The student web design team, Julia Seebach, Giovanna Windrose, Randall Cox with F. Fatilua, Executive Director of SCDC.

"Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, and some kind of teaching. We are all pupils, and we are all teachers."

-Gilbert Highet, "The Art of Teaching, 1950"

The creation of this website was a collaborative effort between a team of students from San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies Program, Team Tech of the Bay Area and Samoan Community Development Center.

In February of 2000, San Francisco State University's College of Extended Learning offered it first ever Web Design Intensive program at it's downtown Multimedia Studies campus. Students participated in an accelerated curriculum involving a combination of computer applications and internet design classes. The final project for these students was to work in teams and create a web site for a local nonprofit agency here in San Francisco.

That's where Team Tech comes in. TeamTech San Francisco is assisting Bay Area non-profits in effectively using technology to increase the impact of their work in the low-income communities they serve. Team Tech was the liaison between the students and their respective nonprofits. TeamTech is a collaborative effort on the part of Americorps*VISTA, IBM, and United Way of America, as a response to America's Promise to bring nonprofits in sixteen cities across the country up to date technologically. America's Promise was founded in Philadelphia at the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in April, 1997, and is chaired by General Colin L. Powell.

In each city, AmeriCorps*VISTA members work through the local United Way and it's affiliates with technology funding from IBM, to implement a plan that will enhance technology for selected community-based organizations in their area.

TeamTech San Francisco has joined with the Northern California Council for the Community, through the United Way, to strengthen the capacity of CBO's to provide services throughout the Bay Area.

The student team that created this site was comprised of Julia Seebach, Giovanna Windrose, and Randall Cox.

The team would like to personally thank:

SFSU/MSP - for thoroughly combing the multimedia industry and finding the best available instructors to impart their invaluable wisdom to us.

All Web Design Intensive Instructors from the Spring 2000 session - for giving us their very best and for supporting us, above and beyond the call of duty.

SCDC - for allowing us the opportunity to contribute to our community and to use our newfound knowledge to make a difference in a meaningful way.

Our family and friends - for their support and understanding throughout this truly "intensive" 20 week process.

Sponsors of the Team Tech Effort:

America's Promise

Americorps*VISTA

Northern California Council for the Community

IBM

United Way of America

United Way of the Bay Area

TeamTech San Francisco

SF State University - Multimedia Studies Program