ITO-Announce February 2005

The following resources were added to ItrainOnline during February:

1. Databases and Content Management
2. Privacy and Security
3. Gender
4. Wireless Networking
5. Internet Activism
6. Hungarian Secure Online Communications
7. Recursos en español
8. Suggest a resource

1. DATABASES AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT

DATABASE PLANNING GUIDE
This guide from CompuMentor is designed to help small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations develop a database plan and purchase or build a database that meets their needs. The guide includes planning worksheets and tools for evaluating different database products.
http://www.techsoup.org/products/downdetails.cfm?downloadid=67

PLANNING A DATABASE-DRIVEN WEB SITE
This article sets out the steps you need to follow to go from the idea of a database-driven Web site to actual design, development, and implementation, in step-by-step format.
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=375&topicid=13

DRUPAL
Drupal is an open-source content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services. Drupal can support a diverse range of web projects, from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites.
http://drupal.org/project/drupal

2. PRIVACY AND SECURITY

ABSOLUTESHIELD FILE SHREDDER
Windows does not physically remove deleted files from your hard disk. AbsoluteShield File Shredder erases files completely, making them impossible to recover. The tool is integrated with the Windows shell and you can directly start shredding by right-clicking on the selected folders/files and selecting "AbsoluteShield File Shredder"
from the Windows explorer menu.
http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm

CIPHIRE
Ciphire Mail is an e-mail encryption tool which works in conjunction with your regular e-mail client. It encrypts and decrypts e-mail messages, and can digitally sign each message to provide authentication and guard against identity theft. Versions for Windows 2000/XP, Linux, and Mac OS X are available.
https://www.ciphirebeta.com/

3. GENDER

MULTIMEDIA GENDER TRAINING KIT
This gender training kit gives you an opportunity to upgrade your knowledge and skills in the crucial area of gender and development. The kit has 7 modules which cover issues of empowerment, governance, gender sensitive policies, education, and leadership. Each module has lessons and assessments before going on to the next module. The kit was developed by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in
collaboration with UNESCO. You must sign up at the learning centre to receive the modules.
http://www.ignou.ac.in/igun_gentr/index.asp

GENDER AND TRAINING: MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY AND THE PLANNING, REALISATION, AND EVALUATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES
This manual from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation defines key terms and offers practical tips for being gender aware in the workplace. It encourages trainers to examine content, work forms and methods, their own gender knowledge, language and communication.
http://www.siyanda.org/docs/sdc_toolkitenglish.pdf

4. WIRELESS NETWORKING

THE ROOFTOP COMMUNITY NETWORK: FREE, HIGH-SPEED NETWORK ACCESS FOR COMMUNITIES
This article quickly orients readers to the benefits of wireless networking for fast and free community access, based on the Rooftop Community Network experience in the United States. It provides a brief introduction to the concept, technology, applications, and policy issues involved. Written by Dave Beyer, Mark D. Vestrich and JJ Garcia-Luna-Aceves.
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/iip/doeconf/beyer.html

SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: A COMPLEMENTARY COMPARISON
A short tutorial by Puneet Gupta on the relationship between Bluetooth, HomeRF, IrDA and Wi-Fi standards, technologies which compete in certain fronts and are complementary in other areas. Written in 2002, the overview helps readers select solutions for a specific application context by examining strengths and weaknesses.
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/channels/bluetooth/features/bluetooth_irda.html

THE WIRELESS DEVELOPER NETWORK
The Wireless Developer Network is an on-line community for information technology professionals interested in mobile computing and communications. The site offers technical information, news, industry coverage, and commentary from the wireless developers' community. The site features quality articles and a solid library
collection of tutorials and training materials on wireless.
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/

5. INTERNET ACTIVISM

AN INTRODUCTION TO ACTIVISM ON THE INTERNET
A brief introduction to techniques of electronic advocacy using email, the Web, and other "new media" to bring about social change. Any campaign determining its strategy should analyze its goals and consider the best way to influence, facilitate, create, or seize power. Electronic campaigning techniques may work best when
supplementing offline tactics... or may be entirely unsuitable given
a campaign's intended audience, targets, timing, or resources. As with other campaigning tactics, strategies that work in one context will not necessarily work in another.
http://www.backspace.com/action/all.php

6. HUNGARIAN: SECURE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS

SECURE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS IN HUNGARIAN
Secure online communications information developed by APC has been translated by Green Spider, Association for Progressive Communication Member in Hungary.
http://www.zpok.hu/biztkomm/

7. RECURSOS EN ESPAÑOL

ESPACIO LINUX
Es un sitio dedicado a la comunidad enfocada en el sistema GNU/Linux y software libre. "El Taller Linux" lleva visitantes paso a paso por la instalación de Linux en varios posibles escenarios, con información técnica y desde la experiencia de otros miembros de la comunidad. La sección de documentación cuenta con tutoriales, manuales y los "COMOs" que tiene que ver con Linux.
http://www.espaciolinux.com/index.html

ALTERNATIVAS LIBRES
Para facilitar el proceso de transición al software libre, este sitio establece relaciones entre las aplicaciones propietarias y las alternativas libres que existen. Se mostraran las diferentes aplicaciones libres que pueden sustituir al programa que utilizabas,
incluyendo información sobre la alternativa tales como la página web del proyecto, valoración, descripción, capturas de pantalla, etc.
http://alts.homelinux.net/

GÉNERO Y FORMACIÓN: PLANIFICAR, IMPLEMENTAR Y EVALUAR PROGRAMAS DE FORMACIÓN CON ENFOQUE DE GÉNERO
Este material fue desarrollado por la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación como un apoyo a capacitadores y capacitadoras para implementar formación que promueve la igualdad de género. Ofrece consejos prácticos y define términos básicos para ser consciente de temas de género en la formación. Ayuda a capacitadoras
y capacitadores a examinar contenido, metodología, sus conocimientos propios acerca de género, y su lenguaje, desde una perspectiva de género.
http://www.siyanda.org/docs/sdc_toolkitspanish.pdf

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