OK, here’s as best as I could decipher. Sorry, I lost the outline form when I copy/pasted. The e-mail will look prettier. I will also attempt to e-mail the group. I have the following e-mail addresses. Please add any that are missing.

Beth

Beth Hand (mhand@usd116.org)Venita Hubbard (vhubbard@uiuc.edu)Cathy Mannen (mannencat@champaignschools.org)Britni Rolfingsmeier brolfin2@uiuc.eduPamela Williams pwillims@uiuc.edu(Carla Ainslie) ainslie2@uis.eduBo White - bowhite2@uiuc.eduWill Montepeque - wmontep2@uiuc.eduTom Ashley - tashley2@uiuc.eduNicole - nweir2@uiuc.eduCarolyn Yun - cyyun@uiuc.edu



1) I think that maybe we should look at the history of the issue (when and why the divide started
a. Gender
b. Race
c. Class issues
d. (Social/cultural context)
2) What are the challenges to solving the issue?
a. Technological divide
b. Global poverty divide
c. Financial considerations
d. Generational gaps/divides (between parents and kids)
3) What do the experts say? (opposing ideas)
4) What are our takes on the situation in our own environments?
5) What is the future of the digital divide?
6) What are others doing to solve the issue?
7) Educational opportunities and challenges – how the DD affects education…
8) Specific issues within DD: people with disabilities, age gaps, gender…
9) What about people who have the capability but choose not to? (sim… to aliteracy) (I think the author is wondering about those people who choose not to be technologically literate.)

We also have to address these three things?
1) The issue about social and cultural contexts
2) The role of technology – how do new technologies affect and how are they affected by these trends?