Kindersite
I would like to as briefly as possible introduce you to the
digital divide Kindersite Project.

The digital divide Kindersite's mission is to commission, test and deliver
the 'best' community appropriate digital content to use for the introductory
process to technology for digitally disadvantaged communities.

As Professor Howard Besser, co-Director UCLA/Pacific Bell Initiative for the
21st Century says in The Next Digital Divides, "The huge gap in the
appropriateness of online content to under-served populations threatens to
greatly increase social disparities".

Andrew Benson Greene, National Coordinator, iEARN Project, Sierra Leone,
wrote to us, saying, I quote, "Since WSIS in Geneva, many high-tech gadgets
have been assembled in Palexpo, but there has been few opportunities for the
Sierra Leone community to reap the benefits".

This mission will be completed by gaining an understanding of what
constitutes appropriate introductory content for a community through a
testing process using the Kindersite platform.

The outcomes desired are that individuals and communities will understand
from the first introduction what the meaning of the new technology can be on
an individual level and why they should engage and investigate the new
technology tools.

The commissioning of content will be completed on a local level with the
purpose of stimulating growth in locally-based content providers.

The existing Kindersite research and delivery platform that addresses the
introduction of technology to early learners has already been partially
completed and proven in the field. http://www.kindersite.org

To achieve thus huge task the digital divide Kindersite needs to build a
large coalition of partners (individuals and organizations) who are prepared
to aid and support the project in achieving its global mission and is now
looking for expressions of support for Members of a Board, Trustees,
Advisors, Funding, Implementing Partners and Coalition Partners etc.

Further information including a fuller description can be found on the
Kindersite website at: http://www.kindersite.org/digital.htm

Joel Josephson, Director
Kindersite Project
Joel_josephson@...
http://www.kindersite.org