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ConnectHomeUSA plans to move the dial on connectivity for low-income Charlotteans

Within four years, a Charlotte organization plans to connect 80 percent of people in federally assisted housing to the internet.

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A new tool builds parent community in schools: digital literacy

The POWER Program is designed to strengthen digital literacy skills among parents in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. But building community may be its greatest contribution.

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At tech workshops on Tyvola Road, seniors create an easier world

Eager-to-learn seniors with technology questions and device mishaps fill the Tyvola Senior Center on Friday mornings. With the help of a couple of senior volunteers, a county park program called “Computer Help with the Guys” is making Charlotte an easier […]

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At South Meck, a fourth E2D lab shows how students help students help students

When E2D opened its fourth computer laboratory in Mecklenburg County, it faced the kind of challenging problem that’s both painful and joyful to solve. E2D – it stands for Eliminate the Digital Divide – was sorting through the critical step […]

Queens students Naomi Tellez-Duran, Juliana Amos, and Juliana Amos with Dan Rather on Feb. 20, 2018.
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Dan Rather on fake news: ‘Two and two equals four. It does not equal five or seven.’

Journalist Dan Rather discussed fake news and other topics at Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, Feb. 20. “There are several things to know about that fake news and I would like to put ‘fake news’ in quotation marks. First […]

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How the Bechtler offers art beyond walls and websites

In a city focused on growth and finance, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is taking steps toward making its collection more available to people who lack the time, money, and online resources to access its facility and website. These […]

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Charlotte schools launch new program to empower parents

Regina Meeks faces a fascinating problem. As a technology instructor at Westerly Hills Academy, she spends much of her time with students between 5 and 14 years old. But for six weeks in February and March of 2017, Ms. Meeks […]

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Fake news and fact-checking: Q&A with the editor of PolitiFact

Angie Drobnic Holan, editor of PolitiFact, spoke at Queens University of Charlotte on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Before her presentation, Ms. Holan discussed her work in an interview broadcast on Facebook Live.

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C-SPAN bus demonstrates resources for digital citizenship

About five dozen students, Charlotte residents and community organizers toured a C-SPAN information bus on the Queens campus, learning that citizenship is supported by unexpectedly rich resources in easy-to-find digital places.

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