Growing Our Understanding about Digital Access

Essential Questions for this topic:  
What is digital access? Why should I care about the access others have to digital media or the Internet?

  Reading and Viewing  

Explore the interactive e-book on our topic. This book has both articles to read as well as videos to watch. As you explore the textbook, consider why it is important for students to learn about digital access. 

Be sure to watch the videos about Sugata Mitra's  projects which explore how technology can help to bridge the digital divide and improve education in poor communities. In the videos, you will get a chance to learn about how Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments helped bring the potential of self-organized learning to the public’s attention. Research since then has continued to support his startling conclusion that groups of children, with access to the Internet, can learn almost anything by themselves.