A mobile classroom aimed at providing free computer and digital training to underserved members of communities in Monterey County was unveiled today. It's part of Community Connection, a program of the Central Coast Broadband Consortium Public Computing Alliance, and is funded from a $3.9 million [...]
Author: Brent Stromberg
Despite some gains, the digital divide more broadly affects Latinos than nearly any other demographic group in the U.S. While public policy efforts and outreach campaigns seem to have had only a modest effect on improving the matter, a number of nonprofit organizations are working [...]
The Central Valley can claim many contributions to California's well being. The successful effort to close the Digital Divide is one we proudly can add. The Public Policy Institute of California just released the fifth annual Statewide Survey: Californians and Information Technology, which tracks Internet [...]
Las computadoras y el internet usados adecuadamente juegan un papel importante en el éxito escolar "Con todas las posibilidades que el internet proporciona para alumnos y familias, es muy importante que los padres consideren suscribirse a una conexión de banda ancha, si es que aún [...]
Si bien Juárez está iniciando su aprendizaje sobre tecnología, sus cuatro hijos dependen de ella. Por ahora se han arreglado usando la computadora de la escuela o la biblioteca local, hasta que la familia pueda comprar una nueva. La tecnología ha creado una brecha generacional [...]
Although Juárez is a newcomer to technology, her four children depend on it. For now, using a computer at school or the local library has to suffice until the family can afford a new one. Technology has created a generation gap in Boyle Heights. Many [...]
For those lacking computer and Web skills, the so-called Internet Divide can be daunting. But help exists and will be rolled out next month when a mobile digital classroom called the TechMobile travels around the Salinas Valley. It’s to help the underserved in rural areas [...]
The San Diego Imperial Regional Broadband Consortium (SDIRBC) can continue its efforts to develop a three-year plan to expand its broadband deployment to rural and unserved areas in San Diego and Imperial Counties thanks to $450,000 in grant money from the California Public Utilities Commission. [...]
A non-profit called the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) is using a BTOP investment to provide affordable computers, low-cost home broadband connections and digital workforce training for low-income residents and other vulnerable groups in California. CETF works through 19 partners statewide, including non-profits that offer [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]