The high-school students will also work with software developers in workshops and open-data advocates to build applications and visualizations. These applications are based on the data available on data.seattle.gov, Seattle’s open data platform. The day-long event will culminate in the presentation and judging of MESA team projects, and awarding prizes to the winners.

Register to join the MESA students at Hack for Change – Seattle at: RSVP

#Hack4Seattle

The City of Seattle and Code for Seattle invite you to attend Hack for Change – Seattle as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking.  Co-sponsored by Seattle open data innovators, Socrata, Inc., the event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Seattle’s City Hall (600 Fourth Ave, Seattle).

Register for the free event at:  RSVP

If you are a software developer, entrepreneur, self-proclaimed computer geek or just an interested resident, we encourage you to join us on June 1 as we work collaboratively to create, build and invent new solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, cities, states and country.

In addition to working on applications and visualizations based on Seattle’s open data platform, data.seattle.gov, Hack for Change – Seattle participants will have the opportunity to attend workshops and join in discussions on civic data and engagement.

Over the past few months, 803 people completed our random phone survey and 2,128 people took the survey online.  Thank you for caring about Seattle’s technological future and taking the time to tell us how we can communicate more effectively throughout the city.

Your survey responses will help guide the City of Seattle’s work on digital equity, broadband services, public outreach and engagement, cable franchising, the Seattle Channel, and the City’s web and social media.  We also hope your responses will be useful to community groups and educators, and others planning to deliver information and applications to our diverse residents.

If you’d like to receive a note when the results come out, email us at communitytechnology@seattle.gov.

THANK YOU.

The Technology Indicators Survey covers:
•    Internet,
•    Cable TV customer satisfaction,
•    How you want to give your opinion or get info from the city
•    Social media preferences,
•    Cell phones usage,
•    Concerns about cost or security
•    High-speed Internet services

Help us also connect with non-internet users. We encourage Internet users to help others complete the survey. For those without a computer at home, the City offers public access to computers at libraries, Neighborhood Service Centers and some community centers. Visit www.seattle.gov/tech/freeaccess.htm or call 206-684-0600 for more information.

Answers from this survey will help shape the City’s strategic and engagement efforts regarding cable re-franchising, the City’s web site, Seattle Channel and public outreach.

The online survey results will add to a random telephone phone survey currently underway and a series of focus groups in multiple languages. The City expects to publish comprehensive survey results this summer. Past results have been used in decisions about the Technology Matching Fund grant program, and in outreach for neighborhood planning, utility assistance and health education programs.

For more information on the Information Technology Indicators Project, visit www.seattle.gov/tech/indicators/ or contact communitytechnology@seattle.gov.  Also see the press release.

Encuesta de Televisor, Computadora e Internet – Para los residentes de Seattle

See more about the technology advisory board at seattle.gov/cttab.  Please email any questions or apply by sending your resume and letter of interest to CommunityTechnology@seattle.gov.

The City of Seattle is committed to promoting diversity in the city’s boards and commissions. Women, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, young persons, senior citizens, persons of color, and immigrants are encouraged to apply.  You must be a City of Seattle resident or work in Seattle.

Additional information:
Position requirements (consider before applying)

• Applicants must:
  • either reside or work in Seattle
  • not be employed by the City of Seattle
  • not serve on more than one City of Seattle board or commission
  • attend monthly meetings (2nd Tuesday, 6-8 pm, generally held downtown at Seattle Municipal Tower)
  • participate in at least one CTTAB committee (times set according to committee members’ schedules)

• Service to the board expected to begin February 2012
• This is a two-year appointment, potentially renewable for one additional term
• Time commitment (5-10 hours per month, depending upon activity)

Originally posted on Dec 6, 2012.

• Joint Technology Matching Fund and Neighborhood Matching Fund Workshop, January 17, 6:00 to 7:30 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
• Ask the Mayor, January 23, 7:00 to 8:00 PM on Seattle Channel
• Inclusive Gigabit Libraries Forum, January 24, 10:30 to noon at Hyatt at Olive 8
• Catch Some (Air)Waves: An Information Session on Low Power Community Radio, January 24, 1:00 at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center

Read more about these events and other stories of community and technology interest at Brainstorm.Seattle.gov

More About Get Online Week and public computing centers:
Get Online Week is being offered by participating centers in partnership with the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology and the Seattle Public Library.

The only way some people have access to computers, the Internet or technology training is to use the services of nearby public computing centers and libraries. Even for those with computers or Internet devices, these centers also offer valuable training in how to find and use essential services and learning materials online. Many of the centers offer instruction in other languages or specialize in serving specific residents, such as youth, seniors, or the disabled community.

Get Online Week started in 2010 as a one-day event at 10 participating centers in Seattle’s central and south neighborhoods. Get Online Weeks are also held in Europe. This Community Technology education program is part of the City’s effort to ensure digital inclusion and foster broadband adoption.