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Technology Resource News Electronic Bulletin
Spring 2004 Volume 6, Number 2
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A provider of educational news on science and technology.
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This Issue's Topics:
>LIBRARY RESOURCES
"TECH ATLAS ONLINE" & WEBJUNCTION.ORG LIBRARY PORTAL OFFER TOOLS
"TOWARD EQUALITY OF ACCESS: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" FROM IMLS
>ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL RESOURCES
CURRICULUM DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR DESIGNING THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM
DIGITAL BLUE'S QX3+ COMPUTER MICROSCOPE & VIRTUAL OPEN TO SCHOOLS
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & THE WEB MEET MARS
FREECONFERENCE.COM GROUP TELEPHONE SERVICES IDEAL TO SCHEDULE "TEACHER WITH PARENTS TIME" (SEE DESCRIPTION IN NONPROFIT RESOURCES)
"INTEGRATING STRATEGIES & TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE" (INSTEP) PROGRAM OPEN TO K-16 EDUCATORS
TEACHER WEBPAGE SERVICES
>COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
"'EFFECTIVE TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION" REVIEWED
ONE HUNDRED COLLEGE-LEVEL ASTRONOMY COURSES
"UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW APPROACH" FROM PEW PARTNERSHIP
>NONPROFIT RESOURCES
"CHOOSING & USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A PRIMER FOR NONPROFITS"
EBAY & MISSIONFISH PARTNER TO CREATE EBAY-AUCTION-DONATION PORTAL
FREE COMPUTER PC IMAGE EDITORS
FREECONFERENCE.COM GROUP TELEPHONE SERVICES WINNER OF WEBBY AWARD 2003 FOR TELECOM SERVICES
FREE CTCNET CENTER START UP MANUAL
FREE MAGPIE (MEDIA ACCESS GENERATOR) FOR SUBTITLING & CAPTIONING WEB-BASED MEDIA WINS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AWARD
>GRANT OPPORTUNITIES - UPCOMING
FOR LIBRARIES: OUTSTANDING LIBRARY ADVOCATES & SERVICE GRANTS. FOR NONPROFITS: AMERICAN NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE GRANTS; CISCO ACADEMY GRANTS; CTCNET YOUTH VISION; DIGITAL PARTNERS; HARBINGER PARTNERS; HANDSPRING; NTIA TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES TOP PROGRAM. FOR SCHOOLS: AMD; AMERICAN HONDA; DIRECTTV GOES TO SCHOOL; DELL TECHKNOW; EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS; HORACE MANN TEACHER GRANTS; NCTM FUTURE TEACHERS. FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: ACT; CARL PERKINS TECH-DEMONSTRATION; CHRISTINE MIRYZAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY INTERNSHIP; FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION-UPS VENTURE FUND; 23 NSF SCIENCE MATH TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING GRANTS; SBC FOUNDATION GEAR UP GRANTS; SOCIAL SCIENCE DIGITAL INSTITUTION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.
>GUIDES - REPORTS
"CHOOSING & USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A PRIMER FOR NONPROFITS" (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER NONPROFIT RESOURCES)
"TOWARD EQUALITY OF ACCESS: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" FROM IMLS (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER LIBRARY RESOURCES)
FREE "CTCNET CENTER START UP MANUAL" (SEE NONPROFIT RESOURCES FOR DESCRIPTION)
"UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW APPROACH" (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES)
>JOURNALS
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
TCRECORD
THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
THE JOURNAL OF DIGITAL CONTENTS
>CONFERENCES
CTCNET CONFERENCE
5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
IEEE.WIC/ACM CONFERENCE ON WEB INTELLIGENCE
IEEE 'GLOBALIZING TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION" CONFERENCE
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE "PUTTING BROADBAND TO WORK"
>LIBRARY RESOURCES
"TECH ATLAS ONLINE" & WEBJUNCTION.ORG LIBRARY PORTAL OFFER TOOLS TechAtlas is a web-based planning tool that your library or other nonprofit can use to assess your current technology use and receive recommendations on how to better implement technology to achieve your mission. Based on your organization's responses, TechAtlas offers recommendations that can be customized and prioritized to best suit an agency's needs. Building on these recommendations, TechAtlas outlines a timeline and Action Plan your organization can edit and refine. In doing this, TechAtlas is designed to be used either: a) directly by a staff member at your nonprofit organization, or b) with the support of a technical assistance provider or consultant. Launch TechAtlas or see other resources at http://www.WebJunction.org.
