Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption
PRESS RELEASE Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar, and sometimes higher, rates than do other groups of Americans, according to […]
SXSWEdu: Ideas, Change and Latino – Focused Thinking Spaces
By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R “Can I tell you about my idea? I think this stuff is going to be revolutionary!” Asks an entrepreneur in her mid-20s roaming the halls of SXSWedu in […]
National High Tech Day Inspires Young Latinos
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s not lost on Latino educators, community and industry leaders that a major part of preparing young Latinos for careers in the 21st century involves science, […]
Latinos More Likely to Have Multiple Cable / Satellite Services
By Insight Tr3s We know that Hispanics are big TV viewers – but what do their TV set-ups look like at home? Tr3s’s new study, “Hispanic Adults 18-34 Living ‘The […]
Rethinking Broadband: The role of Wireless Among Latinos
By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R Universal broadband adoption and meaningful digital literacy remain among the equity issues of our time, standing alongside our goals for education, and healthcare. But quickly evolving […]
MacArthur Foundation: A New Digital Divide That’s Hard to Cross
By Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News This divide isn’t about who has computers and who doesn’t; or who does and doesn’t have Internet access. This divide is between kids whose […]
Vine is Ready for its Close-up, Mr. DeMille
By Jesse Luna, NewsTaco Like Alice going into the rabbit hole, I’ve become so addicted to and curious about Vinevideos that I created a viewing platform, Vinormous.com. Vinormous, allows you to get […]
How To Get More Latinos Into Advanced Science & Tech Classes
By Emily Deruy, ABCNews/Univision Only a small percentage of the Hispanic students who qualify for AP classes actually take them. Of the 20 percent of public school graduates in the […]
Technology Closer to Bridging Latino Health Disparity Gaps
By Jason Llorenz, LIN@R As Jonathan Linkous reports for the ihealthbeat blog, broadband-powered telehealth is moving closer to reality for those it stands to benefit most. While the benefits of telehealth and […]
High Schools Not Meeting STEM Demand
By Kelsey Sheehy, U. S. News & World Report In schools where computer science is offered, it often does not count toward graduation. Only nine states—Georgia, Missouri,New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island,Texas, and Virginia—allow […]
