I have decided to organize volunteers in an attempt to have some web-streaming or something virtual at the next AoIR conference in Chicago. If you have been following the discussion on the AoIR list-serv, then you already know this.

So, if you are interested in discussing the possibilities of Internet presence at an Internet conference, and perhaps helping (at this point, ideas are good too), then please let me know!! Email me - netwoman at gmail dot com.

Thanks!

Call for Short Articles for
Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology
Editor: Eileen M. Trauth, Ph.D.
School of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University

As information technology (IT) has spread throughout all aspects of personal and work life, so too, has grown an interest in understanding more about those who use and develop IT, as well as those who are affected by it. This, in turn, has lead to an increasing interest in the demographics of IT developers and consumers. One demographic category of considerable research interest is gender. Consequently, a diffuse body of research related to the role of gender in human interactions with

The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom by David Huffaker

This paper explores the role of weblogs or "blogs" in classroom settings. Blogs, which resemble personal journals or diaries and provide an online venue where self–expression and creativity is encouraged and online communities are built, provide an excellent opportunity for educators to advance literacy through storytelling and dialogue. This paper explores the importance of literacy and storytelling in learning, and then juxtaposes these concepts with the features of blogs. The paper also reviews examples of blogs in practice.

The Center for Digital Literacy (CDL) at Syracuse University is
sponsoring its first annual

Summer Institute for Digital Empowerment
July 8-9, 2004 in Syracuse, NY

The theme of this first Summer Institute for Digital Empowerment will be "The Internet and Democracy." It represents a continuation of the Media & American Democracy Institutes initiated in 2002 at Harvard, and continued as "The Media and Democracy in a Time of War" at Syracuse University.

The purpose of the Institute is to bring theory into close contact with practice concerning the use of the Internet for political engagement.

Strategies, platforms, tools and training. Invitation to participate in an online discussion and information sharing e-consultation. 11-24 February 2004.

Women'sNet, with the support of the Food and Agricultural Organisation's (FAO) Dimitra Project, is hosting an International Workshop on the above topic from 23-25 February 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

To increase the number of voices in the workshop and to widen the space for dialogue and the sharing of experiences, information and resources we are hosting a 2 week e-consultation forum from 11-24 February 2004 and you are warmly invited to participate.

Special Issue for Universal Access in the Information Society Journal here.

A significant increase of the older population has led to various studies investigating the effect of age in utilizing the Web as an information resource. A report by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2001 stated that the estimated change in the total size of the world's elderly population between July 1999 and July 2000 was more than 9.5 million people, growing at an average of 795,000 people each month. This trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

The Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) is pleased to announce the release of its NSF-funded video, "You Can Be Anything." The three-and-a-half-minute, high quality video presents diverse images of successful women in science and technology careers and targets girls and young women ages 12 - 20. Already the video has won its first award - the prestigious Gold World Medal for 2004 in the category of Best Original Music/Lyrics by the New York Festivals. The 2004 International Film & Video Awards will be presented in New York on Friday, January 30, 2004. Claudia Morrell, CWIT's director and executive producer for the video, and Michael Bacon, who composed the music, will accept the award. Information on the event can be found here or more specifically here.

The Center for Women & Information Technology (CWIT) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is pleased to announce the availability of a merit-based scholarship program to encourage women to prepare for careers in information technology. The CWIT Scholars Program identifies 10 high-achieving high school seniors annually and provides four years of financial and programmatic support for pursuit of a bachelor's degree at UMBC in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a related field. Now in its second year, the program is open to both women and men who support women's full involvement in information technology.

International Symposium - 24.-26. June 2004 - Bremen, Germany - Call for Contributions

About the symposium:
The focus of the symposium is to concentrate results from gender research in order to actively influence IST (Information Society Technology) research and application from a gender perspective in a sustainable way.

The main goals are:
- Influencing mainstream IST development and shaping IST from a gender perspective
- Enhancing diversity in the development of IST
- Broadening perspectives in applications and contexts of IST
- Discussing technological support and education designed to the needs of both genders

This is something I have been meaning to do - compile a list of women researching the internet - and here it is via misbehaving.
Cyber Studies Resources - women internet researchers by Nicola Doering, here "you (will) find a list of women who think and write about the Internet, mostly from an academic view. Check out their personal home pages"

Excellent! And I am even on the list!