Emerging technologies that can be used to close the Digital Divide

PowerUp - “Providing Opportunities Where Everyone Rises Up” is comprised of

more than a dozen nonprofit organizations, major corporations and federal
agencies that have joined to launch a major new multimillion-dollar initiative to
combat the digital divide. Based in schools and community centers around the
country, PowerUP will provide access to technology and guidance how to use it.
PowerUp is a 501(c)3 organization based in Texas and led by global educational
technology ambassador Liza Mucheru Wisner and set up to raise funds for
projects aimed at making technology available to children all over the world.
The Intel Computer Clubhouse - This is a successful program that uses technology
creatively to enable under-served youth to acquire the tools, problem solving
skills and confidence for successful lives. Intel will support the establishment of
100 Intel Computer Clubhouses in under-served communities worldwide and
hopes to touch the lives of more than 50,000 young people. The Teach to the
Future program, in conjunction with the Microsoft Corporation, seeks to train
400,000 teachers in 1000 days in effectively applying technology to improve
student learning.