by Peter Smith | Mar 21, 2023 | Digital Inclusion
“Cord cutting” is an emerging trend where people aim to reduce their cable TV bill or completely get rid of their cable service altogether by taking advantage of free or low-cost streaming options instead. Thanks to a generous gift of over 300 Google Chromecast...
by William Crumpler | Mar 15, 2023 | Digital Infrastructure, Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness, Digital Inclusion
On March 10th, the Missouri Office of Broadband Development held a listening session in Kansas City as part of their Connecting All Missourians public engagement process. The purpose of the listening session was to gather feedback from the public about broadband and...
by William Crumpler | Mar 13, 2023 | Digital Inclusion, Digital Infrastructure, Fiber to the Community, Home Internet Access
Event Date: April 14, 2023 Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Location: Zoom Admission: Free The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion (KCCDI) is an open, collaborative group of organizations who foster digital equity and access to technology for Kansas City metro...
by KC Digital Drive | Feb 7, 2023 | Community Education and Awareness, Home Internet Access, Digital Skills Training, Digital Inclusion, Computers in the Home
The Mid-America Regional Council announced on February 1, 2023 that the Advisory Board for the KC Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund has an open call for community non-profit organizations and libraries to submit requests for funding to help area adult...
by William Crumpler | Feb 6, 2023 | Digital Inclusion
In the spring of 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) launched its Digital Equity Education Roundtables (DEER) initiative, which involved a series of national conversations with families and community organizations to...
by Leslie Scott | Jan 30, 2023 | Digital Infrastructure, Digital Inclusion
The state of Kansas kicked off its digital equity priorities at the Kansas Broadband Summit, which included a newly minted Kansas Broadband Advisory Board commissioned by the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (OBD) to help steer the state in creating a digital...
