Educational Technology

May 8, 2010

Digital divide

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

by Amanda Clegg, Altoona Mirror

The Walker family has two computers with Internet access at home, but with four other siblings, his time on the computer is limited. Walker is not alone when it comes to turning to public computers for homework needs. A national report from the University of Washington Informational School found that about 77 million people turned to their public library for Internet access in 2009, even with the U.S. Census Bureau reporting more than 8 million Pennsylvanians lived in a household with Internet access in 2009.

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