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Top Ten Links 2.6 – Integrity, Broadband, The Future of Learning, Fake Facebook and Employee Appreciation

February 13, 2011

My personally selected top ten from the links I shared on Twitter 2.6.2011 through 2.12.2011. In no particular order 1. cool! Tool To Create Fake Facebook Walls For Historical or Fictitious Characters via @web20classroom@gwynethjones – just what it says a My Fake Wall gives you everything you need to create a face Facebook wall making it easy to add posts, pictures, events, comments and more. 2. read this! BBC: Are libraries finished? Arguments for & against http://bbc.in/fkZFcr #tlchat #library via @joycevalenza The article is broken down into Only at a Library and Only Online Arguments Only at a library 1. Specialist research As tempting as it is to view the web as a tool for gathering all information, there are gaps only library documents, books and maps can fill. “Those libraries that have managed to retain older collections need to go on retaining them… we need that evidence of ingenuity, originality and inspiration that we can lose if we only look at things produced in the last few years.” 2. Environment to learn Sometimes there’s no substitute for human contact. Mr Dalby says just being in a place surrounded by books and information with help at hand to access them

Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide Part 2

October 1, 2010

By Bobbi Newman

Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide Part 2

Jason Griffey and I are having a discussion via our blogs regarding mobile phones and the digital divide to catch up first read my original post Why Mobile Phone Are Not the Key to the Digital Divide then read Jason’s response Why mobile phones are one key to the digital divide. This is my response to his post. Jason states: I believe strongly that the idea that a desktop is somehow superior to a mobile phone for Internet access is an accident of the time in which we live and the historical nature of the rise of computing. One can easily imagine that 10 years from now the then-digital-natives will look aghast at the desktops of the past. “What do you mean, you had to sit at a desk to use a computer? You pushed actual buttons? I agree with this or at least don’t doubt the likelihood of it. Except for one part, there are no digital natives. At least not in the sweeping generational assignments we technophiles want to apply. You can not say all Millennials are digital natives, or that the generation after them will be, until we close the digital divide. There are too many children without exposure to the technology they would

Why Mobile Phone Are Not the Key to the Digital Divide

September 30, 2010

By Bobbi Newman

Why Mobile Phone Are Not the Key to the Digital Divide

Earlier this week I tweeted I whole heartedly, unequivocally disagree with this! Mobile access helps agencies break past digital divide Which linked to this article from, Pew Internet and American life - Mobile access helps agencies break past digital divide | Interview with Aaron Smith. In which Smith says “I think mobile is playing a key role in bridging those gaps between people who have that broadband connection at home and people who don’t. It really gives people an economically viable opportunity to tap into the online world that they wouldn’t normally have,” I got some responses back on Twitter including from Jason Griffey and Tiffini Travis disagreeing with me, Jason suggested dueling blog posts. Earlier this year I wrote a post entitled Mobile Phones Are Not The Key to Bridging the Digital Divide in response to an NPR story, A Digital Revolution In The Palm Of Your Hand. Since this is actually my second attempt at addressing this issue on my blog I hope I am more elegant, articulate and successful in delivering my message. Reports and studies show that minorities and lower-income households rely on mobile access because they do not have access at home. Other cultural forces aside, minorities, lower-income households

Should Broadband Access be a Right? I Say Yes

June 3, 2010

By Bobbi Newman

Should Broadband Access be a Right? I Say Yes

And I’m not alone. Countries such as France, Greece, Estonia, Spain and Finland have already moved to make it a right for their citizens. I know this can be a complicated topic to discuss, as Ange Fitzpatrick points when cast against the civil rights and women’s rights struggles internet access seems laughable. Thomas Jefferson admirably covers all bases when he describes the unalienable rights as including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but I think anyone would struggle to convincingly tack on to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and a high speed internet connection. What would be next- a flat screen TV? Yet, there is so much more happening online, it is a huge source of information, a tool for communication. As Dr. Hamadoun Toure, secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, states “The right to communicate cannot be ignored,” “The internet is the most powerful potential source of enlightenment ever created.” “We have entered the knowledge society and everyone must have access to participate.” He concluded that governments must “regard the internet as basic infrastructure – just like roads, waste and water”. We can not look at internet access as a frivolous tool that allows people to update their Facebook

FCC’s Broadband Action Agenda Fails to Address Training and Education

April 23, 2010

By Bobbi Newman

I’ve been following the FCC’s National Broadband Plans since they were sent to Congress. I’ve been excited about the possibility of the Digital Literacy Corps. However when reviewing the Broadband Action Agenda I feel a little uneasy. I see no reference to training or instruction. While I agree on the importance of access to broadband I’m concerned about lack of attention to instruction. This sort of training and funding are desperately needed. Dumping broadband access on communities that can’t afford a computer or the monthly fee for high speed access and without any instruction is like giving a 13 year a Ferrari, its a great car but he can’t afford the gas and he don’t know how to drive it. Its basically worthless. At the VERY least there should be mention of public libraries. They are the ones who will be providing access to this wonderful broadband to people who can’t afford the device or the connection fee. It also falls upon them to provide the training and instruction. Broadband is wonderful but we are not born knowing how to use the internet, not even so called digital natives. I hope I’m wrong, I hope I’m missing something and someone will

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Posts Tagged ‘ national broadband plan ’

Top Ten Links 2.6 – Integrity, Broadband, The Future of Learning, Fake Facebook and Employee Appreciation

Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide Part 2

Why Mobile Phone Are Not the Key to the Digital Divide

Should Broadband Access be a Right? I Say Yes

FCC’s Broadband Action Agenda Fails to Address Training and Education

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