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Our iTeams news links uses RSS feeds to bring you current news regarding technology, broadband, and innovation.These links are updated daily from the webpages that we pull informative articles from. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content.
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iTeams Calendar new The iTeams calendar will serve as a message board and a meeting calendar for the iTeams.For iTeams members who need a login name and password send an email to
or contact us using our contact us form requesting your username and password.
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Phone: 427-5741 (ask for iTeams)
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What are iTeams?
The city of Fort Wayne, through the Mayor’s Innovation Initiative, established iTeams (innovation teams) for broadband. The goals of these teams are to find innovative ways to use the broadband technology throughout the city, to create new jobs and new companies in Northeast Indiana.
The iTeams will promote both innovation and investment. Teams will be established in such diverse areas as: health care information systems, intelligent transportation tools, public safety, learning technology, advanced manufacturing, library services, virtual medical services, teaching applications, including teams that will address a compelling need in the community.
Some of these teams will address the digital divide that we have in our community. With the current broadband and the newly laid broadband, almost every home in Fort Wayne will have access to the internet. These teams are set up not only to help those that have limited access to a computers, but also assist in providing content that will help everyone in the community. Be it educational, medical, services, or ways of providing new jobs to the area.
Goals of iTeams Spur innovation
Work on eliminating the digital divide. This includes the gap between those who have computers with internet access and those who do not, as well as the gap between those who are computer literate and those who are not.
Challenge businesses and other organizations to think outside the box to create new services and ways of operation using broadband (high speed internet, above 750kbps download speed)
How iTeams are formed
Our goal is to bring together groups of people with ideas and people in different fields to collaboratively brainstorm an outcome-based project.
We are bringing together people that have ideas with people that have the know how to achieve these ideas. The backgrounds from people will be very diverse, from leaders in the private sector, those that know technology, those that know how to be project managers, people from non-profits, those that can help get funding either through a company or through grants, those that have ideas, and even those that will enjoy the outcome.
There are already iTeams throughout Fort Wayne, many businesses and organizations are utilizing broadband everyday.If you are one of them send us an email or give us a call, we are interested in knowing what you are working on.
Current iTeams
NetLiteracy More Information...
The iTeam is working to increase computer access and Internet literacy to underserved youth, families and senior citizens in our community.This iTeam is also working on a computer drive to help gather used computers, recycle and refurbish them, and place them in community centers around the city.
Medical Remote Diagnosis More Information...
The iTeam is working to provide real-team diagnosis to diagnose diabetic patients with possible retinal problems before they leave the clinic, allowing for quicker response for those that need immediate care.
Deaf and Hearing Impaired More Information...
The iTeam is working to provide greater independence to the deaf and hearing impaired community of Fort Wayne by assisting with the deployment of Video Relay Service on a broadband network.
21st Century Scholars More Information...
The Twenty-first Century Scholars program is an income eligible program for families in the state of
Indiana.Students in the 7th or 8th grade who qualify for the program, can receive up to four years of college tuition to attend an eligible Indiana public or private college or university.
City Government More Information... The City of Fort Wayne is working on many different internal iTeams to help make city government more efficient, effective, and accessible.
Check out City TV Channel 58 live and streaming accessible 24 hours a day, available through the Allen County Public Library and Access Fort Wayne. Click here to view now
Future updates about iTeams
Check back with the website about upcoming meetings and ways to continue conversations about innovation and iTeams through blogs and listservs
To help facilitate future iTeam meetings and online messaging boards we have developed the iTeams calendar. For iTeams members who need a login name and password send an email to
or contact us using our contact us form requesting your name and password.For those that would like to become an iTeams member or would like to start an iTeam please contact us as well.
Link to iTeams Calendar
We plan on having quarterly gathers with current iTeam members and those that are interested in joining iTeams. This will help spur conversation, work out bumps in the road, and energize those involved
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