The Digital Divide

I think the digital divide is really interesting.  I don't think about it much because technology is so available to me.  I use it everyday.  It is always a shock when I go on a camping trip and don't have my phone or internet with me.  We have become so accustomed to it, that I am not sure I would know how to write an in depth research paper without it.

The Digital Divide


 (a) Made efforts to ensure digital equity and to bridge the digital divide by making sure that students were not unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged by their use of and expectations for student and family use of technology

My teachers would always give time in class to use the computers and the internet so that it was not entirely up to the students to do at home work.  However there were a lot of projects that we did not get much time to work on in class so there was definitely a divide left.

(b) Whether they were aware of it or not, may have created inequities and exacerbated the digital divide as a result of use of and expectations for student and family use of technology.

We always had to type our papers and did not always have the opportunity to do so in class.  We also had online assignments sometimes.

(c) With specific reference to the context in which you plan to teach, what are the most important things that YOU can do to ensure digital equity and to help bridge the digital divide as a teacher?

I don't anticipate needing much technology for my teaching.  When it might be necessary an in-class set of ipads or laptops or cameras would be enough.