ITO-Announce January 2005

The following resources were added to ItrainOnline during January:

1. Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK)
2. MMTK en français
3. Audio Online
4. Community Radio
5. Low-cost Computing
6. Trainers: Knowledge Sharing
7. Recursos en español
8. Suggest a resource

1. MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT (MMTK)

Supported by ItrainOnline partner UNESCO, the MMTK is a series of modular training materials for use in face-to-face workshops:
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/

The following MMTK materials were added to ItrainOnline in January:

• Basic research methods
• Radio formats
• Content for exchange
• Audience participation for community radio
• Strategic technology planning for community radio
• Audio archiving on OneWorld
• Hushmail

2. MMTK EN FRANÇAIS

Le Kit de Formation Multimédia (MMTK) offre aux formateurs des télécentres, organisations médiatiques communautaires et secteur du développement un dossier structuré de matériel pour les aider à passer des médias traditionnels aux nouveaux médias ou à suivre une formation dans un nouveau domaine de compétences. Tout le matériel est présenté sous le même format standard et peut donc être utilisé comme des sections interchangeables qui permettent aux formateurs de façonner la formation requise en fonction de différents contextes. http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/french.shtml

3. AUDIO ONLINE

RADIO TRAINING COURSES
The BBC offers a series of on-line radio courses which cover all aspects of technical and operational radio skills. There are four courses focussing on the use of Cool Edit Pro (also available in shareware but with fewer features), which range from recording basics to editing to mixing down. The courses do require a broadband connection and are of ten to fifteen minute duration.
http://www.bbctraining.com/radio.asp

4. COMMUNITY RADIO

RADIO FOR PEACEBUILDING AFRICA
The aim of the Radio for Peacebuilding Africa project is to help develop knowledge about and use of peace building techniques among radio professionals across sub-Saharan Africa. The site includes manuals, audio resources and links to external resources.
http://www.radiopeaceafrica.org/

INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY II: THE UPDATED ETHICS GUIDE FOR PUBLIC RADIO JOURNALISM
This guide provides an overview of some of the most important ethical
issues that face public radio, as identified by public radio journalists. It offers principles and standards for ethical practice, in keeping with public radio's commitment to the highest standards of journalism. By Dr. Alan G. Stavitsky and Jeffrey Dvorkin.
http://www.cpb.org/radio/ethicsguide/

5. STRATEGIC USE: LOW-COST COMPUTING

HOW TO SET UP AND OPERATE A SUCCESSFUL COMPUTER REFURBISHMENT CENTRE IN AFRICA: A PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT GUIDE
This guide is the result of a study undertaken by bridges.org in early 2004 which examined the methods and strategies of the computer refurbishment industry, focusing on Africa. The guide describes the steps involved in opening a computer refurbishment centre in Africa and managing it into productivity. The full report is available in pdf format.
http://www.bridges.org/refurb/Refurb_Centre_Guide_bridges.org.pdf

6. TRAINERS' RESOURCE: KNOWLEDGE SHARING

KNOWLEDGE SHARING TOOLKIT
This (draft) kit from Bellanet contains tools designed to make it easier to benefit from the collective experience, knowledge and expertise of your peers, co-workers and partners. The knowledge sharing techniques described in this toolkit are a selection of KS tools that are simple, quick, and proven to be effective methods for providing and promoting open, transparent discussion on topics, issues, activities and projects, and can be effectively used as training/facilitation techniques for workshops.
http://tinyurl.com/4l5k3

7. RECURSOS EN ESPAÑOL

Una gran cantidad de nuevos recursos en español se agregaron al sitio de "ItrainOnline" en el mes de enero. Nuevos recursos incluyen, entre otros:

• Administración de páginas: la selección de un servidor apropriado y promoción de sus páginas web
  
• Seguridad: proteger su sitio de amenazas de censura con la Red de Respuesta Rápida, evitar spyware, conocer los delitos informáticos
  
• Video: conocer las diferencias de los reproductores, formatos digitales, y cómo grabar video
  
• Telecentros

La lista completa es tan extenso que no la incluimos aquí. Favor de
consultar http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/spanish/novedades.shtml para ver los nuevos recursos.

8. SUGGEST A RESOURCE

If you would like to suggest a resource for inclusion in ItrainOnline, please visit
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/english/submit.shtml or e-mail mmtk@apc.org