When I started thinking about the use of the Internet, I remembered all of the people who could not read who asked me to teach them to read when they found out I was a teacher. That was many years ago and reading literacy is still a problem. Now I have a new way of thinking, there needs to be more than just reading literacy, I believe digital literacy is a civil rights issue. The headline here talks about the urban poor but it is more than just the urban poor who are worried. See … [Read more...]
Furthering the Dream
This is a tribute to my friend Mano. We work together, but I only help in small ways. Martin Luther King would have been proud to know her. Manorama Talaiver is an tireless, always working, inspired educator who has created wonderful opportunities for students, teachers and administrators. When I worked for the president of the United States who was then Bill Clinton on the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council she called me, and asked" What are you doing for Virginia?" She … [Read more...]
