Digital Access by lizzyybizzyy16 on GoAnimate
Digital access is having full electronic participation in society. This affects me because without having complete access to computers I wouldn't be able to keep up with my online school work.
The digital divide in education is the divide between people with and without access to computers. The digital divide affects me because with it I wouldn't be able to stay in contact with distant friends or family. For people who live far away the internet is a good way to stay in contact with them with things like twitter, facebook, and skype. If a close relative lived far away and they were in an area without internet or computer access you wouldn't be able to stay in contact with them.
The digital divide in education is the divide between students who do and don't have full access to computers. The digital divide affects the school because the school is using more and more online resources in classes and without full access to computers you wouldn't be able to do any work which would affect your grade. The school's also incorporating more and more technology into classes. Like instead of handing out worksheets or rubrics they get posted online and you need to print them out yourself and if you don't then it negatively impacts you in the class.
Digital access and the digital divide affects students on their academic growth because without having full access to technology it can negatively impact your grade. When you have a project or an essay teachers now put the rubrics online for you to print out which saves the school paper, but if you don't have access to a computer and can't print it out it brings your grade on the project down which brings your overall grade down. This affects your future because if you apply to colleges and you have low grades you might not get in to the college you want. Also without using the technology now you won't know how to use at a job.
Some things that the education system can do to fix the digital divide in our schools are things that are making technology easier to use for deaf and blind people to use things like the internet and other devices. They can do this by making the internet easier to get to by improving the user interfaces. Or they can make equipment for internet phone calls compatible with hearing aids. By doing this it would help people that can't use the technology available at school.
Digital access affects us all as digital citizens, without technology we wouldn't be able to keep up with new technology. When you know how to use technology now it becomes easier to learn and use new technology because it evolves from the old technology.
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