Technology and participation - Harnessing the emerging power of broadband for civic engagement. -clerks2012
1. Technology and participation-
Harnessing the emerging power of broadband for
civic engagement.
July 11,2012 Municipal Clerks Institute
Paul Treadwell
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Distance Learning Consultant
2. What is Broadband?
• High speed data transmission.
• Always on connection.
• Encompassing a variety of technologies.
3. Fixed or mobile & social
• In the past we talked about broadband as a
wired, fixed, connection.
• Increasingly, broadband is becoming mobile.
▫ Phones and tablets are creating new opportunities
for access and participation.
4. More layers, more connections
• New technologies are adding
new layers to our daily lives
• Connectedness is becoming an
essential quality for
participation
5. Why Broadband Matters
• Now, broadband is essential to opportunity and
citizenship.
▫ Connecting America: The National Broadband
Plan
http://www.broadband.gov/
6. Increased Access,Growing Expectations
• Increasing access has lead to increased
expectations for opportunities such as:
▫ Interacting
▫ Organizing
▫ Creating
▫ Learning
7. The National Broadband Plan
• FCC March 2010:
▫ Presents an ambitious agenda for expanding
access.
▫ Emphasis on technology as “enabling”.
▫ Robust vision of connectivity.
9. The Digital Divide
• Is the gap between people with effective access
to digital and information technology and those
with very limited or no access at all.
• Is a kind of capability deprivation.
▫ As the “world” moves online, those who aren’t are
excluded.
11. More than Bandwidth or Access
• The fuss about broadband, then, extends beyond
access to information to active participation in
the online commons.
▫ Broadband: What’s All the Fuss About? Pew Internet and American Life Project
12. Marketplace and/or Commons
• 2 ways of viewing the internet:
▫ Marketplace:
Access to goods
Buying and selling
▫ Commons:
Access to ideas
Interaction and exchange
13. How do You See Broadband?
• What role can it play?
14. Broadband Enabled Services
• E-government
▫ Providing access to government information
▫ Providing space for engagement
• E-commerce
▫ Access to the global marketplace
• Technology training / digital literacy/ civic
literacy
15.
16. Local Government – Ontario county
• Ontario County e-government
▫ http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/
▫ Access to governmental
information
▫ Online payments
▫ Property mapping
18. Local Government - eStrategies for
Local Governments
• http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/curricula/e
government/index.html
• Online curriculum focused on strategies for local
governments
• From the National e-Commerce Extension
Initiative
20. Digital literacy - CYC
• Connect Your Community:
http://www.connectcommu
nity.org/
2 year project funded by a
U.S. Department of
Commerce BTOP grant
30,000 trained over the two
years
26. Links to select resources
• Pew Internet and American Life Project
▫ http://pewinternet.org/
• Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a
Democracy
▫ http://www.knightcomm.org/
• The National e-Commerce Extension Initiative
▫ http://srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce/
• The Participatory Budgeting Project
▫ http://www.participatorybudgeting.org/
27. Contact
• Paul Treadwell
▫ Distance Learning Consultant
▫ Cornell Cooperative Extension
▫ 356 Roberts Hall
▫ Cornell University
▫ Ithaca, NY 14853
▫ pt36@cornell.edu
▫ http://www.paultreadwell.com
▫ @ptreadwell
Notas do Editor
DSLCable modemWiFiBroadband satellite
High speed internet access can:Improve government efficiency and communicationProvide access to educational opportunitiesEngage citizensFacilitate better medical careNarrow the digital divideExpand employment opportunitiesFoster Innovation
Interact with each other and governemtnOrganizing for a number of reasonsCreating new content
Education and income – somewhat rural/urban also
Access to the benefits of an online world are removed /denied