I had the privileged to share some of my projects (most of them showcased on this site) with 25 of my fellow young Pacific Islands Leaders at the East-West Centre here in Hawaii, on two session, one on the 3rd and the other on the 8th of October 2014. Despite being given a limited time to present, I was able to deliver brief stories of my commitments to various projects that are displayed on this blog.
My first presentation titled "Providing Digital Opportunities for the disAdvantaged" aimed to inform young pacific island leaders about the importance of including the middle and lower class citizens of the Pacific Island nations in gaining access to digital knowledge to help them fit into the digital error.
The core message was that majority of the population within the pacific island nations who drive the economy are the middle to lower classes and maybe we should start shifting our focus to them to address the digital barrier between those in the urban and those in rural areas by looking at how we can provide them with hopes to digital opportunities.
I briefly discussed the growing trend in heavy use of technology where the world is heading and and where most of us Pacific Island nations would head too. Therefore, we should also educate our people who are digitally disconnected with those basic ICT knowledge because every thing would be dependent of technology in the future. By educating people on how to effectively use technology in trade, business, education or communication, they would be in a better position to appropriately use various tools to help them contribute to the economy of their island nation.
In my second presentation on the 8th of October, I provided alternative tools available on the internet for young leaders to use in sharing their participations with their local communities to the world. This presentation was on "Bridging the Digital Divide" which I talked about using open source services to reach out to the bridging the digital divide. I also talked about the importance of data security and safety, internet privacy and copyright issues and most interesting was when I took the participants through a phishing experience where they were shocked at how easy it is to extract someone's user credentials. Note: For user awareness purposes, members only went through experiencing the outcome, not the process.
My first presentation titled "Providing Digital Opportunities for the disAdvantaged" aimed to inform young pacific island leaders about the importance of including the middle and lower class citizens of the Pacific Island nations in gaining access to digital knowledge to help them fit into the digital error.
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| Connecting people and nations through ICT |
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| Providing digital opportunities for the disAdvantaged |
In my second presentation on the 8th of October, I provided alternative tools available on the internet for young leaders to use in sharing their participations with their local communities to the world. This presentation was on "Bridging the Digital Divide" which I talked about using open source services to reach out to the bridging the digital divide. I also talked about the importance of data security and safety, internet privacy and copyright issues and most interesting was when I took the participants through a phishing experience where they were shocked at how easy it is to extract someone's user credentials. Note: For user awareness purposes, members only went through experiencing the outcome, not the process.
