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Digital Literacy Programs: Helping People Know Better and Do Better

April 22, 2013

Tweet Digital literacy is the ability to locate, organize, understand, evaluate, and create information using digital technology.  According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), lack of this vital skill is one of the top three reasons Americans don’t use PCs and the Internet, with 46 percent of non-users responding that they lack the necessary skills. [...]

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Livingston’s Lauds: The Five Most Addictive Must-Have Apps for the Perfect Smartphone

March 31, 2013

Tweet If you’re anything like me, your smartphone is the last thing you handle before you go to bed and the first thing you pick up when you wake up.  Smartphone users are becoming increasingly addicted to their devices, and your level of addiction depends greatly on the apps you have installed to make your [...]

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The 21st Century Woman

March 29, 2013

Tweet A woman has inspired everyone, regardless of his or her position.  Whether a mother, grandmother, or a teacher, women have made us who we are.  We should use every opportunity to thank the women in our lives for the work they do – on and off the clock – but especially in this month [...]

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Could Technology Access be a Factor in Blacks’ and Latinos’ Abilities to Successfully Participate in Online Courses?

March 24, 2013

Tweet When it comes to furthering one’s education beyond high school, online courses can be a convenient alternative to traditional face-to-face class meetings. However, a recent working paper that analyzed how 40,000 Washington State community college and technical students’ grades fared in nearly 500,000 online courses suggested that for some students, particularly African American and [...]

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Please Join MMTC As We Celebrate Women’s History On April 10th!

March 18, 2013

Tweet Please be our guest as MMTC celebrates Women’s History! The original luncheon was scheduled for March 6th, but was preempted by the weather. We now have a new date for the luncheon: Wednesday, April 10th, from 12 noon to 2pm.  Doors open from 11:30am to 12:15pm for networking. The theme for the luncheon: FCC [...]

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Comcast Celebrates Major Progress with Its Internet Essentials Program

March 11, 2013

Tweet Comcast has a lot to celebrate this year. Last week during a breakfast reception at its office located a few steps away from Capitol Hill, Comcast Corporation Executive Vice President David Cohen announced that Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program, has connected nearly 150,000 families, or 600,000 individuals since [...]

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Infographic: College Isn’t Cheap

March 10, 2013

Tweet Infographics are a powerful new tool that have taken the Web by storm as an effective way to get across important and often alarming information. Open-site.org has shared this one with BBSJ. We thank Kimberly Hayes for the submission. There are dozens of benefits that justify earning a higher education, including–but by no means [...]

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Telemedicine: A Force That Can Deliver Healthcare Across the Nation?

February 2, 2013

Tweet Without our health, we are all extremely limited to what we can achieve in life.  I’m a strong believer of this motto.  Health is a fundamental aspect of every person’s life and makes the discussion of healthcare and the delivery of health services that much more important for all Americans.  As we continue to [...]

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MMTC Honors Leaders in the Fight to Lower Prison Phone Rates at BBSJ Summit

January 20, 2013

Tweet “The cost of a single phone call from prison often exceeds the entire bill for one month of basic home [phone service],” remarked FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at MMTC’s recent Broadband and Social Justice Summit Awards Reception. During the reception, MMTC honored four luminaries with Digital Media Social Justice Awards for their remarkable efforts [...]

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MMTC President David Honig Delivers State of Broadband and Social Justice Address at 2013 BBSJ Summit

January 17, 2013

Tweet MMTC Cofounder and President David Honig delivered the following remarks at the 4th Annual broadband and Social Justice Summit’s High Tech Policy Luncheon. The modern era of civil rights in the media began in 1951, two years after I was born.  It was in that year that the NAACP asked the FCC to hold [...]

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