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Digital Divide Book
by Dr. Appu Kuttan and Dr. Laurence Peters
Read “From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity,”
just published comprehensive book by
Dr. Appu Kuttan, Chairman of the non-profit CyberLearning (www.cyberlearning.org),
a national and global leader in bridging the Digital Divide, and
Dr. Laurence Peters, Director of MAR*TEC at Temple University and
a former U.S. Government policy maker on Digital Divide and QZAB.
Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
To order, phone 1-800-462-6420, online: www.rowmaneducation.com
A must reading for government policy makers,
community leaders, school, college and non-profit leaders, professors,
teachers, students and participants of digital divide and digital
opportunities programs in the U.S and other countries.
About the book:
“In this information age, education
and Internet are apt equalizers that empower the disadvantaged.
At a time when we need to provide digital opportunities for everyone,
this book lays out a game plan that blends wisdom, compassion and
practical experience.”
-Jack Kemp, Former HUD Secretary and Co-Founder, Empower America
"This important book highlights ways the 'digital divide' goes
well beyond issues of access. The authors provide insights into
interactive media that empower the dispossessed and aid all people
to
'find their voices'."
-Chris Dede, Harvard University Timothy E. Wirth Professor
of Learning Technologies
"I applaud Drs. Kuttan and Peters for their
emphasis on comprehensive, strategic approaches. As this book makes
abundantly clear, the challenges are simply too great for piecemeal
solutions."
-Mario Morino, Chairman, Morino Institute
"The authors should be congratulated. This
book represents an important contribution in the search for answers
to how all people can benefit from the technological changes now
rapidly underway, not just the most fortunate."
- Major R. Owens (D-NY), US Congressman and Senior Member
of the House Education and Workforce Committee
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Book Summary:
This comprehensive book on digital divide
and digital opportunities defines digital divide, explores the
urgency of digital divide, examines the relationship between
digital divide and education, analyses the global digital divides,
examines the policy options for closing the digital divide and
finally lays out a ten step practical CyberLearning plan for
bridging the digital divide in any community or country. Unique
in scope and structure, this work is both a policy guide and
reference book, providing solutions and resources that will
help to build a community of interest and foster the exchange
of information and best practices. Anyone serious about bridging
the digital divide will want to read this book and mine the
accompanying CD-ROM containing probably the largest set of online
and printed digital divide resources and references in the world. |
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