The Literacy Perspectives Spotlight this week introduced the Google Fiber project currently underway in Kansas City. The following resources will help you learn more about the project and key issues in the ongoing debate of national broadband.

They will also help you reflect on the way that the announcement and public discussion of Google Fiber has built on multiple literacies. Strong, clear writing and speaking have been central to the presentation and dialogue of the project. In addition, Google has leveraged new media and web video to help communicate the potential for ultra-high-speed Internet.

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Formal and Informal Writing

• Google Announcement of Project, Feb 2010
• National Broadband Plan, Mar 2010
• Appeal from KC School Superintendent, Aug 2012

• “Internet becomes a Civic Cause,” NYTimes, Sept 2012
• “Google Fiber Splits along Digital Divide,” Wired, Sept 2012
• “Google Fiber’s Gigabit Gamble,” The KC Star, Sept 2012

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Public Presentations and Forums

• Google Fiber Coming to Kansas Announcement, March 29, 2011
• Google Divide: KC Week in Review on KCPT, Aug 24, 2012
• Google Deadline: KC Week in Review on KCPT, Sept 7, 2012

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Media Messages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCvYVXEA-9c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G36yMx-3274

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHLIZh0PHg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o7bKLG3A3w