Summary
Many school assignments are anchored to the computer and Internet and those that go home without that vital connectivity access have no alternative except to find an open and available public library. Here within the digital divide, there is a developing harbinger of an increasing crime rate-the growing inequity of cyber connectivity within communities. Louie presents the bridge for this digital divide that can be built by community volunteerism and the span takes the physical shape of donated computers and residential, online locations.
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Bridging the Digital Divide
What is the digital divide? What was once predicted to be an information glut as we approached the latter part of the 20th Century is now a 21st Century explosion. The shrapnel from this explosion takes the shape of cyber information, propelled by a bewildering arsenal of technology.
Where school teachers once toiled over keeping students on track to develop reading skills, the fundamentals of the three R's have given way...See the full content of this document
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