Category: Digital Social Equity
Plan to get Every Australian Using Broadband by 2020 Released
A digital action plan to get every Australian using high-speed broadband by 2020 which involves the co-operation of the not-for-profit, private and government sectors has been proposed in a new report released by Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. The report, entitled A fair go for all in the digital era: Towards a Digital Inclusion Roadmap, pointed out that to get all Australians involved in the National Broadband Network (NBN), community centres with high-speed broadband are needed …
Brazilian NGO Fights Digital Divide
Public and private sector organizations are teaming up to bridge the digital divide experienced by millions of Brazilians. The initiatives led by the Rede Marista de Solidariedade (or the in English the Marista Solidarity Network) – a Porto Alegre-based non-profit organization focused on social inclusion and solidarity through social projects – seek to help bridge the digital divide in Brazil by using the civil society approach. Through the Marista leadership, the first Computer Refurbishment Center was created in Brazil in 2005. Inserted in the “Computers …
Free Computers for County Foster Children Helps Bridge the Digital Divide
Computers and access to the internet are fundamental to a child’s education. But what about families who can’t afford a computer, like the children who are in the foster care system throughout Whitfield County, Georgia? A group of Whitfield County foster children took part in a Digital Literacy Camp that taught them state-of-the-art computer skills. The students were taught Microsoft Office by certified professionals from Instructional Access Inc. (http://www.instructionalaccess.com), a California based company. After the 21 hours of weekend training, the students were …
Visually Challenged Teachers In Kerala Get ICT Training
In Kerala, India, the government-sponsored IT@School Project reached out to provide all of its 238 visually challenged teachers with ICT (Information and Communications Technology) training. They did this through a five-day training program and used Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) based screen reading software called ORCA. In a release, K. Anvar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@School Project said, “Integrating ICT in education is our mission and in order to implement a complete ICT enabled educational system in the State, it …