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Bridging The Digital Divide

Bridging The Digital Divide. Sara Kerbs Jason Sanger Jessica Vigil. What Is It?. The gap between individuals, households and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels with regard to both their opportunity to accessing information and communication technology.

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Bridging The Digital Divide

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  1. Bridging The Digital Divide Sara Kerbs Jason Sanger Jessica Vigil

  2. What Is It? • The gap between individuals, households and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels with regard to both their opportunity to accessing information and communication technology

  3. “[The digital divide is] a symptom of a larger and more complex problem – that of persistent poverty and inequity.” ~Lisa Servon

  4. What Do We Use Technology For? • Discussion

  5. What Do We Use Technology For? • Job Searches • Research • Socializing • Schooling • Entry Level Job Skills • Timesheets • Typing • Organizational Tools • Resume Building • Job Applications • Banking • Entertainment • Shopping • Collaboration • News

  6. Socio-Economic Status • Access to technology in schools is divided based on funding • There are both temporal and emotional costs to lower SES children in regards to access to technology • Additional time spent getting to technological resources • Not as adept at performing efficient, deep Internet searches projects

  7. Federal Title I Program • Title 1 Students • Students who come from low-income families and attend funded schools • 2007 survey show severe discrepancy of technical skills between students from Title 1 schools and those who are not • Non-Title 1 schools have significantly higher access to computers at home and access to Internet

  8. Technical Skills Of Teachers • Digital Natives • Digital Immigrants • Teachers must have knowledge of technology in order to impart these skills to their students

  9. “[The digital divide is] the troubling gap between those who use computers and the Internet and those who do not.” ~Bharat Mehra

  10. History

  11. Current Issues

  12. Tribal Media Companies

  13. Case Study

  14. Arnie Duncan, Secretary of Education • What does he have to say?

  15. Federal E-Rate Program

  16. Community Technology Centers

  17. Case Study: Chicago, IL“Bridge The Digital Divide Program.”

  18. Conclusion

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