Andy is an Internet pioneer who has used his WWWEDU newsletter to document online happenings in education since 1995. He joined the Benton Foundation in 1999 and is one of the coordinators of the Digital Divide Network and the Digital Opportunity Channel. He is senior writer and moderator for the DIGITALDIVIDE listserv, and author of the award-winning EdWebProject.org, one of the first sites to advocate Web use in education.

As this award is given in February 2004, Andy is making the move from the Benton Foundation to join the Education Development Center in Newton, Massachusetts. He views this move as the continuation of his work on the digital divide. He will pay particular attention to the issue of ICT literacy amongst underserved youth populations in the US and abroad, researching real-world communities while fostering virtual communities of practice.

Mr. Carvin was recently named by District Administration magazine as one of America's top 25 Ed Tech advocates.

 

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