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The Digital Divide
Benton
Foundation
Gives you general information about issues on Digital Divide, News,
Policies,
among others.
Bridges.org
Bridges.org is an international non-profit organization with a mission
to help
people in developing countries use information and communications
technology
(ICT) to improve their lives.
Byte Back
Byte Back works with local organizations to provide computer access and
computer training to underemployed and unemployed adults, and computer
literacy
to at-risk youth.
Closing the Digital
Divide
"The Clinton Administration's Digital Divide Web site, a comprehensive
clearinghouse for information about the Administration's efforts to
provide all
Americans with access to the Internet and other information
technologies that
are crucial to their economic growth and personal advancement."
Department of
Education
U.S. Department of Education programs provide substantial funding to
help American
schools and communities bridge the "digital divide," reducing
inequities in access to information technology and the Internet.
Department of
Education: Office
of Education Technology
The U.S. Dept of Education spin on how you can bridge the digital
divide in
your community.
Digital
Divide and Information Sharing: Examining the Issues, The
This paper addresses two key issues relevant to the evolution of
e-government:
information sharing and the digital divide in developed countries
Digital
Divide Data's Model of Job Creation
This video has personal interviews with employees explaining the impact
DDD’s
model of creating jobs and providing access to educational
opportunities has
had in
Digital Divide
Network
Organization of industry leaders, private foundations, non-profits and
governments that exchanges data and strives to close the digital divide
gap.
Global Mobile 2008
Awards
Listing of 2008 winners of these awards.
IP TV
Article examines how IP TV could result in a digital divide similar to
the one
observed in broadband infrastructure.
Next Digital
Divide, The
The huge gap in the appropriateness of online content to under-served
populations threatens to greatly increase social disparities.
Pew Internet and
American Life Project
Pew Internet and American Life Project provides tracking data and
reports on
the use of the Internet in the American society.
World Summit on the
Information
Society
A series of international meetings “promoting the goals of the United
Nations
Millennium Declaration.”
Worldwide
Digital Divide: Information Poverty, the Internet and Development,
The
This paper by digital divide expert and Harvard/Kennedy School of
Government
lecturer Pippa Norris was presented to the annual meeting of the
Political
Studies Association of the United Kingdom in April 2000.
International Challenges
Africa and
ICT Challenges
Collects news stories from around the African continent related to ICT
challenges, success stories, and the like. Particularly focused on
Telecoms,
digital divide, health tech and education.
Internet
and State Control in Authoritarian Regimes, The
It is widely believed that the Internet poses an insurmountable threat
to
authoritarian rule.
NetdayCompass.org
Our mission is to connect every child to a brighter future by helping
educators
meet educational goals through the effective use of technology.
Quick Links
Some links to Digital Divide issues according to the UN and other
organizations
perspectives.
Race Relations
Articles about Digital Divide, Includes forums and Chats
UN Report
Article
Article discusses how digital divide threatens to Leave Developing World Behind.
World
Association for Online Education, The
WAOE offers membership services relevant to educators concerned with
teaching
online, public services for international society, and collaboration
with other
educational organizations functioning in cyberspace.
Additional Resources
Community
Technology Works
Information for
Development
The
"Digital Divide" is a Voluntary Gap
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