Freedom Center Uses Wi Fi, Digital Media to Embrace New Audiences

Cincinnati, Ohio — The Global Citizen of the 21^st Century is likely to be a “digital native,” born into and growing up in a technology-driven world. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, today’s 13 to18-year olds spend more than six hours each day using some form of digital media. Access to information is ubiquitous, giving greater importance to informal learning as a necessary supplement to school-based activities.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, today, placed itself at the center of this new learning ecology by launching a one-of-a-kind project that builds on the influence of technology in our lives. The “Digital Backpack Classroom,” will allow visitors at the Freedom Center to embrace social networking technology, digital media production, and wireless computing in ways that empower them to create, distribute and access a shared vision for freedom.

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