By Miranda Wilcox, Herald Democrat
With great connection comes great responsibility. With the recent launch of ConnectHome free Internet to a majority of homes within the Choctaw Nation, participants will be required to take digital literacy classes this summer to ensure they use the Internet appropriately. As part of President Barack Obama’s Internet initiative, which he announced last summer when he visited Durant, this project is designed to bring free or discounted Internet to 27 U.S. cities and the Choctaw Nation, the only tribal nation that’s participating. ConnectHome Coordinator for the Choctaw Nation Fred Logan has actively been getting HUD residences connected to the worldwide web one by one. In this process, he’s seen firsthand the digital divide that exists with the Choctaws, and how many don’t even know how to use the Internet that’s being given to them.
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