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Ways to increase information technology-enabled work in rural communities from the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide at Washington State University

January 3, 2007 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

Comcast Local Edition host, Steve Mumm, interviewed WSU Extension Rural Bridges, Co-Director, Monica Babine, about our ways to increase information technology-enabled work in rural communities. The program aired in December 2006 to an audience over 100,000 customers in the Inland Northwest during CNN Headline News.

You can view it online using Windows Media http://experience.wsu.edu/scholarvids/MMRFiles/MMR/CAHNRS/122106bridges.asx , or Real Player http://experience.wsu.edu/scholarvids/MMRFiles/MMR/CAHNRS/122106bridges.ram
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Full Story and Additional information: http://www.cbdd.wsu.edu/

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CBDD http://www.cbdd.wsu.edu/ at a glance:

We help underserved populations expand access to necessary telecommunications infrastructure and improve their quality of life using information technology. We accomplish this through facilitating collaborative partnerships, providing educational outreach, research and policy guidance.

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Further stories: "Developing Tech Jobs in Rural Communities" http://www.matr.net/news.phtml?cat_id=68&catlabel=Developing+Tech+Jobs+in+Rural+Communities