| Students enrolled in this UCLA, PhD course examined the relationship between technology and education over the course list-serve. Here is a sample of some of the students' on-line discussions concerning the "Digital Divide." |
The Means of Resistance
by Richard Kahn, UCLA
Kahn, a Doctoral student at UCLA, proposes three levels of micro-resistance to abate the "Digital Divide."
The "Digital Divide" Reality, Fact or Fiction:
How do we meet the challenge?
by Dr. Joseph Bowman, Jr., University at Albany, New York
Bowman reviews past and current legislation addressing the "Digital Divide" and illuminates how this gap exists especially amongst the poor, and minority and ethnic groups.
The Next Digital Divides
by Dr. Howard Besser, UCLA
Besser discusses why citizens must learn information literacy in order to become effective users of the Internet. He also advocates the creation of online content for and by underserved populations as a priority in addressing the "Digital Divide."
Redefining the Digital Divide
by Randal D. Pinkett, MIT Media Lab
Pinkett defines the "Digital Divide" as "the gap between those who benefit from new technologies and those who do not," and discusses how community technology centers can help close this gap.
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
by Dr. Jane Margolis, UCLA
Margolis examines the gender bias in the field of computer science and stresses the importance of including women in the field as inventors, designers and creators of computer technology.
What is the Digital Divide?
by Harouna Ba, EDC Center for Children and Technology
Ba identifies the barriers to access for under-served communities and discerns the obstacles that prevent communities from bridging the "digital divide."
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| Using census data, California Department of Education data and the results of a survey designed by Teaching to Change LA, Jordan High students created GIS maps comparing statistics on ethnicity, income, computer access in schools, and home Internet access in the Los Angeles area.
With these G.I.S. datasets, TCLA was able to produce seven graphs in Microsoft Excel. Click here to download them! |
 Interview with Richard Chabran,
Director of the Communities for Virtual Research (CVR) at UC Riverside, by Solange Castro Belcher
Chabran advocates the use of technology to create new "spaces" for community discourse and creativity. He also encourages community members and youth to voice their technological needs to their state legislature in order to communicate the importance of community technology centers.
Interview with Jeffrey Cole,
Director of the Center for Communication Policy at UCLA
by Solange Castro Belcher
Professor Cole discusses CCP's study of Internet access in the United States and abroad and compares the introduction of the Internet with the introduction of television. Cole additionally discusses a forseeable future when 100% of Americans have access to the Internet. |
