Bridges and Barriers to Digital Inclusion - 0 views
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some 91 percent of Americans now use a cell phone, and 90 percent of cell phone subscribers in the United States and Western Europe have phones that are Internet-ready
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Digital Inclusion: In some circles, the term digital divide is itself defunct. Instead, using digital inclusion is not only a way to reframe the discourse in a more positive light but also reflective of what access, adoption, and literacy in the digital world really mean today. Students who are excluded from the digital universe know exactly what they're missing
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In May 2011, U.N. Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue released a report declaring that access to the Internet is a basic human right.
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The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education
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"The question is not whether we can get an iPod into every kid's hand. It's whether communities can leverage the capacity of networks to make learning more authentic and powerful for students." It's not just word processing, but blogging and tweeting; not just a class project, but an international student collaboration; not reinventing the wheel every time, but tapping into a professional-learning community that shares ideas and resources.
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How do we define digital access when the price of personal computers and related technologies has dropped dramatically over the years?
