Dc-ri-policy

At the Jan. 7 meeting, these policy issues were among those informally explored:

1. Use talents of colleges/universities to develop needs assessment for e-government website updating
2. Develop K-16 policy for digital-media education -- with support for professional development and assessment.
3. Develop a tax credit for "solopreneurs" who work in the digital media sector - to retain young digital media innovators
4. Restore film tax credit to support film and media production projects in RI
5. Create a digital media education center in Providence that includes college/univ partners and BBRI -- companies like Alex & Ani, GTech and Hasbro pay to support it and get access to best and brightest grads
6. Create a fund that provides stipends for recent grads to have post-grad internships with tech entrepreneurs with informal mentoring
7. Provide educational training to tech entrepreneurs and digital media and design professionals to improve their capacity to teach in HS / colleges on a part-time basis -- builds real-world learning experiences for current students and supports current and next generation of RI business owners to contribute to their local communities
8. Formal partnership with RIDE and ISTE (international tech education org) which could include a leadership institute for principals and chool leaders - positioning RI as leading in statewide initiative for digital literacy
9. Make a competitive fund available to school districts to send faculty to URI's Summer Institute in Digital Literacy