Digital_Divide

Digital Divide CHAPTER 1- DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM The Statement of Purpose The purpose of this project is to see why the digital divide exists in inner city schools. Technology is bringing in new ways of learning and giving the children of today new opportunities, but at the same time technology is widen the gap between different communities. The Setting of the Problem The resources in low-income communities can’t explain the technology gap alone. Society does not emphasis how important it is to supply equal distribution of technological equipment within the schools. Unlike families in the suburbs or higher income families, inner-city families are unable to purchases computers for their homes. The students that are enrolled in inner-city schools are deprived of computer education in the classroom, but in their homes as well. The digital divide refers to the increasing disparity between poor and affluent families\' access to technology and the Internet. It has been well documented as a major issue threatening inner city communities. Community schools are ill-equipped to provide access to computers, technology education and the Internet for their students; fewer families in the neighborhood have home computers than families in more affluent communities; and user, ctc, technology, satisfaction, income, goals, computers, schools, survey, activities, access, variables, students, reasons, families, computer, community, centers, users, scale, important, divide, school, internet, ethnicity, children, attending, skills, provide, faculty, education, digital, city, analysis, respondents