Digital Divide
During this unit, I learned that with most jobs, and schools nowadays you need to have access to the Internet or know how to use technology such as computers. This surprised me because I feel that a lot of people in power have addressed issues with poverty and I feel that this is a necessity that must be addressed. I also learned that relating to this issue, 25 million people have no Internet access. A final major thing that I learned was that most of the efforts to close this gap are done so by providing access but many people need the education on how to use technology. I think this is a really important factor that we can easily apply in schools. It surprised me that during COVID and the time when everyone was online there were little to no resources available for students and adults. I feel that since school was online school districts would try to get all of their students online. One thing that I am going to take away is that education is one of the most important factors in the digital divide. If we educate people about technology, starting off young and in school, then we will eventually have a society that is technologically smart and capable of doing the most basic tasks regarding technology.
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Getting woke to the digital divide | Youngmoo Kim — YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d5R5ZjRzsc
Global digital divide a ‘barrier to wider equality’ that must be closed, says world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. Common Dreams. (2020, June 12). Retrieved May 15, 2022, from https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/12/global-digital-divide-barrier-wider-equality-must-be-closed-says-world-wide-web
Millions are left behind in the Digital age — youtube.com. (n.d.). Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcy-w_xTh20
