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 possibility of these new tools.

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Formal and Informal Writing

• Google Announcement of Project, Feb 2010
• Appeal from 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

Public Presentations and Forums

• High-Speed Broadband Coming to Kansas, 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

Media Messages

The National Perspective

• National Broadband Plan: Executive Summary
• National Broadband Map