"HOW TO" INSTRUCTIONS FOR WEB SITES AND THE INTERNET

A lot of the stuff on this Blog is clearly going to be of use to only a very limited number of people. This entry is different. It deals with nitty-gritty ICT issues. A lot of people in developing countries are going to need this kind of information.

ItrainOnline
A joint initiative of six organizations with expertise in computer and Internet training in the South, ItrainOnline responds to the need for a single source on the web containing a selection of the best and most relevant computer and Internet training resources for development and social change. Key sections are: BASIC SKILLS , STRATEGIC USE, WEB DEVELOPMENT, MULTIMEDIA, TECHNICAL, RESOURCES FOR TRAINERS, and RESOURCES FOR WOMEN.
http://www.itrainonline.org/

Equal Access to Software and Information
EASI provides online training on accessible information technology for persons with disabilities. It emphasizes access for students.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/

Leland Initiative - Internet Resource Center: Making the Internet Connection Count
The Leland Initiative seeks to bring the Internet to Africa. The site links to the Leland Internet Training Manual: "Making the Connection Count" and the Leland Web Tutorial Series – “Create your own Web site”. It also provides sector specific resources.
http://www.usaid.gov/leland/resource.htm

The Network Resource Startup Center
A non-profit organization that has been involved for a decade or more with the deployment and integration of appropriate networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent States, NRSC provides pro bono technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives providing access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
http://www.nsrc.org/

The Benton Foundation Toolkit and Technology Literacy Benchmarks
The “Strategic Communications in the Digital Age Website” aims is a gateway to knowledge of and tools for nonprofit use of communications technologies. The “Technology Literacy Benchmarks for Nonprofit Organizations” are another
tool designed to help nonprofit organizations meet the challenges
posed by computer technology.
http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/
http://www.benton.org/Library/Stratcom/TechLit.pdf

The Scout Project
The Scout IMesh Toolkit project seeks to assemble a coherent set of tools and standards for the implementation and interconnecting of subject gateway sites; The Scout Portal Toolkit project was designed to provide a near-turnkey software package allowing an organization with a minimum of technical expertise and resources to set up a web portal focused on their particular subject area;
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Ed-Resources.Net: Managing Your Museum Web Site
This website run by Jim Angus is directed to people working with museums, but the approach seems to make a lot of sense to anyone seeking to develop a portal.
http://www.ed-resources.net/mw99/index.html