This assignment allowed me to reflect on my time at two different school districts and explore some of the trends I observed at each in much greater detail and in the context of digital divide issues that we have been researching over the last two weeks. Among the things that resonated with me through conducting this research is the idea of how interconnected the public and private worlds are when it comes to digital access. The ITU report, Measuring the Information Society 2012, uses terms like "penetration", which I thought had previously reserved for corporate speech, but to combat such an epidemic requires the work of advocates in education, government, private industry, and nonprofit organizations. It is also quite jarring to think about the huge numbers of people across the globe who have none of the experiences that most Americans would cite as essential to securing a good education and job. Overall it was a fantastic learning experience for me.
A narrated version of the presentation is embedded as a YouTube video above, and the Google Presentation version, with a script included in the speaker's notes, is embedded below:
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