At tech workshops on Tyvola Road, seniors create an easier world

Eager-to-learn seniors with technology questions and device mishaps fill the Tyvola Senior Center on Friday mornings. With the help of a couple of senior volunteers, a county park program called “Computer Help with the Guys” is making Charlotte an easier […]

Queens students Naomi Tellez-Duran, Juliana Amos, and Juliana Amos with Dan Rather on Feb. 20, 2018.

Dan Rather on fake news: ‘Two and two equals four. It does not equal five or seven.’

Journalist Dan Rather discussed fake news and other topics at Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, Feb. 20. “There are several things to know about that fake news and I would like to put ‘fake news’ in quotation marks. First […]

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A journal about digital inclusion, designed for readability

A discussion with Dr. Alexis Carreiro, editor of the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy. The JODML focuses on the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and share information online, create content on multiple platforms, and use these skills to be a digital citizen.

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Four big lessons from the front lines of the digital divide

Highlights of a Jan. 11, 2017 Digital Charlotte meeting at Johnson C. Smith University, focusing on how North Carolina organizations are addressing the digital divide.

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Charlotte educator: devices are just the first step in digital inclusion

For a technology educator at West Charlotte High School, distributing low-cost personal computers opens countless doors for students — but devices are just the first step in helping people succeed online.

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What the Knight Cities Challenge is looking for in Charlotte

A new competition is looking for proposals from Charlotte citizens who have been dreaming about new ways to build community, but don’t really know what to do with them.