Submitted by Oreoluwa Somolu on 11 May, 2009 - 13:25

W.TEC participants at work

The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) recently completed it's 1st Young Women Programme.

The training taught young women between the ages of 18 – 30 how to use Web 2.0 tools and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) to effectively develop and advance themselves as leaders and activists in their communities. Participants learnt how to use technology in four major areas: Leadership; Activism; Career Advancement and Learning.

Objectives:

Through the project, the young women:

* Developed skills in the use and management of Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts) and other ICTs for learning, self-development and  capacity building
* Understood how to apply ICTs to creating change in their communities
* Learnt how to work collaboratively with others using ICTs
* Developed skills that are relevant to their careers
* Learnt how to build a formidable network for leadership, career and activism based activities



Photos from the event can be viewed at W.TEC's Flickr album (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wtec/sets/72157617708236641/)


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Submitted by Kabissa Community on 11 May, 2009 - 17:30.

Hey, this is really great - congratulations! If you can, please share some more specifics about the program so that others can replicate it in their communities. I also would be interested in hearing from the participants and how they will be applying what they learned. 

I am also particularly curious about the picture below and notions of "above eye level", "eye level" and "below eye level"... can you explain it? 

Thanks! 

Tobias

eye level

Submitted by Oreoluwa Somolu on 11 May, 2009 - 23:43.

Hi Tobias,

I'll be more than happy share some more specifics about the program, along with lessons learnt and tips as soon as we compile those. We have evaluations for the program and so have feedback from the young women. I can also share some of their feedback.

 

In the meantime here are links to the blogs they created during the program, where some of them have shared thoughts on the program: http://www.w-teconline.org/blog/?p=106

 

In response to your other question about eye level, below eye level and above ey level. This refers to the perspective from which you can take a photograph. Eye level is what it sounds like, i.e. the object you are taking is directly at the level of your line of sight (a horizontal line from your eyes).

Below eye level is taken from a point lower than the object (or the normal eye level). It makes the object appear bigger or higher. You can see this on the board in the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wtec/3508085703/in/set-72157617708236641/

Above eye level is taken from above the normal line of sight and makes the object appear lower or smaller.

I am not an expert and was in the class learning along with the participants, so I hope I explained it correctly. :-)

I have included some links I found on the topic of camera angles:

http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/TechHelp/VideoHelp/aGoodStuffToKnow/Camera_angles.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_angle

Ore

Submitted by Kabissa Community on 15 May, 2009 - 01:24.

Hi Ore,

Great! Thanks for the thoughtful response. I enjoyed exploring the blogs -
congratulations to all of you!

Regarding eye level - your topic sounds interesting.. thanks! Wish I could
have been there. For some reason the connection I made was to something
completely different - I was thinking about the concept of "Nudge", which
you can learn more about at http://www.nudges.org

With blogs, websites, etc we have an opportunity to give people complete
independence to make their own choices, but also to "nudge" them to make
what we think is the best choice by making certain options more obvious. In
the Nudge book they talk about a cafeteria where they place healthy food at
eye level and junk food lower down - and children in cafeterias would then
more often choose the healthy food.

I saw a web example of this recently when setting up a free basecamp account
- they offer a free account but it's not as easy to see as the paid
versions... check it out: Pricing & Sign Up

Cheers,

Tobias

Submitted by Kabissa Community on 15 May, 2009 - 01:26.

Whoops - the URL got filtered out of my post by email. Here's the link:

http://www.basecamphq.com/signup

Let me know if you can find the link to the free account ;-) 

Basecamp is actually a great tool - I recommend it highly. 

-T 

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