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SUMMARY:Digital Equity: Technology & Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families
DESCRIPTION:The Joan Ganz Cooney Center\, Rutgers University\, and New America are hosting Digital Equity: Technology & Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families on February 3\, 2016.\n\nThe forum will highlight the results of a nationwide survey of lower-income families\, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will deliver opening remarks.\n\nKey topics include:\n	Demographic differences in families’ online connectivity\n	Presence of digital devices and Internet connections in the home\n	Use of libraries and other community access points\n	Barriers to consistent access and implications of mobile-only connectivity\n	Experiences with subsidized Internet access\n	How families use digital technology for home-school connections and for informal learning\n	Untapped family and community assets that can be leveraged in digital equity programs.\nFeatured Speakers: Pat Esser\nPresident of Cox Communications\n\nZach Leverenz\nEveryoneOn\n\nSarah Morris\nPolicy Director\, Open Technology Institute at New America\n\nJeff Chester\nCenter for Digital Democracy\n\nDeb Socia\nNext Century Cities\n\nCraig Watkins\nProfessor\, University of Texas\, Austin\nAuthor\, The Young and the DigitalSusan Neuman\nProfessor\, New York University\nAuthor\, Giving our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty\, Literacy\, and the Development of Information CapitalVicky Rideout\nPrincipal\, VJR Consulting\nCo-Director of the Digital Equity Study\n\nMichael Levine\nExecutive Director\, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop\nCo-Author\, Tap\, Click Read: Growing Readers in a World of ScreensVikki Katz\nAssociate Professor\, School of Communication and Information\, Rutgers University\nAuthor\, Kids in the Middle: How Children of Immigrants Negotiate Community Interactions for their FamiliesThe event will be livestreamed: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/digital-equity/Follow the discussion online by using #DigitalEquity and following @NewAmericaEd and @CooneyCenter
URL:https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/digital-equity-technology-learning-in-the-lives-of-lower-income-families/
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CATEGORIES:Cooney Center,Cooney Center presenting
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