Digital Divide: Effective Practices
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Effective Practices to Bridge the Digital Divide
Below are some of the effective practices contributed from the field on ways to incorporate the use of technology into community service programs:
- Bringing technology support to schools in low-income communities
- Recycling computers at an Earth Day event
- Creating reflection activities for high school students working with technology
- Assisting community-based organizations in delivering technology services
- Providing online mentoring to students interested in public health professions
- Collaborating with businesses and universities to build websites for non-profits
- Sharing a model for community technology (CTC) VISTA projects
- Supporting community technology center (CTC) VISTA members
- Teaching computer skills to seniors
- Sharing computer basics with seniors
- Teaching alternative students computer skills through experiential learning
- Making community technology centers accessible and welcoming
