digiTenn is coming

This blog will provide a forum for sharing information and resources regarding academic technology, democratic Internet, digital divide, digital literacy, technology access and other issues related to technology in education, public service and community development, especially within and relevant to the state of Tennessee. The importance of the relationship between higher education (and service learning), public service (government and private not-for-profit) and community development cannot be overstated and this work hopes to strengthen the bridges, communications and collaboration between these sectors in the state of Tennessee.

This blog is owned and managed by Tess Beebe Johnson, a graduate student at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee. I take sole responsibility for its contents and the partnerships expressed herein by no way imply an endorsement of the views or information on this blog by persons or organizations with whom I will do this work. The digiTenn project is being written into a proposal for administration as my graduate report and will be submitted for publication this winter. I welcome any and all feedback (I hope to keep the comments section open as long as I can hold back the spam!) and will be developing a full-scale Web site as the project matures. I will also be posting a blog roll of links to important voices in the media and to valuable resources to educators and community developers who value technology as tools for their work.

The digiTenn project is being developed in close collaboration with the Tennessee Sandbox Consortium, its partners and the wider scale Digital Media Sandbox Consortium which now encompasses institutions of higher learning in Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. Its scope and range are growing and we hope to highlight their important work in digital media on our pages. DMSC founder Bob Bradley of Tennessee State University in Nashville is being cajoled into collaborating on this blog and in our project and will be posting here from time to time as well.

Please stay tuned!