Bring the Nerds

Basic Internet literacy can help foster sensible legislative positions on digital issues. An expert panel explores whether legislators and their staff have the resources necessary to build competence on Internet issues. Building on ongoing research (and a forthcoming white paper) on what tools are available for Congressional Internet education, we will explore what education exists, and what we can learn from challenges that educators have encountered.

Follow the conversation online using #BringTheNerds and by following @OTI.

Participants:

Laurent Crenshaw
Director of Public Policy, Yelp
Former Congressional staffer

Tim Lordan
Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation (IEF)

Meg King
Director, Digital Futures Project, Wilson Center

Lorelei Kelly
Resilient Democracy Project Lead, Edward M Kennedy Institute for the Senate

Moderator: