1. The Digital Divide: Background Information Rochelle, Carl, Kerri, and Stacey

2. Definition: A significant difference in the access to and equity of technology experience based on categories such as income, race, gender, location, or education.

3. “More than 80% of people in the world have never ever heard a dial tone, let alone surfed the web.” - Family Care Foundation

4. How do you think income is related to the digital divide?

5. Income-Related: 86.3 % of households earning $75,000 per year have internet access, vs. 12.7% of households earning less than $15,000.

8. What are the implications?

9. How do you think ethnicity is related to the digital divide?

11. Ethnicity-Related Internet access levels in Households: - White: 46.1% - Asian American/Pacific Islander: 56.8% - Black: 23.5% - Hispanic: 23.6%

12. What are the implications?

13. How do you think education is related to the digital divide?

14. Education-Related: - 65% of college grads have home internet access, vs. 11.7% of households headed by people with less than a high school education. - Of those who use the internet outside of the home, 18.9% use it in k-12 schools, and 8.3% in other school settings.

15. What are the implications?