundel community of Berrywood, neighbors talk to each other daily. Could you recommend a plumber? Anyone want my piano? Hey, we have a hobby in common! More and more, the conversations take place online. A quarter of Berrywood households belong to a private social network for the neighborhood created by Nextdoor, a California startup... |
04/23/2012 Misc |
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Invite Your Students to Enter the Kodu Game Design Contest for K-12 Vermont Classrooms - Win Xbox Kinect April 19, 2012 - Manchester, VT - Students as early as 4th grade, are building incredible 3D computer games with just one class period of training! Through May 18th, 4-12th grade students across the state of Vermont will be given the opportunity to participate in a game design competition sponsored by Digital Wish. Kodu Challenge is a game design contest broken down into two categories, grades 4-6 and 7-12, and each member of the the grand prize winning team will be awarded an Xbox 360... |
04/22/2012 Press Release |
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Video ~ Finding Reliable Information in the Digital Age ACROSS THE FENCE: Larraby Fellows of Vermont State Colleges talks with Judy Simpson on WCAX's "Across the Fence" which was broadcast on 4/4/12. She discusses and demonstrates how to find reliable information online. Click here to watch the interview on Across the Fence. Or click here to read the transcript (pdf). read more... |
04/04/2012 WCAX |
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Video ~ Digital Tools for Vt Small Businesses through the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project ACROSS THE FENCE: Patrick Ripley of the Vermont Small Business Development Center helps businesses make use of Internet tools through the e-Vermont program. He talks with Judy Simpson on WCAX's "Across the Fence" which was broadcast on 3/26/12. Click here to watch the interview on Across the Fence. Or click here to read... |
03/26/2012 WCAX |
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Video: WCAX interview about e-Vermont and the upcoming conference on May 8th Joanna Cummings of the Snelling Center for Government talks about the e-Vermont project and the Digital Futures Conference on May 8th. read more... |
04/03/2012 WCAX |
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VPR Commentator Series ~ Labun Jordan: A Beginner-Friendly Web Everyone who uses the Internet has their pet peeves about websites, things like graphics that don't work on slow connections, or text that gets jumbled if you use the wrong browser. In her work, commentator Helen Labun Jordan helps Vermonters make better use of online tools, and she thinks its time to take these grievances more seriously. Click HERE to read or listen to the commentary on VPR's... |
03/26/2012 Vermont Public Radio |
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Digital Wish Awarded A.D. Henderson Foundation Grant to Develop Sustainability Tools for School Technology Programs Manchester Center VT, March 6, 2012 - Digital Wish, one of the e-Vermont Partner organizations, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the A.D. Henderson Foundation for the Vermont School Modernization Initiative. The initiative supplies classrooms the computers, training, and curriculum necessary for students to develop 21st century skills. These funds will support the research and development of resources to help schools identify and secure sustainable funding streams for their technology... |
03/06/2012 Self Published |
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Voters Increasingly Expect Vt. Towns To Join Digital World 03-05-2012 ~ Tuesday is Town Meeting Day, when many Vermonters value debating local issues and interacting with their local government in person. But, as VPR's Kirk Carapezza reports, many voters increasingly expect their towns to take advantage of the digital world as well. Click HERE to read or listen to the story on the VPR website. read more... |
03-05-2012 Vermont Public Radio |
