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Dispatch 5.10 October 2005 "Safe and Sound" |
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 Monthly Theme: Online Safety and Security The Internet has changed the way we live our lives forever. Now, every "cyber citizen" must become "cyber smart" – or face the consequences. From protecting your computer to protecting yourself, it's all here in our theme on Online Safety and Security. Downloading, cyber bullies, copyrights, file sharing, cyber predators, phishing scams, and a lot more. Do you know what you need to know? Click here! 
TIG Site New Tool Guides 
Popular sections such as Groups, Projects and TIGblogs, have brand new features for you to discover. Download one of our easy to use powerpoint presentations and show a friend how to use our newly enhanced tools! Download your powerpoint guide today:
click here!
Language as Violence, Violence as Language  TakingITGlobal in partnership with UNESCO and the support of the Salesforce.com Foundation is developing a range of initiatives around the theme Language as Violence, Violence as Language including:
Panorama Current Issue: Cyber Citizens 
In our current issue, we investigate the notion of "Cyber Citizenship" and online safety. What does it mean to be a cyber citizen of a world without national borders? How should we behave in this global community? What new opportunities do we have? How can we protect ourselves from harm?We invite you to contribute to the subject by writing about any of the topics covered in our Featured Theme this October and November - https://www.tigweb.org/themes/onlinesafety - or by writing an article based on your own experience navigating the unpredictable place that is the World Wide Web. Contribute to Panorama's current issue and share your unique perspective! For more submission criteria please email: editorial@takingitglobal.org or click here.
Global Gallery Contest "Virtual Citizenship, Real Safety  The Internet is a place to explore, a mode of communication, a source of information. Many people find and thrive along the information highway, rounding its curves and linkages. Others find a venue for expression and nodes to give voice to their opinions and creative thoughts. The web emerges as a place of interwoven connection and opportunity, but also a place of hidden dangers. This month the Global Gallery explores the concept of Online Safety and Security through a poster contest. We want you to create a poster on any of the following topics, or come up with your own idea.Possible topics include:
To learn more about these topics, please visit the Featured Theme page: click here. Visit the contest page to submit your entry: click here.
October's Featured Country Sites Explore TakingITGlobal's country sites and learn about members who are actively involved in TakingITGlobal and local projects all over the world. This month, why not visit Nepal or Spain? Each country will be featured on the homepage for two weeks of the month, starting with Nepal. Nepal: launch Spain: launch Help develop your own nation's country site, by becoming active in TIG's discussion boards, TIGblogs, Panorama online magazine, Global Gallery or by posting events and opportunities. Need more information? Contact: regional@takingitglobal.org
TIG Russia: Open Forum on the Millennium Development Goals 
More than 30 active Russian young people took part in the TIG Open Forum on MDGs which became a part of the International Volunteer Festival in Tver region, Russia. Informed about the global initiative and inspired by sample MDG projects that youth create around the world, participants of the forum got involved in vibrant discussions as to what change can they, as young people, create in order to achieve the Goals which they find most relevant for Russia. Want to learn what came out of this? Click here.
Open Forum on Youth and ICTs in Kiev, Ukraine  On September 24, Ukrainian team of TIG members and partners organized an Open Forum on Youth and ICTs in Ukraine. The forum was held in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, and was a part of National Youth Campaigns on the Information Society coordinated globally by TakingITGlobal and SchoolNet Africa. Ukraine, a country with a population of 48 million, has 5.2 million Internet users (Source:http://www.internetworldstats.com). The Forum on Youth and ICTs in Ukraine was the first attempt to bring together young people and representatives of IT companies in the country to discuss the vision and strategies for the development of information society in Ukraine.For more information about the Information Society Campaign in Ukraine and ways to get involved, contact Denis Stepura: dstepura@ukr.net View photos from the event and closure report: click here.
Be a Birthday Supporter  For every $10,000 we raise, we will be able to light one candle on our birthday cake - each candle one step closer to our fundraising goal of $50,000. For a minimum donation of $30, you will be recognized as a birthday supporter and will receive a thank you card signed by all TIG staff. And as a true sign of our appreciation, a symbol of your support in the form of a birthday cake will be added to your member profile page.Your birthday gift will enable the people behind TIG to keep doing what we're doing – working for youth and working for you - and help ensure that TIG will be around to celebrate many more birthdays to come. For more about contributing to TakingITGlobal please click here.
Wrap Up Your interest, support and involvement with TakingITGlobal helps our community to grow and encourage more young people to become inspired, informed and involved everyday! In being a member of TakingITGlobal, you are part of a community that is more than 90,000 coming from over 250 countries and territories. Thank you for having a vision of positive change. Your work makes a difference! In friendship, The TakingITGlobal Team |
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Copyright 2005 TakingITGlobal The TakingITGlobal Dispatch is the official newsletter of TakingITGlobal, electronically published via email, and compiled from various events and news from within the TakingITGlobal network. Contributions should be sent to dispatch@takingitglobal.org. Please include your full name, age, and your TIG username. |
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