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Technology access grows for some, not all, Minneapolitans

By Mary Treacy, Poking Around

Do you want to apply for retirement benefits? Check your bank balance? Talk back to the TV? Look for a job? Help your kid with her homework? Keep up with the news?

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Poking Around

Let's talk about librarians…

By Mindy Rhiger, Proper Noun Blog

Nothing seems to surprise people more about libraries than the librarians themselves.

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Proper Noun Blog

Technology, teens and bad ideas

By Ann Treacy, Blandin on Broadband

Here’s an idea that makes a even the biggest broadband advocate in the world question the role of technology in the world of teens. According to the Washington Post…

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Blandin on Broadband

Leaving footprints: Library of Congress takes on monumental task of archiving tweets

By Dale Connelly, Trail Baboon

If you have not yet begun to Tweet, doing so may be your one remaining shot at immortality. If you don’t mind being immortal in a crowd.

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Minneapolis survey shows many Blacks lack home internet access

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

A City of Minneapolis survey found that 82 percent of residents have computers with Internet access at home. However, only 65 percent of Near North residents have such access, and 25 percent of Blacks have no Internet access at home.

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Minnesota Office of Broadband Development bills – HF1255 / SF1128

By Ann Treacy, Blandin on Broadband

Last Wednesday Legislators heard about bills to establish an office of broadband in both the House (1255) and Senate (1128). Unfortunately due to some time on jury duty, I wasn’t able to attend the sessions and the archives aren’t yet available online but I thought I’d at least look at both bills. (Both were discussed last week at the TISP Forum.)

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Blandin on Broadband

Teens and technology: Is mobile the right tool or the only tool available?

By Ann Treacy, Blandin on Broadband

Pew Internet and American Life released a new report this week on teens’ use of technology and the Internet. I’m always interested in these reports – both because of my obvious interest in broadband but also because after a big birthday in February I am now the proud keeper of two teens. And as of this week they each have an iPhone.

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Blandin on Broadband

A teacher's take on online education

By Jeff Kolnick, Minnesota 2020

As a history teacher at Southwest Minnesota State University, let me weigh in on the debate about online learning. I've taught online within the MnSCU system every year since 2004. I am not opposed to online education nor am I afraid of it.

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Bringing low-cost internet to the high rise

By Gail Olson, Northeaster

When Nancy Przymus heard that the Logan Park neighborhood was “woefully behind the curve” in its number of residents connected to the Internet, she was surprised.

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The University to offer free online courses, but are they valuable?

By Alex Christensen, Minnesota 2020

The University of Minnesota announced last week that it would join a growing number of universities offering free online courses. The university will partner with a group called Coursera, which already partners with approximately 50 colleges and universities to offer MOOCs (massive open online courses).

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