"TOWARD EQUALITY OF ACCESS: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" FROM IMLS
"Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing the Digital Divide," recommends the public and private sectors work together to ensure that libraries can continue to provide this vital access to technology for years to come. Released at the Public Library Association's Biannual Meeting, "Toward Equality of Access" is available online from the Institute of Museum & Library Services at: http://www.imls.gov/pubs/pdf/Equality.pdf
>ELEMENTARY - MIDDLE SCHOOL RESOURCES
CURRICULUM DESIGN WORKSHOP FOR DESIGNING THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM
"Designing the 21st Century Classroom" Workshops will be held this Spring and Summer in Seattle, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans (during the Annual New Orleans Jazz Fest!), Las Vegas, Orlando, San Antonio and Boston. Appropriate for principals, curriculum specialists, classroom teachers K-12 and professors of education as well as student teachers, participants will learn how to design and deliver 21st century curriculum and instructional strategies into your classroom in this two-day workshop sponsored by 21st Century Schools. For more information on Spring & Summer Workshop Schedules and a Description of the 2-Day Workshop see: http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Designing_21st_Century_Classroom.html
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & THE WEB MEET MARS
Martian Microbes?: Looking for Clues to Ancient Life on the Red Planet
Imagine Yourself on Mars: Exploring the Martian Environment
Rambling Red Rover: The Instruments Aboard the Mars Exploration Rover
Journey to Mars with the Exploratorium. For more information, see http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/teachers/microbes.html
DIGITAL BLUE ONLINE LAB CONNECTS STUDENT SCIENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD
Digital Blue, with support from the National Science Foundation has created an internet-based education initiative for middle school students where students in grades 6-8 may create experiments using Digital Blue's QX3+ Computer Microscope, and post and analyze the digital images on a "virtual lab" website. The website will emulate an authentic scientific community by providing students a way to propose projects, form and test hypotheses, and analyze and debate findings. It will feature hosted chat rooms, message boards, textbook-related content, and a proprietary image gallery. Students can work with other students around the world and share microscopic images digitally. The company will make an in-kind contribution of $50,000 worth of its microscopes to participating schools. For more information, contact Patty Wise at 510-278-2907 or p_wise@sbcglobal.net. (Source: The Triangle Coalition)
"INTEGRATING STRATEGIES & TECHNOLOGIES IN EDUCATION PRACTICE"
" InSTEP - Integrating Strategies and Technology in Education Practice", a learning opportunity for K-16 educators, has recently been released by the Center for Technology Education (CET). Math, science, and technology teachers from grades kindergarten to 16 receive intensive training in problem-based learning, inquiry, and the hands-on use of exciting new technologies. For more information about this program, contact Kathy Norris at knorris@cet.edu. CET assists educational departments, institutions, federal and state agencies, businesses, and industry by developing Web sites and Internet applications; providing consultation services on the planning, development, implementation, and operational aspects of multimedia and Internet technology for education and training; transferring instructional material to CD-ROM or video; adapting agency- or organization-specific material to the curriculum needs of a learning community; streaming low-bandwidth live or stored video over the Internet; offering professional development in specific technology skills and software applications;and developing and implementing evaluation plans for projects and programs that promote the effective use of technology in formal education. Other CET programs will be featured in future issues of the TRN Electronic Bulletin. For more information see http://www.cet.edu.
