The Digital Divide By Zachary Gonsioroski Ashley Hennessy
The Digital Divide By: Zachary Gonsioroski, Ashley Hennessy, Amanda Johnson, Lori Kaeding, Kelly Learn Introduction: The digital divide impacts us more than we know today. We made this survey to help understand how the digital divide is really affecting our general population. We had our peers in our class take the survey, these are our results. Method: We created a survey that contains ten questions total. Our survey was created through survey monkey and included two yes/no questions, four multiple choice questions, two true and false questions, and two open ended questions. 1. • 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Does student achievement increase when there is more digital involvement in the classroom? • Yes • No Somewhat Have you ever heard of the digital divide? • Yes • No During your k-12 years, did you experience the digital divide? • Free response Who is the most affected by the digital divide? • City communities • Rural Communities • Racial/Minority • B and C Do you think placing computers in classrooms will solve the issue of the digital divide? • Free Response Is the lack of technological knowledge a downfall in education today? • • True False 7. Is the digital divide an issue in the U. S. today? • Yes • No 8. Who has the most internet users? • Africa • US/Canada • Asia • Latin America 9. Less than ten percent of thrown away computers are recycled? • True • False 10. How often do you use your computer? • Ten or more times a day • Five times a day • Rarely • Never Does student achievement increase when digital access is available in the classroom? Yes 7% 40% 6, 70% 13, 30% 20, 00% 60, 00% City Communities Rural Communities Racial/Minority B and C This graph shows that 60% choose B(Rural Communities and C (Racial/Minority) for which are most affect by the digital divide. 20% choose Racial/Minority, 13. 30% choose Rural Communities, and 6. 70% City communities. The information was gathered from number four of the survey. Have you ever heard of the Digital Divide? Findings: 13% Who is most affected by the digital divide? Yes 46, 70% 53, 30% No Somewhat No No Effect This graph show that 40% said yes increase when digital access , 40% said somewhat, 6. 7% said no, and 13. 30 said no effect. The information was gathered from number three in the survey. This graph shows that 53. 30% said yes if they heard of the digital divide and the other 46. 70% had never heard of the digital divide. This information was gathered number one in the survey. Conclusion: Throughout this experience we learned what our peers thought about the digital divide. The answers varied and helped us see what students thought. For further research we should look at specific school districts in the same general area and compare them to each other and then survey the teachers and get their opinion on the issue. References Peters, D. L. , & Kuttan, D. A. (n. d. ). Cyber. Learning. org - Digital Divide. Cyber. Learning. org - Leader in Online Courses & IT Certifications. Retrieved February 1, 2011, from http: //cyberlearning. org/digitaldivide/ Steele-Carlin, S. (n. d. ). Education World A : Technology in the Classroom: Caught in the Digital Divide. Education World A; The Educator's Best Friend. Retrieved February 1, 2011, from http: //www. educationworld. com/a_tech/tech 041. shtml Technology & Digital Divide Facts at Changing The Present. (n. d. ). Changing The Present. Retrieved February 1, 2011, from http: //www. changingthepresent. org/technology_ and_digital_divide/facts
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