Presentation Type
Presentation
Conference Track
User Experience/Understanding Users
Description
This presentation will discuss Tech Connect, a monthly “book club for computers” held by the Klamath County Public Library. Library staff demonstrate various online tools and sites, and patrons can get hands-on experience in a supportive environment. The digital divide is alive and well in southern Oregon: many Klamath County patrons do not own their own computers and are reliant on the library to connect to the internet at all. Because of this, they lack experience using these tools. Tech Connect helps them become more confident in their skills, making them more independent computer users.
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will learn how to start their own Tech Connect program.
- Get concrete lesson planning advice.
- Learn possible pitfalls of digital divide programming and how to avoid them.
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Start Date
3-31-2017 11:15 AM
End Date
3-31-2017 12:00 PM
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19100
Subjects
Klamath County Public Library -- Services for students, Information technology -- Study and teaching, Digital divide -- United States, Public access computers in libraries
Bridging the Digital Divide: The Tech Connect Model
This presentation will discuss Tech Connect, a monthly “book club for computers” held by the Klamath County Public Library. Library staff demonstrate various online tools and sites, and patrons can get hands-on experience in a supportive environment. The digital divide is alive and well in southern Oregon: many Klamath County patrons do not own their own computers and are reliant on the library to connect to the internet at all. Because of this, they lack experience using these tools. Tech Connect helps them become more confident in their skills, making them more independent computer users.
Comments/Notes
Room: ML 160