3. Cate Brosseau Indiano consulting & training marketing, advertising, communications, graphic arts
4. what divide? economics & access? the audience of the entire Internet for the first time, globally, crossed one billion users in December 2008 China: 180 million, USA: 163 million Middle East & Africa: only 4.8%
17. Characteristics of The Divide Native: They won’t listen to me or my ideas. We could be doing so much with technology! Immigrant: What…I have to learn a new program? I just got comfortable with the old one.
18. Digital Natives prefer to use their technologies to interact, communicate, and collaborate with others. Meet them where they are. Make an effort to bridge the divide. Learn the technology. Teach them the business.
19. The Digital Divide is Here A Vision of Students Today: Kansas State University, YouTube
The have’s and have not’s in terms of resources or infrastructure? Let’s look at the changing climate.
shows 63% of adult Americans now have broadband internet connections at home, a 15% increases from a year earlier. April’s level of high-speed adoption represents a significant jump from figures gathered by the Project since the end of 2007 (54%).
In other words, we have it, but are we using it?
Let’s define these terms.
Question – self identify your digital demographic
It is now clear that as a result of this ubiquitous environment and the sheer volume of their interaction with it, today's students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. These differences go far further and deeper than most educators suspect or realize.