Digital Equity
Technology and Learning in the Lives of Lower Income Families
Event
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Please note that attendance at this event is by invitation only, but the live stream will be available on this webpage on the day of the event.
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Please RSVP, as space is limited. Coffee and registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and remarks will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. A light breakfast will be provided and lunch will be at 1:00 p.m.
The forum will highlight the results of a nationwide survey of lower-income families, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Key Topics Include:
- Demographic differences in families’ online connectivity
- Presence of digital devices and Internet connections in the home
- Use of libraries and other community access points
- Barriers to consistent access and implications of mobile-only connectivity
- Experiences with subsidized Internet access
- How families use digital technology for home-school connections and for informal learning
- Untapped family and community assets that can be leveraged in digital equity programs.
Agenda:
8:30 AM: Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM: Welcome
Michael Levine, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
9:05 AM: Survey Presentation
Vicky Rideout, VJR Consulting
9:15 AM: Qualitative Research Presentation
Vikki Katz, Rutgers University
9:30 AM: Introduction of Chairman Wheeler
Jeff Dunn, CEO, Sesame Workshop
9:35 AM: Opening Remarks: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler
9:50 AM: Discussion: Expanding Access among Low-Income Families
Moderator: Lisa Guernsey, New America
Craig Watkins, University of Texas, Austin
Jaime Casap, Google education evangelist
Christopher Cao, Reboot for Youth
10:30 AM: Promoting and Sustaining Broadband Adoption
Zach Leverenz, EveryoneOn
Sarah Morris, Open Technology Institute, New America
10:55 AM: Privacy and Digital Inclusion
Claire Gartland, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Mary Madden, Data & Society
11:30 AM: Discussion: Parent and Community Engagement and Collaborative Learning
Moderator: Kevin Clark, George Mason University
Susan Neuman, NYU
Lisa Guernsey, New America
11:55 AM: Reaching under-connected Hispanic families
Carmen Gonzalez, University of Washington
Ernesto Villanueva, Chula Vista School District
12:20 PM: Socio-economic status, digital media, and parenting styles
Lynn Clark, University of Denver
Deb Socia, Next Century Cities
12:45 PM: Moving Forward – An Action Agenda
Vikki Katz, Rutgers University
1:00 PM: Adjourn