Addressing The Digital Divide
“The future arrived; it just wasn’t equally distributed.” William Gibson
In the 1998 U.S. Department of Commerce report, Falling Through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide showed that more people had computers they did not necessarily have access to online and certain groups so do not own computers (ED Home Technology, 2006). The lack of this access causes some students to lack the ability improve learning through utilizing educational software, adults the ability to improve technological skills and the advantage of families to stay connected.
Therefore, as an educational technology leader it is essential when discussing or utilizing emerging technologies that I take a global perspective on emerging technologies and the effect they may have on various cultures. In order to make emerging technologies valuable to others, while maintaining gender, cultural and economic sensitivity, as Dr. Thornburg states one must understand what valuable means, “Valuable means understand a culture well enough to help people incorporate new ideas into their culture” (Thornburg, 2009). Therefore, we implementing these emerging technologies into other countries it is essential to consider the culture and what would be appropriate given their actuality. Another way to bridge the gap of the digital divide is to receive funding from government programs for communities and schools to reduce inequalities in educational technologies and internet access. The final way to make emerging technologies valuable to others while considering gender, cultural and economic issues is by providing support. Dr. Elliot Soloway mentions how it is not only money, but support and services. “If you get technology that’s emerging, sometimes it doesn’t work so well and you need support structures” (Soloway, 2009). Therefore, as a leader in educational technology it is essential that we prepare our students to utilize these emerging technologies, but we first must understand how to use them ourselves and their impact in the classroom so that we can support our students with implementing these emerging technologies in the classroom.
References
ED, Home Technology, (2006). ED programs that help bridge the digital divide. ED Home Technology, Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/Technology/digdiv.html
Soloway, E. (n.d.). The digital divide: Leveling the playing field. [Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4199715&Survey=1&47=5797856&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Thornburg, D.D. (2009). Diversity and globalism. [Vodcast]. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from
http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4199715&Survey=1&47=5797856&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Additional Websites
Falling Through the Net: Toward Digital Inclusion Report
http://search.ntia.doc.gov/pdf/fttn00.pdf
Caught in the Digital Divide
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech041.shtml
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Rhymes of History
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Rhymes of History Technology
Dr. Thornburg describes the force rhymes of history as, “The affect or impact of a new development rekindling something from the distant past” (Thornburg, 2009). A technology that represents a rhyme of history is blogging or blogs. Wikipedia describes blogs as, “a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video” (Wikipedia, 2010). Blogging or blogs rekindles storytelling and journaling from the past, which have the affect of creating and sharing information and memories from the past of family culture, events and beliefs. Recordings in journals can be traced back to 56 AD China, while in the Western world, journaling became a common practice during the Renaissance when the image of the self became important (Osborn, 2010). The idea of journaling is to share by recording observations, events and memories and reflecting on those events and topics. It is also a form of storytelling by sharing expressing events using words and images through elaboration orally and written. The idea of journaling and storytelling enables people to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings on struggles and events during a certain period of time which can be used to allow future generations to see what occurred in the past and also insight on numerous topics from various perspectives. Instead of events, reflections and memories being passed down and shared by word of mouth, through cave writings or small notebooks it is now done through a website known as blogging.
References
Osborn, A. (2010). History of journaling. Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Journaling&id=321401
Thornburg. D. (2009). Rhymes of History. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn
Wikipedia (2010). Blog. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Information on blogs
http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/
Creating a Blog
https://www.blogger.com/start
Dr. Thornburg describes the force rhymes of history as, “The affect or impact of a new development rekindling something from the distant past” (Thornburg, 2009). A technology that represents a rhyme of history is blogging or blogs. Wikipedia describes blogs as, “a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video” (Wikipedia, 2010). Blogging or blogs rekindles storytelling and journaling from the past, which have the affect of creating and sharing information and memories from the past of family culture, events and beliefs. Recordings in journals can be traced back to 56 AD China, while in the Western world, journaling became a common practice during the Renaissance when the image of the self became important (Osborn, 2010). The idea of journaling is to share by recording observations, events and memories and reflecting on those events and topics. It is also a form of storytelling by sharing expressing events using words and images through elaboration orally and written. The idea of journaling and storytelling enables people to reflect and share their thoughts and feelings on struggles and events during a certain period of time which can be used to allow future generations to see what occurred in the past and also insight on numerous topics from various perspectives. Instead of events, reflections and memories being passed down and shared by word of mouth, through cave writings or small notebooks it is now done through a website known as blogging.
References
Osborn, A. (2010). History of journaling. Retrieved from http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Journaling&id=321401
Thornburg. D. (2009). Rhymes of History. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn
Wikipedia (2010). Blog. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Information on blogs
http://www.marketingterms.com/dictionary/blog/
Creating a Blog
https://www.blogger.com/start
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