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Peer Digital Navigators Key to Digital Equity
Closing digital divides “points to the value of educators having lived experience, cultural and language competencies and the trust of the community.” Digital Navigators are people who volunteer or are staffed to “connect people to the Internet, devices and support for digital skills.” Some agencies are even “training participants to serve as ‘Peer Digital Navigators’” to assist with the community’s digital needs.
Peer Digital Navigators Key to Digital Equity written by Alison Ascher Webber and Jerry Yamashita highlights two California organizations – Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools and Building Skills Partnership for their firsthand knowledge of the “impact peer digital navigators can make on advancing digital equity in communities.” For an introduction to both programs, and statements from their Digital Navigators, please access the full article.
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