TEACHER WEBPAGE SERVICES -
TO FACILITATE TEACHER COMMUNICATATION WITH PARENTS & STUDENTS
ClassWebs.net designs custom teacher web page systems for schools and districts, as well as offers teachers an easy way to publish class information in web pages. See http://classwebs.net
MySchoolOnline.com provides a handle on permissions to create and view pages ias an important element in preserving student-parent-teacher confidentiality and making free communication possible. MySchoolOnline allows both parents and teachers to create webpages on a teacher's site with permissions. MySchoolOnline facilitates the creation of projects such as newsletters and homework pages with easy templates. Developed by Pearson Education, MySchoolOnline integrates student activities into pages as they are created as well as graphics. See http://myschoolonline.com
TeacherWeb.com allows users to create multiple pages very simply, while allowing variations in design such as background color and graphics. Templates for links, photos and grids (such as schedules) are available. http://teacherweb.com
>COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RESOURCES
TCRECORD REVIEWS "EFFECTIVE TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION" BY A.W. BATES & GARY POOLE
TCRECORD, featured in the Journals section of TRN, reviews Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education, A. W. Bates and Gary Poole. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 0787960349, 306 pp. Kathleen Matheos, University of Saskatchawan, reviewer says "If you are a new faculty member interested in teaching with technology, if you are an administrator determining how technology-enhanced learning will serve the academic agenda of your institution, if you are an award winning face-to-face instructor, if you are an academic or administrative support person, you will find the insight and information contained in this book worthwhile." For more information see http://www.tcrecord.org
ONE HUNDRED COLLEGE-LEVEL ASTRONOMY COURSES
This list (http://home.eckerd.edu/~hudsonrl/chn/sitescol.html) is a set of links to over one hundred different college-level astronomy courses, mostly at the "beginner" level. These links were gathered from a search of over six hundred institutions. (Only a few links to non-US courses are provided but there are plans to for more in the future.) These pages contain material of value to astronomy students and instructors alike. Practice exams, sample quizzes, lecture notes, homework problems, lab work, observational assignments, and study tips will all be found in these sites. Few, if any, of the links are to just a course catalog description.
"UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW APPROACH"
This 48-page report from the Pew Partnership for Civic Change Trust explores the possibilities of prolific partnerships to be forged between institutions of higher education and local community-based organizations. CBO's working in such areas of job training, commercial revitalization, youth mentoring, and job transportation may draw on the resources of higher education researchers, interns, and grant partners to facilitate one another's research and work goals.
See http://www.pew-partnership.org/pdf/UCRP_report.pdf
>NONPROFIT RESOURCES
"CHOOSING & USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A PRIMER FOR NONPROFITS"
This guide written and freely distributed by NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative is available for download at http://www.nosi.net. It includes: 1) case-studies of nonprofits of various sizes that are using open source software, 2) a process for evaluating whether or not open source is right for an organization or application, 3) an overview of specific open source applications and steps to begin using them in an organization, and 4) an overview of how to find support for open source software.
EBAY & MISSIONFISH PARTNER TO CREATE EBAY-AUCTION-DONATION PORTAL
eBay has partnered with MissionFish to create a way for individuals to donate proceeds from an auction sale to a nonprofit. Here's now it works: 1) Nonprofits sign up with MissionFish. 2) eBay sellers choose a nonprofit and a percentage to give for each sale. 3) Once the nonprofit accepts, bidding begins on eBay. The seller gets paid by the buyer and ships the item. MissionFish collects the donation, pays the nonprofit and provides a tax receipt. For more information, see http://pages.ebay.com/givingworks/
FREE COMPUTER PC (NO MAC) IMAGE EDITORS
Generous programmers have developed and offered an alternative to costly software for users needing free image editors that support layers and handle files from other software.
PhotoPlus
This free open source image editor has image-manipulation tools and supports layers and it permits .psd files to be opened without difficulty.
http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp
GIMP
this open-source image editor lets you work with layers and
filters, and you can download plug-ins for it.
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32//downloads.html
Pixia
With a readable Help File to learn, this software supports layers.
