This morning at 10 am Eastern the FCC announced a new initiative aimed at closing the digital divide (access to broadband the necessary technology) and address digital literacy issues. Connect to Compete is A private and nonprofit sector partnership to promote broadband…
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OITP and Digital Literacy Portfolio! Plus NTIA and a Digital Literacy Portal
by Bobbi Newman • • 1 Comment
I can’t tell you how excited I was to see this announcement from OITP (Office of Information Technology Policy, ALA) yesterday! Libraries are key players when we talk about digital literacy and education. Though as I’ve noted before we are often…
National Broadband Plan & Digital Literacy Corps
by Bobbi Newman • • 3 Comments
If you haven’t heard on March 16th the FCC submitted its National Broadband Plan to congress. I was excited to read it included a proposal for Digital Literacy Corps, so I’ve been following any news about it. On March 26th…
Top Ten Links Week 11
by Bobbi Newman • • Comments Off
My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 3/12/2010 thru 3/18/2010 1. Media Skills Integrated into Core Standards #transliteracy – A draft of K-12 standards put forth by the National Governor’s Association, as part of theCommon Core State…