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The Digital Divide and Its Implications for the Language Arts. ERIC Digest D153

Link: http://eric.indiana.edu/.

In the early years of the Internet, there was an expectation that the availability and easy access to online resources of unparalleled abundance would increase educational equity throughout the socio-economic spectrum. In fact, research suggests that patterns of technology access often mirror existing inequalities rather than mitigate them, and if corrective steps are not taken, technology may worsen rather than solve equity disparities.

• Author/Creator: Stoicheva, Mila Corp Author Eric Clearinghouse on Reading English, Communication, Bloomington I. N.
• Author's address: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Indiana University, 2805 E. 10th Street, Suite 140, Bloomington, IN 47408-2698 Tel: 800-759-4723 (Toll Free)
• Date Published: 07-00
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Computer Uses in Education
• Subject: Internet
• Subject: Language Arts

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