Last week, volunteer tutors from the Google American Indian Network (GAIN) were working alongside local teaching staff at Greyhills Academy High School in Tuba City, Arizona, and kicking off a robotics workshop to help excite young Native students and support the school as it strengthens its’ Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program. The volunteer Read More
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IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 13 June 2018
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of Internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 13 June 2018 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here. ________________________ If you liked this article, you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for Read More
People-Centered Internet and Positive #ChangeAgents, Experiments, & Expertise in Our Exponential Era
The People Centered Internet (PCI) coalition, would like to highlight a blog post on why positive #ChangeAgents are needed – and why the diverse, empowerment, and horizon collaboration capabilities of those teams are essential for advancing a more “people-centered Internet” for the future. This blog post was originally posted here, and has been updated for PCI’s upcoming Read More
Why the World Needs More Tech-Savvy Positive #ChangeAgents
By Melanie Wine, a freelance content creator In our rapidly changing world (partly due to Internet technologies and globalization), individuals are gaining the ability to do things that were not tenable fifty years ago when they were of limited availability to nation-states and large corporations. Simultaneously, the lines between activities done solely by the public sector Read More
IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 6 June 2018
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of Internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 6 June 2018 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here. ________________________ If you liked this article, you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for Read More
IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 30 May 2018
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of Internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 30 May 2018 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here. ________________________ If you liked this article, you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook for Read More
The Importance of Communication, Especially On-Going Communication
“As a both a new father and as our Executive Director, David Bray writes on the affirmative impacts that can result from adopting an empathetic “bridging” mindset across different groups. A potential unintended consequence of the Internet is the combination of 24/7 news, social media, and the ability of individuals to publish online whatever they want (which Read More
Making a Difference in Local Communities
People Centred Internet (PCI) would like to highlight the efforts of Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, who is providing motivational programs and chess lessons to help thousands of kids stay out of trouble and lead successful lives, as the organisation puts it, “one move at a time”. Here are a few videos spotlighting the work that Orrin Read More
How Government Can Adapt to ‘Exponential Times’
People Centred Internet (PCI), Executive Director, Dr. David Bray, recently spoke at a public service conference in Australia on the need for positive #ChangeAgents. Below is an excerpt with a link to a longer article about that talk; the full article is available here. ________________________ […Excerpt…] Futurists like Bray strongly believe profound social and economic Read More
People-Centered Internet and Foreign Affairs LIVE: Public Sector CIOs and their Evolving Role
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg7ugsfoV5w&w=560&h=315] At a recent event co-sponsored by Foreign Affairs Magazine and the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, Council on Foreign Relations member, Dr. David Bray, Executive Director of People Centered Internet (PCI), gave a closing keynote on a program focused on Public Sector Chief Information Officers and their evolving role, challenges, and opportunities, in Read More