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could 2010 be the year of bridging in the digital divide in South LA and other urban US areas?
LUSDEdTEch (Mark Schwanz) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:52:25 -0000
could 2010 be the year of bridging in the digital divide in South LA and other urban US areas?
May 2010 be the year Dave crosses The Digital Divide! @victwa #nomorehjsdave
Hilldawgg (Hilldawgg) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:42:23 -0000
May 2010 be the year Dave crosses The Digital Divide! @victwa #nomorehjsdave
My post on how silly it is to lament the Federal Stimulus funds for Broadband aren't fully closing the digital divide: http://bit.ly/4Gmeag
derekkerton (Derek Kerton) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:56:39 -0000
My post on how silly it is to lament the Federal Stimulus funds for Broadband aren't fully closing the digital divide: http://bit.ly/4Gmeag
Digital divide continues - http://bit.ly/50Scmb
webmarketing123 (Paul Taylor) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:36:35 -0000
Digital divide continues - http://bit.ly/50Scmb
#10yearsfromnow we will have affordable broadband coverage for the whole country and no more digital divide and net neutrality forever!
wfpman (Jason Gooljar) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:18:48 -0000
#10yearsfromnow we will have affordable broadband coverage for the whole country and no more digital divide and net neutrality forever!
Smarter Energy – Open to Everyone or This Decade’s Digital Divide? http://bit.ly/7pMLKV
revenue_spark (Revenue Spark) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:33:37 -0000
Smarter Energy – Open to Everyone or This Decade’s Digital Divide? http://bit.ly/7pMLKV

 

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Services Center - This site has links to groups and organization concerned with information technology and retraining urban workers, equalizing access, improving access in schools.

500 won’t compute: Lessons from a New Zealand ICT Project - Journal article by Barbara Crump and Andrea McIlroy. This paper asks the question, why, when computing is available in a socially situated, convenient environment, at no cost, do people choose not to compute?
Meta Description: [ This paper asks the question, why, when computing is available in a socially situated, convenient environment, at no cost, do people choose not to compute? ]

An Educator's Guide to Access Issues - In order to meet the needs of students in today's world, access to technologies must be equally available to all students. Accessibility issues include social, economic, and educational status, gender, funding, hearing, visual, and other physical disabilities.

404 AOL Time Warner Foundation | Digital Divide Bridge Grants - Describes recipients of the grants in the year 2000.

BBC News: Bridging the digital divide - BBC News Online concerning the international digital divide. Case studies focus on Burkina Faso, United States, Morocco, nd Mongolia.
Meta Description: [ In this special report, BBC News Online probes the growing gap between the information rich and information poor: How big is it? Why? And how are individuals and communities around the globe trying to bridge the digital divide? ]

Beaumont Foundation of America - Grants computers to communities, schools, and individuals to support digital inclusion for underserved individuals.

Benton Foundation - Works with other groups such as National Urban League, AOL, National Endowment for the Arts to help provide solutions for bridging the digital divide. Links to various foundations including Ford, Kellogg. Offers free on-line versions of reports dealing with technology and access.

Bridge The Digital Divide - An effort of bridging the digital divide between the developed world and the developing world. CNET Networks International Media has partnered with UK charity Computer Aid International to work on this.

Bridges.org - International NGO aiming to help people in developing countries use ICT to improve their lives. Has online newsletter.

Challenging the Digital Divide - Many people, mostly those already poor or socially disadvantaged in some other way, cannot or do not have access to new technologies and the opportunities they bring. These people stand on the wrong side of the digital divide.

Childnet Academy - Highlights and rewards young people who are developing outstanding, innovative online projects which directly benefit other children worldwide. [English/French/Spanish]

CNET News.com - What digital divide? - Pacific Research Institute director Sonia Arrison says that rhetoric notwithstanding, the digital divide is not a crisis and is certainly not destined to become the civil liberties issue of the 21st century.
Meta Description: [ What digital divide? | Pacific Research Institute director Sonia Arrison says that rhetoric notwithstanding, the digital divide is not a crisis and is certainly not destined to become the civil liberties issue of the 21st century. | March 13, 2002, 4:00 AM PT | Sonia Arrison ]

Committee to Democratize Information Technology - Based in Brazil, this organization's slogan is Say No to the Digital Apartheid. The organization works with and seeks partnerships with industry in provide equal access in all the school. In English and Portuguese.

Computers for Africa - bridging the digital divide - Computers for Africa refurbishes and ships used computers to organizations in East Africa. We work to bridge the digital divide, focusing on women and youth groups and organizations working for social development.
Meta Description: [ The mission of Computers for Africa (CFA) is promoting sustainable Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development in rural African communities. Ours is a comprehensive program, developed by our African and USA personnel. Our story starts with American students refurbishing computers ... ]

Computers for Learning - Texas organization refurbishes donated computers from businesses and gives them to kids to use at home. Good layout of how to do this in your area.

Contentbank.org - The Search for High-Quality Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities: Evaluating and Producing What's Needed - Research and recommendations to encourage the creation of low-barrier content and the careful evaluation of existing content to ensure that low-income and underserved individuals find a wide array of the online resources they want most. An Issue Brief and Action Plan by The Children's Partnership.
Meta Description: [ This report includes original research and recommendations to encourage both the creation and evaluation of online content in a way that considers the particular needs of low-income or other underserved individuals. The report also includes a set of guidelines to guide those seeking to create or ... ]

CPSR Winter 2000 Newsletter: Gender in the Internet Age - Explores the digital divide on a gender basis. Newsletter can be downloaded. Has a link to a discussion.

Digital Divide - Information on public television's two part series on the Digital Divide. Links to various sites concerning the digital divide and race, gender, and education. Also has links for educators to learn more about the issue and to implement new strategies in the classroom.
Meta Description: [ This Web site, provided by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), is home to more than 350 television show companion sites in addition to Web-original sites. PBS Online hosts interactive content for everyone — including kids, parents, educators, and the general audience. ]

Digital Divide - Race Relations - Net Links - Links concerning race and information technology. Also has links to sites on other gender and race issues.
Meta Description: [ Get informed and get involved! Join About.com Race Relations Guide and published author Susan Eckert in open discussions about the state of affairs between diverse racial and cultural groups. On this website, you will find the latest and greatest on current events, research, and initiatives influ... ]

Digital Divide Network - Provides links to and information about research, data, resources, and grants available on the topic of inequitable access.

Digital Divide's New Frontier - Audit/analysis of online opportunities and information for low income persons. Many links to information. Download in PDF.

Digital Dividend - Explores sustainable business models for bridging the global digital divide. Its Project Clearinghouse is a database of nearly 700 digitally-enabled social enterprises in developing countries.
Meta Description: [ Digital Dividend promotes innovative ways of bridging the global digital divide and creating social and economic benefits at the bottom of the pyramid ]

Digital Opportunity Channel - Very extensive digital divide news portal. Collaboration between OneWorld.net and the Digital Divide Network. Has newsletter.

Digital Right - Organization which aims to spread the adoption of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) to improve the information and communication technology (ICT) capacity of developing countries.

F2C: Freedom to Connect - Organization/movement working under two assumptions. First, if some connectivity is good, then more connectivity is better. Second, if a connection that does one thing is good, then a connection that can do many things is better.

Falling Through the Net - National Telecommunications and Information Administration government report on the information technology gap in America. Download in PDF. Has links to fact sheets and charts.

First Monday - Effective use: A community informatics strategy beyond the Digital Divide - Paper by Michael Gurstein examines the concepts and strategies underlying the notion of the Digital Divide and concludes that it is little more than a marketing campaign for Internet service providers.
Meta Description: [ This paper examines the concepts and strategies underlying the notion of the Digital Divide and concludes that it is little more than a marketing campaign for Internet service providers. ]

From Access to Outcomes: A New Report on the Digital Divide from the Morino Institute - Paper from the Morino Institute argues that technology is not an end by itself but should serve as a bridge to ending other types of 'social divides.'
Meta Description: [ The Morino Institute explores opportunities to leverage the Internet to advance social change. Our focus is on entrepreneurship (netpreneurs), effective giving (venture philanthropy), and closing social and digital divides. ]

GITA - Government Information Technology Agency - Arizona -
Meta Description: [ The Arizona Government Information Technology Agency. MISSION: Partnering with state agencies and private sector organizations to improve information technology capabilities, both technical and human, to efficiently add value and improve delivery of quality public services for the people of Arizo... ]

Global Knowledge for Development Discussion Database - Archive of the Global Knowledge Discussion list. This is the major list dealing with ICTs in Development

Grameen Telecom's Village Phone Programme - This is a detailed case study of extending telecommunications to rural Bangladesh.

