Projects - Digital literacy

Internet Infrastructure Walks

London

Learning how to see the internet in the built environment - under our feet, above our heads, and within the city.

Tapwise

Cape Town

Every tap is a choice — a digital citizenship game for African citizens.

Quizwise

Cape Town

Digital Citizenship Quiz for adult African citizens

電子地図で考え分析しよう ― 地域を科学的に理解する ―

Masumoto Building

電子地図を活用して地域を科学的に理解し、データリテラシーと分析スキルを育成する教育プロジェクト。

NYC Open Data Lab

Brooklyn

The NYC Open Data Lab is a public-facing initiative that equips students to access, analyze, and publish civic data through reproducible workflows and open-source tools.

data_labe

O data_labe é uma organização que emerge das favelas e periferias com o propósito de descomplicar a cultura dos dados e os direitos digitais.

The portal is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for policymakers, researchers, journalists, the public, and other stakeholders to monitor the prevalence of deepfakes and understand their potential threats to society.

The Conduit Foundation

London

The Conduit Foundation exists to catalyse collaborative solutions to the world’s most complex problems.

Data Vandals Newsstand

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

As part of the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, the Data Vandals created a data-art kiosk and conversation space on the downtown 6-train platform at 51st & Lexington.

Data Vandals

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

The Data Vandals present data in exciting new ways, stopping people in their tracks and inviting them to learn more.

The Carpentries

Oakland

The Carpentries teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.

Project Geospatial

Virginia

A non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing geospatial education for a better world.

DataHaven Youth Advisory Council

Connecticut

The DataHaven Youth Advisory Council (DHYAC) has created a model for democratizing data and AI literacy by equipping young people with practical skills to interpret and apply data for participatory action research.

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Civic Literacy Initiative (cli)

CLI is a data-driven nonprofit aiming to be the interface to unlocking civic organizations’ potential: we equip both funders and civic organizations in making the best use of data, helping them work better together.

CodeYourFuture

At CodeYourFuture, they turn barriers into tech talent. Disadvantage into diverse workforce.

Bellingcat Tech Series

A how-to-series on the command line and Bellingcat research tools. Created with the beginner researcher in mind.

Deepfake Sandbox

California

The Deepfake Sandbox is an interactive demo that allows you to create a deepfake of yourself in mere seconds. After the photo is generated, we examine the societal implications of deepfakes and other AI technology.

Digital Access (Cameroon)

Cameroon (Cameroon, Cameroun) 🇨🇲

Digital Access is a non-profit social enterprise that aims to promote digital opportunities for young people.

Paradigm Initiative

Lagos

Connecting African youth with digital opportunities and ensuring digital rights for all.

Civic Tech Project & Community Handbook

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼

From Taiwan’s g0v Community to the World: The Collaborative Wisdom of Digital Citizens

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Pix

France 🇫🇷

Pix is an online platform open for everyone to assess, develop, and certify your digital skills

codebar.io

codebar is a charity that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running free regular programming workshops for minority groups in tech.

Emerging Tech Primers

Aspen

Our team at Aspen Digital is defining and mapping, in plain terms, emerging technology topics to help impacted communities, social scientists, journalists, and policymakers become familiar with the issues and opportunities so that they can steer the current state and future promise of these tools.

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AI goes to school

Portugal 🇵🇹

Artificial Intelligence: support teachers and schools in using AI responsibly and effectively

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Digital Community Stewards Online Course

Brussels

A training program for digital community stewards (online group moderators and admins) focused on building social cohesion in online communities, and creating inclusive, engaging, and safe digital experiences within their online groups.

Digital Wellbeing Initiative

Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the digital landscape with skill and intellect and find a balance between the promise of technology and their personal well-being.

100 Days Of AI

Learn AI skills in 100 days with daily bitesized lessons.

Academy of the Near Future

Dublin, Ireland

Ireland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.

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Camden Talks Data: Machine learning

Camden Town, London

This video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.

Portugal Digital

Lisbon

Acelerar Portugal através da capacitação digital das pessoas, da transformação digital das empresas e da digitalização do Estado.

JAAKLAC iniciativa podcast

Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮

JAAKLAC iniciativa promueve la educación digital crítica para desarrollar el conocimiento sobre cómo las tecnologías digitales afectan a sociedades, al medioambiente y para ampliar la partcipación colectiva hacia futuros más justos.

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Skills Wiki for New Government Hires

Aspen Institute, North 3rd Street, Aspen, CO

A comprehensive set of resources to help new techies in government hit the ground running on day one.

Curricular Resource: Public Interest Data Literacy

Georgia (US state)

Public Interest Data Literacy (PIDLit) at Georgia State University weds the skills of data literacy with the frameworks and tools of public interest technology.

Future of Privacy Forum Training Program

Washington, DC

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) Training Program provides an in-depth understanding of today’s most pressing privacy and data protection topics.

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Практика

Moscow

Теплица Социальных Технологий— это 5000+ полезных практических статей, чек-листов и видеоуроков, которые восполнят пробелы в знаниях и расширят набор инструментов для решения повседневных задач

IPleak.net

Website that shows you all the information other websites can glean when you visit them

Own Your Data Foundation

Wyoming

We equip every individual with the tools they need to live a safe, protected, and informed digital life.

Data Activism program for Cambridge Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program

Cambridge, MA

six-week Data Activism curriculum to equip students with critical-thinking skills so they feel prepared to utilize data science to challenge social injustice and empower their community

Congressional App Challenge

740 15th St. NW Washington D.C.

We are Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosting district-wide Congressional App Challenges for middle school and high school students, encouraging them to learn to code and inspiring them to pursue careers in computer science.

City of Boston Digital Equity Assessment

1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA

This study documents the rise of competitive broadband service in Boston; describes steadily increasing City efforts to close gaps in broadband affordability, devices, and skills; characterizes the remaining gaps in these areas as defined by stakeholders and available data; and makes near-term policy recommendations to address these gaps in light of current federal funding opportunities

SocialTIC

South America

SocialTIC es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la investigación, formación, acompañamiento y promoción de la tecnología digital e información para fines sociales.Conoce nuestros proyectos, reflexiones y recomendaciones sobre infoactivismo, datos abiertos y seguridad digital

The Turing Way: Community-led guides for data science and open research

The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UK

Alan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing's life and work.

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No Minor Futures

No Minor Futures is a public education campaign amplifying children's hopes and fears about AI technology. It uses animations, podcasts, workshops, and social media.

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TechImpact Technology Learning Center

United States of America 🇺🇸

Find original research, insights, and assessment tools to help you solve your biggest tech challenges.

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Data Playbook V1

Improve your team's data knowledge and skills

Siberkreasi

Jakarta

SiBerkreasi is a national movement to overcome the biggest potential threats that are being faced by Indonesia, namely the spread of negative content through the internet such as hoaxes, cyberbullying and online radicalism.

Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD)

Social Insurance Road Trade Fair Area 700103 Kano Nigeria

CITAD is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that is committed to the use of information and communication technologies for development and promotion of good governance.

Access to Information Community of Practice

Facebook Digital Literacy Library

United States of America 🇺🇸

The Facebook Digital Literacy Library is hosted by Facebook and currently includes learning resources made available by Youth and Media at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.