Who will ensure that the children of poverty are given an equal opportunity?
Sure– this is a Linux commercial, but forget that. Rather look at the real message. The message of information and how this generation of digital learners are being given an advantage over those who do not have access. As I watched this commercial I was taken with the fact that children of parents with digital access have a distinct advantage over children with parents without access. I have been thinking about the digital divide more than usual, partly because I have been asked to keynote at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth conference called Building Futures Through Education. I am humbled to say the least. After the keynote, I will give a breakout Q&A session in which I have decided to include my take on bridging the digital divide from a social empowerment perspective. Bottom line – here is my take on the digital divide. As teachers we have to realize that we are preparing students for jobs that haven’t even been invented yet. I challenge yo