Haves, Have-Nots, and Have-to-Haves: Net Effects of the Digital Divide - US focussed Discussion Paper

Heads On Fire - An organization working to bridge the Digital Divide through community-based media arts programs.

How Worldwide Is the Web? - Discusses the meaning of world in worldwide web and asks what the global network really means.
Meta Description: [ a reprint from the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy in the Electronic Classroom department of the e-journal Reading Online ]

Info Today - Article by Andy Carvin of the Benton Foundation arguing that the digital divide is the civil rights issue of the next century.

Information Systems for International Development - This is a list of resources related to the planning and deployment of information systems in developing countries.
Meta Description: [ A resource list of projects, organizations and documents related to the deployment of information systems in developing countries ]

InterConnection - A non-profit group that donates web sites and Internet hosting to organizations dedicated to benefiting the local community or environment to help eliminate the digital divide.
Meta Description: [ Internet training and technology for developing communties, - donate websites to non profit and non governmental organizations in developing countries InterConnection ]

404 International Community Telecentre Resources Website - Aimed at facilitating networking among community telecentres worldwide, through the sharing of information, experiences and resources related to practical telecentre implementation and management.

500 KITE, Inc. - Non-profit organization seeking to narrow the digital divide on a global scale by giving grants of hardware, software, and technical training to organizations in the Third World.

404 Literacy.org Bridges to the Future Initiative (BFI) - Addresses the digital divide of education and technology in emerging economies.
Meta Description: [ LITERACY.org TM,cosponsored by the International Literacy Institute and the National Center on Adult Literacyand hosted at the University of Pennsylvania, is dedicated to providing useful information concerning literacy for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide. ]

Living in an e-World: An Information Society for All? - Explaining the Digital Divide, the exclusion of those left aside the Information Society Development by comparing projects in France Estonia to involve all in the use of Internet.

London School of Economics Chair for New Media and the Internet - Lecture by Professor Robin Mansell on the role media and networks can play in bridging the digital divide. PDF format.

M.S. Swaminath Research Foundation - This is a research Foundation working in India on the issues of access to communications for poor village communities. They are particularly interested in supporting content generation at a local level, to ensure that localy relevant information is available on the web for these communities, in a language they can understand.
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Money drives the digital divide - Jun. 20, 2000 - The rich aren't only getting richer, a new report finds they're also getting wired.
Meta Description: [ The rich aren't only getting richer, a new report finds they're also getting wired. ]

Morino Institute - A nonprofit organization whose mission includes closing social divides and understanding the relationship and impact of the Internet on (US)society. Easily accessible site with good resources.
Meta Description: [ The Morino Institute explores opportunities to leverage the Internet to advance social change. Our focus is on entrepreneurship (netpreneurs), effective giving (venture philanthropy), and closing social and digital divides. ]

Neighborhood Networks - Housing and Urban Development (HUD) site dedicated to fostering technology growth and bridging the digital divide. Information on how to create and sustain a neighborhood network, including funding sources.

News: Report: Money, not Race, Underlies Digital Divide - Money, not race, is a deciding factor in determining from which side of the digital divide a person will view the future, according to Jupiter Communications, Inc.
Meta Description: [ Money, not race, is a deciding factor in determining from which side of the digital divide a person will view the future, according to Jupiter Communications, Inc. ]

404 OneWorld.net Digital Divide Campaign - Latest news, background on the issues, links and action on the global digital divide from the OneWorld Network of NGOs working worldwide in sustainable development and human rights.
Meta Description: [ OneWorld.net ]

500 OpNet - A non-profit organization working to bridge the digital divide by training young people to do web design. Provides economic opportunity through on-line job postings and internships. Based in San Francisco.

Plugged In - An organization in East Palo Alto, CA, offers training for young people, assists community organizations in getting on-line and offers computer access for the entire community.
Meta Description: [ Plugged In connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology. ]

Rhayader Telecentre - Support service to help bridge the digital divide for those without access to information technologies in rural Wales.
Meta Description: [ Rhayader Telecentre is another service provided by Rhayader and District Community Support. ]

San Diego Futures Foundation - The San Diego Futures Foundation provides computer technology and services to nonprofit organizations and schools to help bridge the digital divide in San Diego County.
Meta Description: [ The San Diego Futures Foundation makes information technology available to San Diego County nonprofits through computer donations, software, communications, training, and service. ]

Seniornet - US organization offering computer education for senior citizens at many locations.

