Connected? Digital Inequities in Appalachian Ohio

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Event Details

The current state of the world has significantly increased our reliance on the internet and heightened the stakes of the digital divide, especially in our region of the country.  Join us via Zoom for a panel of researchers, parents, professors, teachers, and public librarians who will explore research on digital access issues, the role of libraries, and real-life experience working and learning online in the Appalachian Ohio region.

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Moderator 

Nick Tepe, Director, Athens County Public Libraries

Panelists

Amy Wolfe, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and Program Coordinator for Early Childhood and Child Development at Ohio University Chillicothe and Athens City Schools parent

Jan McGarry, Elementary teacher in the Athens City School District, Instructor in the Patton College of Education at Ohio University, and Athens City Schools parent

Austin Gilbert, Library Associate at the Athens Public Library, former countywide Guiding Ohio Online/Tech Trainer Librarian

Shelby Roberts, Youth Services Librarian at the Athens Public Library

Laeeq Khan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the School of Media & Arts Studies at Ohio University and SMART Lab Director

Claudia Cisneros, MFA Student in Communication Media Arts