To get the conversation going, here are the principles from: http://www.imls.gov/pdf/DIC-FrameworkBrief.pdf What do you think? PRINCIPLE 1: Availability and affordability Communities need reliable and affordable access to broadband technology infrastructure in order to be fully engaged and competitive in today’s information-based world. PRINCIPLE 2: Public access In a world connected by technology, all people, regardless of income, need access to information and communication technologies … [Read more...]
Broadening Engagement with a Little Help from Friends
We all talk about broadening engagement. FCC Chairman Genachowski shared this data with us.He acknowledges the Mobile Divide at a conference at the New America Foundation in January. Barriers to Use Affordability: 36 percent of non-adopters, or 28 million adults, said they do not have home broadband because the monthly fee is too expensive (15 percent), they cannot afford a computer, … [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...]
Let’s Give All American Kids the Dream!!
Martin Luther King, Dream Realized/ Not!! The Dream? Let’s Update the Dream By Bonnie Bracey Sutton President Obama and Dr. King's dream During the 1963 March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” One year after the inaguration of Barack Obama— the first … [Read more...]
Bridge Day, Teragrid A Special Event for Teachers
Bridge Day, Teragrid A Special Event for Teachers June 26,2009 The secretary of education and the president want transformational learning. We have examples of transformational learning in the high performance computing fields. But a lot of people are still stuck in an analog world as we move into the future of digital. Computational thinking is something that has to be considered. Truthfully we have closed our eyes to new types of learning in many ways through the era of no child left behind … [Read more...]
