Israel

OneWebDay 2008 Celebrations in Israel
Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL) and the Lehava National project (13 Community Technology Centers around Israel) have initiated collaborated activities for the local community members who are invited to Lehava’s instruction centers, to take part in OneWebDay events, through activities that advance individual point of view, and creativity using the Internet as a means of communication and services.

Planned Activities:

1. Three  Days of Open Workshops, in which adults are invited to learn to surf the web, open e-mail accounts, use instant messaging, start blogs, use commercial and e-Gov services and more. 2. Posters and Animation contest – " I wish - My Green Hometown" - young students present their own ideas about Democracy and Environment Protection, using multimedia free tools, to express their point of view.

3. Starting in a pilot project of building a shared photo database for the occasion of “60 Years of Israel” in a shared online WIKI album – "PIKIWIKI" - a joint initiative of the Israel Wikimedia Foundation, Center for Educational Technology and the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL).

4. Instructing people in the use of technology and peripheral equipment (such as digital cameras, scanners etc.), And raising awareness of copyright issues.

More planned events: 5. Youth@Technology Conference- organized by young initiators together with ISOC-IL and Shenkar College. Details on the event will be posted later.

The events in Israel will be listed on http://www.isoc.org.il (ISOC-IL) web site (in Hebrew). Also see the ISOC-IL English web site.

We welcome any suggestions, ideas and initiatives. Please contact: mailto:nava@isoc.org.il.