Discovering the Digital Literacy Dot Gov Community Presented by Gwenn Weaver, Program Officer National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA)

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Discovering the Digital Literacy Dot Gov Community Presented by Gwenn Weaver, Program Officer National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) Aaron Low, SF Connected Program Manager Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) Office on Aging (OOA) – City & County of San Francisco

What is Digital Literacy? The ability to use information and communication technologies to find, understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information, an ability that requires both cognitive and technical skills. The Report of the Digital Literacy Task Force of the American Library Association, January 2013

What is Digitalliteracy.gov? An online portal designed to share and enhance the tools necessary to learn computer and Internet skills and to increase digital literacy. Presently contains: Workforce-development resources Curricular material Links to tutorials Train-the trainer info Reports and articles

What is Digitalliteracy.gov?

Developed by National Telecommunication & Information Administration in collaboration with  Corporation for National and Community Service  Federal Communications Commission  Institute for Museum and Library Services  U.S. Department of Agriculture  U.S Department of Education  U.S. Department of Energy  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development  U.S. Department of Labor With advice and input from outside partners including: American Library Association & MacArthur Foundation

DL.Gov Community Collaboration Share best practices Recommend appropriate resources Provide feedback to help improve the site Among our initial community collaborators were: Broadband Technology Opportunity Program Grant Recipients Public Libraries State and Local Government agencies Community Technology programs

San Francisco Department of Aging & Adult Services SF Connected Program

Provides free digital literacy training to seniors and adults with disabilities Developed curriculum in multiple languages Provide training in six languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese) Provides on-line support community - CDSMP Provide technical support San Francisco Department of Aging & Adult Services SF Connected Program

Won multiple awards from National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (N4A) for its successful programs Recognized by the City and County of San Francisco as a top 10 innovative program SF Connected Community Collaboration: The Tech Council

Seniors helping Seniors