Digital+Divide

=Types of Digital Divides.=

Generational:
Jukes and McCain discuss this in their book //Windows on the Future: Thinking About Tomorrow Today by Jukes and McCain//

Global:
[|Hole in the Wall Project]

eSchoolNews article: [|MIT team creating $100 laptops] and the official site [|One Laptop per Child]

[|Youth for Technology Foundation]. And don't miss the [|OLPC wiki]

[|A $10 laptop?] India says it wants to build a $10 laptop. Read the article in the Tech & Learning Online blog.

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National:
The article [|Technology Educators Decry New Digital Divide] references the following resources:
 * The [|E-rate] program (See description under Resources below);
 * Web 2.0 (This wiki is an example of Web 2.0 technology.) Visit [|K-12 Educators Guide To Web 2.0];
 * The [|iste] report [|A National Consideration of Digital Equity] which contains "five strategies to help make progress toward digital equity" (p. 10).

In his article, [|One-to-One Mobile Computing], Darryl LaGace, Director of the [|Lemon Grove School District], wrote, "//Focused on the vision to increase student achievement by bridging the digital divide and creating a connected learning community, the District embarked on this journey to infuse technology in the learning environment//" (p. 2). For more information about Lemon Grove see Case Studies on the Research(ers) page.

[|Mind the Gap] by the NEA (March 2008) describes what some schools and communities are doing to bridge the digital divide. At the bottom of the article there's a link for [|One Economy] which is a "non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the benefits of technology to all people that need it." There's a video on the website that explains their work.

Teachers:
Read the article [|A Different Divide: Teachers and Other Professionals]

[|THE DIGITAL DISCONNECT: THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN INTERNETSAVVY STUDENTS AND THEIR SCHOOLS]

= = =Resources:=


 * [|Where Can I Donate or Recycle My Old Computer and Other Electronic Products?] and [|My Green Electronics] offer solutions for recycling old technologies.
 * [|Tool Kit for Bridging the Digital Divide in Your Community] from the US Dept. of Ed. Office of Educational Technology
 * [|E-Rate] "The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund", commonly known as ‘E-Rate,’ is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and provides discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United States to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet access."
 * [|DigitalDivide.org]
 * [|Digital Divide Project] Check out the Curriclum link!
 * [|The Digital Divide Network]
 * [|Digital Divide Council]
 * [|Bridge the Digital Divide]
 * [|One Economy Corp] (Thanks for the resource, Michelle.)
 * [|ED Programs that Help Bridge the Digital Divide]
 * [|Computers for Schools]
 * **SpeedMatters** http://www.speedmatters.org/ "Throughout our history we have been able to benefit from major technological advances because we adopted national policies to ensure the widespread and equitable deployment of those technologies. In the 19th century we adopted policies to develop canals and a national railroad system. In the 20th century we instituted policies to develop national telephone and highway systems. In the 21st century, we need to have a national, universal high speed Internet access policy." http://www.speedmatters.org/why/ (Thanks for this info, Melissa!)
 * **Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html** (Thanks for the link, Carrie!)
 * Miller Institute for Learning with Technology http://www.learningtech.org/ (Another great link from Carrie!)