Solve Poverty - You Can Help Solve Poverty - Two organizations, Opportunity International and Hyperstudy.com Pty Ltd, working to provide small loans, on-line education and other resources to the economically disadvantaged. Lots of on-site links to other poverty related issues and services. Click and give site.
Meta Description: [ SolvePoverty and OrphanIT work together to help close the digital divide by creating job opportunities for disadvantaged youth partnered with professional mentors and capacity builders ]

Tactical Technology Collective - Aim is to advance the use of new technologies as a tactical tool for civil society in developing and transition countries.

Tennessee State University Digital Divide Conference - A conferencing alliance to bridge the digital divide between historically black colleges, universities and other higher educational institutions.

The Analog Divide: Technology Practices in Public Education - Research article on the digital divide and infrastructure design in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).

404 The Center for the Study of Technology and Society - Equity - Equity and access concerns are addressed based on race, sex, content, socioeconomic status. Links to news articles, conferences, and other site dealing with the Digital Divide.
Meta Description: [ A nonprofit educational and research organization based in Washington, D.C. that studies the social effects of technology. ]

The Communications Initiative - This is one of quite a few major Portals aimed at this type of Digital Divide issue. It is supported by major research organisations in this field such as the Canadian Development Agency, and by large content providers such as the BBC.
Meta Description: [ communication interventions on development. ]

The Digital Divide - From about.com. Article on adult learning and the digital divide. Links to other articles including the digital divide and race relations.
Meta Description: [ Recent reports suggest widening gaps between knowledge "haves" and knowledge "have-nots" ]

The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use - Article by Thomas Novak and Donna Hoffman for Project 2000, sponsored by Vanderbilt University. Links to references.
Meta Description: [ eLab provides e-commerce and behavioral research papers, free studies and Internet marketing research papers online. Download e-commerce research and online marketing research working papers and published manuscripts by eLab research fellows since March, 1994 on various issues about Internet mark... ]

The Incommunicado Project - A web research resource combined with an email-based mailing list covering network(ed) ecologies, ICT for development, internet governance, analyses of the NGO sector, and emerging South-South relations.

The Internet and Rural Development - This FAO report outlines the elements of a communication for development approach applied to the problems of rural development.

The Journal of Community Informatics - Peer reviewed articles about community informatics and the impact of information and communications technology on community development.
Meta Description: [ Peer reviewed articles about Community Informatics and the impact of Information and Communications Technology on community development. ]

United Kingdom Statistics Web Site - Latest statistics for Internet access in the UK. In PDF.

United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force - UN body set up to deal with the digital divide worldwide.
Meta Description: [ Help harness the power of information and communication technologies (ICT) for advancing the internationally agreed development goals of the Millennium Declaration, particularly halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. ]

Urban Ed, Inc. - Washington DC area start-up nonprofit organization offering computer science training to community members.

VERCON Communications for Agriculture - VERCON is the virtual extension work project run by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) This is a full description of the project.
Meta Description: [ Virtual Extension-Research Communication Network (VERCON). Abstract. ]

Washington State University Center to Bridge the Digital Divide - Center devoted to equalizing information access and resources. Links to various projects in the Washington state area. Links to pilot programs such as community investment initiative.

Washington University Digital Divide Project - Resources for teachers and students interested in the digital divide. Focus is on K-12, the WTO and e-commerce.

Women in Global Science and Technology - The main theme of this organization is empowering women through technology. The focus is global and there is an international bibliography (dated 1997, but still useful) on issues concerning gender equity in technology.

404 Women-Related Internet Info Email Lists - List of news and discussion groups for women interested in the digital divide based on gender.
Meta Description: [ Frequently-updated, annotated listing of women-related email lists dealing with Internet information and/or cyberculture. ]

500 World Computer Literacy - December 2, 2001, marks the first World Computer Literacy Day. Over 27 countries are participating in this event to bring technology to those who do not have it. Based in India.
Meta Description: [ Career Seekers, Professionals, Advanced training needs, corporates, Higher Education Institutions, Students, Programs, Individual Learners, Careers, Professionals, students, employers, NIIT Education, NIIT Alumni, software professionals, IT Skills enhancement, IT awareness, Individual Learners, C... ]

404 World Economic Forum - Digital Divide - Information on the WEF task force, which was designed as a platform for discussion, coordination and development of digital divide projects. The task force brings together high-calibre representatives from the public and private sectors as well as civil society.

World e_inclusion - Hewlett Packard's site to assist the rural poor in bridging the digital divide.