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You can view the entire catalogue of interviews from BBC's The Virtual Revolution here
The following links will take you to websites where you can view documentaries online.
Consider these the "minimum" what you should know about the Digital Divide, where it's going, and what we can do to fight it.
Links for watching ONLINE:
I have included the TedTalks as an essential because it's a look at what the internet will look like in the next TWELVE TO TWENTY FOUR MONTHS. ..and it will leave you shocked. Research from MIT is predicting a technological revolution over the next 24 months which will equal or surpass that of the last fifteen years. Think about this. Are your communities anywhere near ready?
If you have never watched the PBS Frontline documentaries, they are the absolute must, minimum need-to-know information to understand why we need programs like CAP. The first offers a very 'down home' look, while the second, offers a look into what's comming our way, based on experience of nations more connected than us. BBC's Virtual Revolution offers an in-depth look at some of the same topics.
This might seem like alot, but technology is changing faster than any example in history. Just keeping up, is our biggest challenge.
Consider these the "minimum" what you should know about the Digital Divide, where it's going, and what we can do to fight it.
Links for watching ONLINE:
- 2007 - PBS Frontline "Growing Up Online"
- 2010 - PBS Frontline "Digital Nation"
- 2010 - BBC The Virtual Revolution
- 2009 - Pradav Minstry, Sixth Sense Technology
I have included the TedTalks as an essential because it's a look at what the internet will look like in the next TWELVE TO TWENTY FOUR MONTHS. ..and it will leave you shocked. Research from MIT is predicting a technological revolution over the next 24 months which will equal or surpass that of the last fifteen years. Think about this. Are your communities anywhere near ready?
If you have never watched the PBS Frontline documentaries, they are the absolute must, minimum need-to-know information to understand why we need programs like CAP. The first offers a very 'down home' look, while the second, offers a look into what's comming our way, based on experience of nations more connected than us. BBC's Virtual Revolution offers an in-depth look at some of the same topics.
This might seem like alot, but technology is changing faster than any example in history. Just keeping up, is our biggest challenge.
I want everyone to watch this video. This is not science fiction. This is not Gene Roddenberry.
As a volunteer in public access, the biggest impact you can have on the digital divide is to prepare your community for the ever rapidly evolving technology. Technology, in fact, which is evolving faster than any example in history.
To bring home the point that this is not science fiction, all of the equipment used is readily available off the shelf. We have been using "thinclients", small portable computers, in CAP sites... similar to those he is using. He uses a portable projector, worn around his neck. Well, we actually own the exact same model. It`s the 3M MmmPro LED project, and we use it every day at theHub. In the next 24 months, everything you see in this film will be mainstream. Ask yourself, what is your community doing to prepare for such a radical change in technology ?
Right now, watching this video is the most important thing you can do for your community and for your CAP site.
As a volunteer in public access, the biggest impact you can have on the digital divide is to prepare your community for the ever rapidly evolving technology. Technology, in fact, which is evolving faster than any example in history.
To bring home the point that this is not science fiction, all of the equipment used is readily available off the shelf. We have been using "thinclients", small portable computers, in CAP sites... similar to those he is using. He uses a portable projector, worn around his neck. Well, we actually own the exact same model. It`s the 3M MmmPro LED project, and we use it every day at theHub. In the next 24 months, everything you see in this film will be mainstream. Ask yourself, what is your community doing to prepare for such a radical change in technology ?
Right now, watching this video is the most important thing you can do for your community and for your CAP site.
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