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Digital Divide Presentation
Digital Divide Presentation
Digital Divide Presentation
The School
School Statistics
518 students enrolled
89% on free/reduced lunch
of the 518 students, 38% have a home computer with internet
access and 62% do not
of the 62% (321 students), 67% have a cell phone with internet
access and 33% do not
this equates to 106 students with NO internet access either through
a mobile device or computer
* excerpted from The Digital Disconnect: The widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools.
References
Smith, C. (2010). Digital divide defined. Retrieved from http://www.digitaldivide.org/digitaldivide/digitaldividedefined/digitaldivide.html
OECD (2001). Understanding the digital divide. Paris: OECD. Retrieved November 7, 2013 from http:
//www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/57/1888451.pdf
Arafeh, S., Levin, D., Rainie, L., Lenhart, A. The digital disconnect: the widening gap between internetsavvy students and their schools. Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 14, 2002. Retrieved
November 8, 2013 from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2002/The-Digital-Disconnect-Thewidening-gap-between-Internetsavvy-students-and-their-schools.aspx