FCC to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps and New Spending for Training at Libraries
Note: As you'll read in the article, new spending will be proposed to improve training at libraries. We also think that librarians would make for excellent "digital ambassadors" and with the assistance of the major professional organizations, vendors, and others could create an excellent training organization. Of course, this assumes that the FCC Broadband Bill will be passed the way that the FCC wants it.
The National Digital Literacy Corps, modeled after other volunteer programs like AmeriCorps, will target communities with low numbers of broadband subscribers, including low-income housing developments, rural areas and tribal lands, said Mignon Clyburn, a member of the FCC, speaking Tuesday during a conference on the digital divide in Washington.
"The Digital Literacy Corps will mobilize hundreds of digital ambassadors in local communities across the country," she said. "This is about neighbors helping neighbors get online."
The FCC will also propose new spending to improve the digital training efforts at libraries and community centers, and it will plan to launch an online training program for people interested in improving their digital skills, Clyburn said.
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