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Digital Opportunity, according to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, is a condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy. Digital opportunity is necessary for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.
Definitions
Digital Inclusion: Digital Inclusion refers to activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities have access to information and communication technologies, and the literacy and resilience to use them. Digital inclusion ultimately leads to digital equity. (National Digital Inclusion Alliance)
Digital Literacy: Digital Literacy is the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.(National Digital Inclusion Alliance)
Digital Resilience: Digital Resilience refers to the awareness, skills, agility, and confidence to be empowered users of new technologies and adapt to changing digital skill demands.(Digital US)
Resources
National and state nonprofit organizations have historically provided grants for broadband providers and municipalities working toward broadband access for unserved and underserved populations
High Speed Initiative Vendor Services Intake Form: This form is for vendors, including contractors, interested in offering their services to the OBC or to Internet Service Providers that are subrecipients of funding from the OBC. Internet Service Providers seeking services from vendors will have access to the information provided and may choose to contact vendors for more information about their products and services. This form is not a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) nor is it a solicitation for specific services.
Education Superhighway: Education Superhighway’s mission is to upgrade internet access in every public-school classroom in America so that all students can take advantage of the promise of digital learning. They have identified and offer resources to communities to overcome three primary barriers to having adequate broadband speeds in the classroom, awareness, expertise and affordability
Digital Inclusion Practitioners of New Jersey (DIPNJ): Digital Inclusion Practitioners of New Jersey (DIPNJ) exists to galvanize relationships between organizations and individuals seeking to close The Digital Divide in NJ.