The New Digital Divide - 2 views
December 3, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/opinion/sunday/internet-access-and-the-new-divide.html The New Digital Divide By SUSAN P. CRAWFORD FOR the second year in a row, the Monday...
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Digital Divide, Mobile Divide, Knoeledge Divide, Access Divide, are we a nation of oppo... - 1 views
http://thepowerofus.org/2012/01/06/digital-divide-mobile-divide-knowledge-divide-access-divide-are-we-a-nation-of-opportunity/ We Still Have a Digital Divide and it is growing!!'We Still Have a Di...
Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Techno... - 1 views
Making Progress: Rethinking State and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Technologies and Social Media pdf http://www.cosn.org/Default.aspx?TabId=12543 BACKGROUND It is...
The Digital Divide - 1 views
Posted by Drew Hendricks on Feb 8th, 2012 // The current Internet revolution provides amazing opportunities for entry-level professionals, college students, and entrepreneurs, but as the Infograp...
Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms? - 2 views
****************************** From The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, February 4, 2012. See http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column .. Our appreciation to Monty Neil, ...
Feds ,Companies work to close the Digital Divide - 1 views
Feds, companies work to close digital divide New survey reveals 17 million American children still don't have broadband access at home From staff and wire reports Read more by staff and wire servic...
Why We're Building a Civic Commons - And How You Can Be Part of It - 1 views
ttp://civiccommons.org/2011/06/building-a-civic-commons/ Why We're Building a Civic Commons - And How You Can Be Part of It | By Andrew McLaughlin Walk down any major street in any ci...
Comcast Begins Program To Offer Inexpensive Internet Access & Computers To Low-Income F... - 1 views
Comcast Begins Program To Offer Inexpensive Internet Access & Computers To Low-Income Families http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/08/03/comcast-begins-program-to-offer-inexpensive-internet-acce...
FCC Chairman Proposes Changes to Phone Subsidy System - 2 views
By AMY SCHATZ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203388804576614843087697746.html?mod=googlenews_wsj WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said T...
FCC 'Steve Jobs Era Fund' Bridges the Digital Divide - 1 views
By Michael Nunez | October 28, 2011 12:00 PM EDT The Federal Communications Commission accepted Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to overhaul a program dedicated to building telephone connect...
LOW COST INTERNET and computer offer from COMCAST through the FCC - 3 views
Low cost computer is available though this program for about 150,00
New Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Denied Access to Jobs & Economic Opportunity... - 1 views
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Claude Almansi on 27 May 11"(...) May 20, 2010 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253 (...) Progress made, but rural communities across the nation continue to lack access to broadband More than 100 million Americans do not subscribe to broadband (...) approximately 26 million Americans, mostly in rural communities located in every region of the country, are denied access to the jobs and economic opportunity made possible by broadband. While the infrastructure of high-speed Internet is unavailable to those Americans, the FCC report also finds that approximately one-third of Americans do not subscribe to broadband, even when it's available. This suggests that barriers to adoption such as cost, low digital literacy, and concerns about privacy remain too high. The Report also notes limited broadband capacity for schools and libraries as a further indicator that broadband is not being reasonably and timely deployed and is not available to all Americans.(...) "
Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks - 2 views
Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks By D.D. GUTTENPLAN Published: April 22, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/world/europe/building-schools-out-of-clicks-not-bricks.htm...
Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age - 1 views
Submitted: June 9, 2011 - 3:29pm Originally published: June 9, 2011 Last updated: June 9, 2011 - 3:35pm Source: Federal Communications Commission Author: press release Location: Federal Communicati...
Labour market scrambles for new tech stars - 1 views
By April Dembosky in San Francisco and Maija Palmer in London A war for talent is raging in Silicon Valley where internet companies, from big groups such as Google down to the smallest start-u...
Broadband Adoption Key To Jobs and Education Connect To Compete - 1 views
Connect To Compete Overview http://www.ednetinsight.com/news-alerts/featured-news/broadband-adoption-key-to-jobs-and-education.html Washington, DC - Last week, Chairman Genachowski unveiled his pr...
Broadband USRegulator Unveils plan for Universal Broadband - 1 views
Broadband, Genachoswki, Rural , telco companies favored vs Cable, Bypassed by Broadband.
Broadband - 1 views
http://www.pabnews.com/20541/broadband-must-increase-to-diversify-online-learning/ USA - The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission spoke on the benefits which broadband can bring to ru...
FCC Chairman, Experts, Discuss Driving Broadband Adoption and Effects on Economy at Joi... - 1 views
FCC Chairman, Experts, Discuss Driving Broadband Adoption and Effects on Economy at Joint Center by TIFFANY BAIN on OCTOBER 3, 2012 Although it had only been in its new office location for less th...