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Digital Equity Webinars Start Sept 10th

September 9, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany Cultural Education Center State Museum Archives and LibraryThe New York State Library and State Education Department, in partnership with the METRO Library Council and the Northern New York Library Network, have announced a series of webinars on Digital Equity beginning September 10th.

Intended for educators, librarians, and other stakeholders with an interest in bringing about digital equity, this webinar series attempts to establish a shared understanding of the challenges to digital equity to begin to develop a shared vision of how we can work together to achieve digital equity for all New Yorkers.

Digital equity is the concept that every New Yorker has access to affordable broadband, adequate devices, necessary software, digital literacy skills, and a community of support. Persistent digital divides exist in communities – urban, suburban, and rural – across New York. In fact, according to a report by Common Sense Media, more than 25 percent of students in New York lack access to the Internet and/or appropriate devices to participate in remote online education. The challenges to student connectivity can’t be considered in isolation, since they are part of larger systemic inequities disproportionately affecting people of color and people with lower incomes.

The Board of Regents and the Department are working to bridge the digital divide through the development of various programs and resources including the Teaching in Blended/Remote Learning Environments (TRLE) program. New York’s TRLE program addresses the immediate and urgent learning needs of New York’s most vulnerable students and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing educators with the tools, resources, and training to facilitate blended/remote instruction when needed. Additionally, the Department has issued guidance to schools and districts related to fiscal flexibilities for federal funding sources to assist Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) with unforeseen expenses during this unprecedented public health emergency.

Scheduled webinars include:

Understanding Digital Inclusion and Digital Equity, Francella Ochillo, Next Century Cities on Thursday, September 10, at 2 pm.

Digital Bridge K-12 Initiative: Assessing Home Access Needs, Grace Ting and Ellen Goldich, Education Super Highway on Thursday, September 24th, at 2 pm.

Connecting to Lifeline Program Resources During the Pandemic, Laurie Wheelock, The Public Utility Law Project, on Thursday, October 1, at 2 pm.

Building Community Broadband Networks, Greta Byrum, with speakers from The Point CDC and the Bronx Relief Effort, the Kingston Equitable Internet Initiative, the Buffalo Digital Divide Initiative, and New York’s NYSERNet broadband consortium on Thursday, October 8, at 2 pm.

Using Digital Navigators to Bridge Social Divides, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, on Thursday, October 22, at 3:30 pm.

Starting Your Own Digital Inclusion Coalition, Scott Kushner, Director of LaFayette Public Library and Annabeth Hayes, Director of Tully Free Library, founders of the Central New York Digital Inclusion Coalition; and Stacey Martin, Digital Inclusion Coordinator at Finger Lakes Digital Inclusion Coalition, on Thursday, October 29, at 2 pm.

Capitalizing on OER for Equity in PK-12: Finding and Using Open Teaching and Learning Resources, Shawna M. Brandle, Kingsborough Community College; Stacy Katz, Lehman College; Jennifer Van Allen, Lehman College; and Nicole Williams, Bronx Community College, on Thursday, November 12, at 2 pm.

Broader than Broadband: Brooklyn Public Library’s Digital Equity Strategy, Brooklyn Public Library, on Thursday, December 3, at 2 pm.

More information and webinar registration details are available on the State Library’s Digital Equity Website.

Photo of Albany Cultural Education Center State Museum Archives and Library.

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Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: METRO Library Council, New York State Library, Northern New York Library Network

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