Professor Wysocki's Podcast #1:
October 16, 2012
Link to Net Neutrality Podcast
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Wysocki's Web Publishing Class- Blog #2
Digital Divide:
According to Steve Kastenbaum, from CNN News, “The so-called digital divide has all but disappeared. But there’s a huge gap in knowledge of how to use that technology.”
Steve Kastenbaum believes that the digital divide is becoming less and less of an issue due to advancements in school systems; more specifically in schools located in New York’s Lower East Side.
Children in the Lower East Side of New York are finding it more and more normal to have classrooms filled with computers, even if they haven’t ever touched a computer at home.
Because of the digital divide and many Americans not being able to afford internet in their homes, children in our public school systems have minimal computer experience.
Even though schools are trying to do a better job in adding computers and Internet access to a child’s day-to-day schedule, I feel that the digital divide still plays a significant role. A child can only get so much internet and/or computer access when at school and if they don’t have that access at home, they hours they are on the computer at school just are not enough; therefore, the digital divide still stands.
Northwestern University professor Eszter Hargittai believes that bridging the gap is the key to creating a path out of poverty for students and I definitely agree, but how big of a role of internet within the schools is going to affect the child? Yes, the child will become more comfortable with a computer, but they will not be nearly as comfortable with it as a child who has a computer at their home; hence, the digital divide.
Though many schools that are “in the bad part of town” are doing their best to have their students get more aquainted with computers and the internet, I feel that they will never be as familiar with it as students who have the luxury of a computer in the privacy of their own home. Children who have computers at their houses probably don’t only use the computer for school work, they may play games on the computer, they may take part in online shopping, or even use social media platforms. Children who only use computers at school don’t have the ability to do those things, due to the use of their computers are only in a school setting, so doing these things at school is almost nonexistent.
The digital divide is still a huge factor in America, regardless of whether or not schools are adding computer use to the classroom.
http://cnnradio.cnn.com/2012/10/05/helping-kids-cross-the-digital-divide/
According to Steve Kastenbaum, from CNN News, “The so-called digital divide has all but disappeared. But there’s a huge gap in knowledge of how to use that technology.”
Steve Kastenbaum believes that the digital divide is becoming less and less of an issue due to advancements in school systems; more specifically in schools located in New York’s Lower East Side.
Children in the Lower East Side of New York are finding it more and more normal to have classrooms filled with computers, even if they haven’t ever touched a computer at home.
Because of the digital divide and many Americans not being able to afford internet in their homes, children in our public school systems have minimal computer experience.
Even though schools are trying to do a better job in adding computers and Internet access to a child’s day-to-day schedule, I feel that the digital divide still plays a significant role. A child can only get so much internet and/or computer access when at school and if they don’t have that access at home, they hours they are on the computer at school just are not enough; therefore, the digital divide still stands.
Northwestern University professor Eszter Hargittai believes that bridging the gap is the key to creating a path out of poverty for students and I definitely agree, but how big of a role of internet within the schools is going to affect the child? Yes, the child will become more comfortable with a computer, but they will not be nearly as comfortable with it as a child who has a computer at their home; hence, the digital divide.
Though many schools that are “in the bad part of town” are doing their best to have their students get more aquainted with computers and the internet, I feel that they will never be as familiar with it as students who have the luxury of a computer in the privacy of their own home. Children who have computers at their houses probably don’t only use the computer for school work, they may play games on the computer, they may take part in online shopping, or even use social media platforms. Children who only use computers at school don’t have the ability to do those things, due to the use of their computers are only in a school setting, so doing these things at school is almost nonexistent.
The digital divide is still a huge factor in America, regardless of whether or not schools are adding computer use to the classroom.
http://cnnradio.cnn.com/2012/10/05/helping-kids-cross-the-digital-divide/
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