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Power of Education

UCAAN: Goals and Recommendations in bridging the gap to Access to Network Technologies for Latinos:

Replicate and Disseminate Successful Internet Technology Programs.
Make Networked Computers Publicly Accessible.
Educate Latinos about the Value of the Internet.
Increase Spanish and Bilingual Websites and Content.
Develop Reliable Translation Software.
Provide Incentives and Technical and Marketing Training for Latino Businesses to Expand their Web Presence and E-Commerce Activities.
Provide Communities with Opportunities to Use Technologies so that the Community can adapt them to its Particular Activities.
Provide Opportunities for Teachers, Parents, Communities, and Businesses to Collaborate.
Develop Leadership and Vision around Internet Technology from within the Latino Community.
Opportunities for Improving Access.
Parental Awareness of Internet Technology and Education
Focus Post-Secondary Attention on Latino Serving Institutions.

Education

It is amazing how in all the debate

about the decline of education in the U.S., we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed. Students are no longer the persons our educational system was designed to teach. It is clear that many of our students think read more...

“DIGITAL DIVIDE”

Latinos Accessing Technology

UCAAN believes that we should acknowledge

the good that is taking place, but that we should

never forget the reality of where we are!

Closing the digital divide, the critical social and

economical issue of the millennium, is an issue of

great importance and the issue which is set forth

in the following report. read more...

Historical Perspective

It has been slightly more than a decade since the U.S. Department of Commerce published its first major report on home computer access, “Falling through the Net: A Survey of the ‘Have Not’s in rural and Urban America.” The report focused on serious gaps in read more...

UCAAN, Community Alliances Advocacy through Networking, is a non-for-profit community organization. UCAAN’s main focus is in bridging the digital divide, which we believe to be the most critical social and economical issue of the millennium.