Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j1PGkQC05829; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:46:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:46:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050225114355.00bed6e8@mail.psnyc.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Mariann Fedele <mariannf@lacnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3529] The Digital Divide: PBS Friday, Feb. 25 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 4244 Lines: 105 This is a cross posting from the Rethinking School Critical Teaching (RSCT) list serv. Best, Mariann >> >>NOW >> >>Friday, February 25, 2005 on PBS >>(Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html) >> >>================================================================== >>This week on NOW: >> >>* Bridging the digital divide. Should the telecom giants be able to >>decide if poor neighborhoods get access to high-speed Internet? Find >>out in THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT. >> >>* Reading, writing and techno-literacy. Former Governor of Maine Angus >>King, who led an initiative to provide laptop computers to every middle >>school student in his state, on preparing America for the jobs of the >>future. A David Brancaccio interview. >> >>=================================================================== >>THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT >> >>The information revolution is making high-speed Internet access an >>essential element of success in America, but there's a growing divide >>between the techno-haves and have-nots that's keeping some poorer >>neighborhoods, schools, and businesses in the digital dark. NOW goes >>inside the battle for high-speed Internet in two communities where local >>governments want to build their own systems to provide affordable access >>to underserved neighborhoods, but are being challenged by the telecom >>giants that want to maintain their dominance in local markets. >> >>=================================================================== >>ANGUS KING >> >>NOW regular contributor and former Governor of Maine Angus King saw the >>future of jobs in America and figured out how to prepare his state's >>middle school students by getting them laptop computers. But what will >>the jobs of the future be and should the government play a part in >>preparing the workforce? "If we don't know what the new jobs are going >>to be, there is, it seems to me, two things we can say for sure," King >>says. "Whatever they are, it's going to require more education and more >>technology." David Brancaccio gets King's perspective on the role >>government in providing the technology and training to succeed in the >>job market of the future. >> >>=================================================================== >>NOW continues online at PBS.org (www.pbs.org/now). Log on to read about >>the debate over community ownership of Internet access; get information >>on Maine's innovative laptop program and other efforts to combat the >>digital divide; find technology education resources for both children >>and adults with an interactive map; and more. >> >>=================================================================== >>Hosted by David Brancaccio, NOW has been called "...one of the last >>bastions of serious journalism on TV" by the Austin-American Statesmen >>and "...public television at its best" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. >>Each week, the series sheds light on a wide range of issues confronting >>the nation and explores American democracy and culture through >>investigative reporting and interviews with major authors, leading >>thinkers, and artists. >> >> >> >> >> >>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>This is a mailing of the Rethinking Schools critical teaching and writing >listserv. If you would like to subscribe to this listserv send an e-mail >message with the word "subscribe" in the subject field to >RScriticalteach-request@lists.execpc.com. The list is open to all >Rethinking Schools subscribers and focuses on teaching and writing for >justice in K-12 classrooms. >> >>To unsubscribe send an email message with the word "unsubscribe" >in the subject field to RScriticalteach-request@lists.execpc.com. >> >>Check out Rethinking Schools Online at www.rethinkingschools.org. >>_________________________________________ >>______ >>rscriticalteach mailing list >>rscriticalteach@lists.core.com >>https://lists.core.com/mailman/listinfo/rscriticalteach >> > > > Mariann Fedele Coordinator of Professional Development, Literacy Assistance Center Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf@lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org
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