http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/download.htm
FREECONFERENCE.COM GROUP TELEPHONE SERVICES
WINNER OF WEBBY AWARD 2003 FOR TELECOM SERVICES
FreeConference.com has been selected as a winner in the Telecom category for The 1st Annual Webby Business Awards. The service accommodates from 2-100+ people at the same time on a "meeting" with complete meeting integrity and privacy. The group or organization pays nothing to use the service. Only the individuals connecting to a meeting pay their individual telephone company to connect to the call and for call time. It is ideal to schedule open recovery group meetings where the number is announced and anyone may call in at the scheduled time and all variety of nonprofit group client and staff meetings. Teachers may use the service to "schedule" "teacher with parent time" in an easy-to-use conference scheduled call at a convenient time, where open discussion in a private setting on the phone is possible. Businesses may use the service, as well as schools and distance learning organizations for tele-leader-teacher-led classroom instruction. FreeConference offers "Web Scheduled" and "Reservationless" conference calling. Two free plans are available for a conference call up to 3 hours, and from 1-25 members, or 26+-100 members on the call. A web-scheduled premium service for 100+ members on a call is available for a fee. The Webby Business Award judges commented, "FreeConference.com offers a terrific value to consumers - free conference calls - with no strings attached. The company deserves credit for coming up with an innovative online business model that actually works... The site makes it easy to learn about FreeConference and to do business with the company." (Source: http://www.freeconference.com/Award20031028.asp). The Webby Business Awards honor companies that excel at using the Web as a mature tool to achieve critical business goals. The awards are produced by The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, which also presents the annual Webby Awards, now in their eighth year. The Academy launched the Webby Business Awards as a separate awards program aimed at recognizing the best busines
Press Release.) For more information, on FreeConference.com contact http://www.freeconference.com
FREE CTCNET CENTER START UP MANUAL
With Chapters including Timeline and Process; Mapping Community Resources; Determining Program Focus; Staffing; Software Selection and Criteria; Space, Hardware, and Security; Scheduling, Outreach, and Self-Assessment; Budgeting and Funding; and Preparing a Business Plan, the Community Technology Center Start Up Manual provides a roadmap for any community center or nonprofit organizing or evaluating their technology training program component. See what the government funded modelers and pilots of Community Technology Centers have learned and provided for you. The CTCNet Start Up Manual is free for download at http://www.ctcnet.org/toc.htm
FREE MAGPIE (MEDIA ACCESS GENERATOR) FOR SUBTITLING & CAPTIONING WEB-BASED MEDIA WINS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AWARD
By adding captions, subtitles and audio descriptions to Web-based media, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM, multimedia specialists, publishing companies or service providers may enable full access to millions people with hearing or vision loss, as well as speakers of other languages in the US and abroad. Using MAGpie 2.01, authors can add captions and audio descriptions to the most popular media platforms: Apple's QuickTime, RealNetworks' RealPlayer and Microsoft's Windows Media. Version 2.01 of the Media Access Generator (MAGpie) free, do-it-yourself captioning, subtitling and audio-description software for digital multimedia developed by the CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)-is available to download at http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/ "I use MAGpie 2.01 to caption instructional videos. MAGpie 2 is the easiest step in post-production of a video for the Web," says a University Videomaker in the WGBH Press Release. This Open Source software captured one of the Open Source Awards. Other winning Open Source software is featured on the software award site: http://www.opensource.org/osa/
>GRANT OPPORTUNITIES - UPCOMING
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Now open with Start dates in 2004, and Application deadline dates between April and August 2004:
FOR LIBRARIES: OUTSTANDING LIBRARY ADVOCATES & SERVICE GRANTS. FOR NONPROFITS: AMERICAN NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE GRANTS; CISCO ACADEMY GRANTS; CTCNET YOUTH VISION; DIGITAL PARTNERS; HARBINGER PARTNERS; HANDSPRING; NTIA TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES TOP PROGRAM. FOR SCHOOLS: AMD; AMERICAN HONDA; DIRECTTV GOES TO SCHOOL; DELL TECHKNOW; EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS; HORACE MANN TEACHER GRANTS; NCTM FUTURE TEACHERS. FOR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: ACT; CARL PERKINS TECH-DEMONSTRATION; CHRISTINE MIRYZAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY INTERNSHIP; FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION-UPS VENTURE FUND; 23 NSF SCIENCE MATH TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING GRANTS; SBC FOUNDATION GEAR UP GRANTS; SOCIAL SCIENCE DIGITAL INSTITUTION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.
(Source Technology Grant News, Spring 2004) For more information, contact Technology Grant News, http://www.technologygrantnews.com
>GUIDES - REPORTS
"CHOOSING & USING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A PRIMER FOR NONPROFITS" (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER NONPROFIT RESOURCES) "
"CTCNET CENTER STARTUP MANUAL" (SEE NONPROFIT RESOURCES FOR DESCRIPTION)
"TOWARD EQUALITY OF ACCESS: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" FROM IMLS (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER LIBRARY RESOURCES)
"UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS, A NEW APPROACH" (SEE DESCRIPTION UNDER COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY RESOURCES)
>JOURNALS
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
This online and print journal features articles on government affairs and community use of digital resources. For more information, see http://www.comtechreview.org.
TCRECORD PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL
This online "journal-website" offers peer-reviews of the latest scholarly published books in education from teachers-academics-professionals. Over 35 Kindergarten-Post Graduate education topic areas are covered with the latest books hot off the shelf. The public may freely join the website to read the book reviews. Individuals may also offer to become a reviewer, and their reviews will be published on the website. See http://www.tcrecord.org
THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
The journal will serve an audience of teachers, educationists, and educational administrators who deal with technology in the K-12 environment. This journal is issuing a call for original manuscripts for the new pages. See http://www.eduquery.com/JAET/
THE JOURNAL OF DIGITAL CONTENTS
A new printed and online quarterly about the management, presentation and uses of contents in digital environments, covering research, technical, design and practical issues aimed at researchers, developers and teachers. For a 2004 subscription for the Free online edition, send an e-mail with "subscribe" in the subject to jdc@formatex.org. See http://www.formatex.org/jdc/jdc.htm
>CONFERENCES
CTCNET CONFERENCE
The Community Technology Centers NetWork (http://www.ctcnet.org/)
will explore the growing role of community technology centers and programs in community-building for positive change at its 13th Annual Conference June 11-13, 2004 in Seattle, Washington. This year's event will include a number of new features. There will be a Community Technology Share Fair, the Technology Pavilion and a day of special Pre-Conference events (June 10). Ssession proposals may be made online: http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/session.asp. The Conference will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport. For more information, contact: (202) 462-1200 and see http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf2004.htm
5th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
The dgo2004 Conference will provide a venue for current NSF Digital
Government project participants to describe their projects, and for presenters and participants to discuss areas of digital government research. For more information, visit http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004
2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB INTELLIGENCE
The 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence
(WI'04) will be jointly held with the 2004 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT'04 http://www.maebashi-it.org/IAT04) in Halifax, Canada, September 21-24, 2004. Topic areas will include: 1) World Wide Wisdom Web, 2)Social Networks and Social, 3)Intelligence Knowledge 4) Grids and Grid Intelligence, 5) Web Mining and Farming and others. The joint conferences are sponsored and organized by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computational Intelligence (TCCI) (http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~xwu/tcci/index.shtml), Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) (http://wi-consortium.org), and ACM-SIGART (http://www.acm.org/sigart/). For more information, contact: WI'04 and IAT'04 Conference Secretariat, wi-iat@maebashi-it.org and visit http://www.maebashi-it.org/WI04, http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/WI04
2004 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY - ISTAS 2004
Sponsored by the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, the ISTAS 2004 Conference will deal with "Globalizing Technological Education" at their conference in
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
June 17-19, 2004.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute provides an engineering and liberal
arts curriculum incorporating project-based study in which students first
get a firm grounding in science and technology, and then learn to apply
their knowledge by tackling real problems. Working in teams, at sites
around the globe, they develop solutions that truly make a difference.
This approach of worldwide project based learning in higher education in
technology is the focus of ISTAS'04, which welcomes faculty, students,administrators, employers and corporations, and foundations to share their experiences in study abroad. Distance learning and associated technologies; outcomes assessment and innovations in pedagogy for globalization; and globalization connections to K-12 will be topics addressed at the Conference. For more information, contact Lance Schachterle, WPI, General Chair: 508 831-5514, les@wpi.edu and visit http://www.wpi.edu/News/Conf/ISTAS/
2004 8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE The 8th Annual Conference of Rural Telecommunications Congress
"Putting Broadband to Work" will be held October 10-13, 2004, at the
WestCoast Ridpath Hotel, Spokane, Washington. The use of broadband technologies for communities, rural e-government, libraries, health centers and community economic development will be topics of discussion. For more information, visit http://ruraltelecon.org/conference/
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