[Abesoutheast] Award opportinity

[Espindola, Annemarie]

Call for Nominations: 2007 Verizon Tech Savvy Awards

Nominations for the 2007 Verizon Tech Savvy Awards are now available.
These are the first national awards honoring programs that improve
parents' and children's understanding and use of technology. Four $5,000
regional awards and one $25,000 national award will be presented. The
deadline for submissions is January 12, 2007.


The annual award will be given for the first time in March 2007 in
Orlando, Florida, at the National Center for Family Literacy's annual
conference, the National Conference on Family Literacy.


The Verizon Tech Savvy Awards were established by the National Center
for Family Literacy (NCFL), the Verizon Foundation, and the First Lady
of Iowa Christie Vilsack, a Verizon Literacy Champion. The awards are
designed to support programs that help parents bridge the widening gap
between adults' and children's understanding of technology. The two
generations must learn about technology together so parents can be
effective teachers and advocates to ensure that their children are
literate in technology and prepared for the 21st century workforce.


Successful programs should create innovative ways to employ technology
as an important component in family literacy, and those methods should
have the ability to be easily replicated at other sites across the
country.
 

Organizations that are 501(c)(3) nonprofits, such as community-based
organizations, libraries and schools, should apply. Religious or
sectarian organizations may apply only if the program(s) offered serve a
broad cross-section of the community.
Organizations should apply within one of the regions specified on the
map provided in
the nomination kit. 
 

For a copy of the 2007 Verizon Tech Savvy Awards nomination form or to
send a notice about the awards to a colleague, visit
www.famlit.org/techsavvyawards <http://www.famlit.org/techsavvyawards>
<http://www.famlit.org/techsavvyawards>  .

 

Patty Ball, Technology Coordinator

NorthEast SABES

NECC 45 Franklin St

Lawrence MA 01840

978-738-7303  pball at necc.mass.edu

 

 

Annemarie 

 

Annemarie Espindola

SABES Southeast

Bristol Community College

777 Elsbree Street

Fall River, MA 02720

 

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