Digital Equity - Welcome & Reports
Channel: New America
Date: 10/02/2016

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 

https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/digital-equity/

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