I used yippy.com because it was a site we learned about in class and I have never tried using it before. I was interested in how the site presents its results and the format of the site compared to other more common search engines.
The two best sites you found: give the full URLs and URLs to any specific pages that are especially helpful.
http://www.newmedia.alma.edu/communication/303winter2002/digitaldivide/history.htm
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-divide-connectivity
Information on http://www.newmedia.alma.edu/communication/303winter2002/digitaldivide/history.htm
- The Digital Divide Quest Group. This group is run by a group of college students majoring in multiple areas of communication.
- The site is does not state specifically who funds the group.
- The copyright year is 2002. However, there is a lot of history and concerns on the site, which does not particularly need to be updated or changed.
- Along with the history of the digital divide, current concerns, and actions taking place, the site also has statistics. These statistics cover the global perpective, U.S. perspective, telephone use, income and educational factors, and ICT statistics.
- I feel that this site has a lot of information. They do site authors throughout their writings, but I would like to know further information about the group and how updated it is. Since they site the authors, I would look up those authors to see their specific writings.
History Information Addressed: In regards to economics, it changed the overall perception of information and it's cost and worth. However, people felt that it could build a better future. In the 1960s, the main focus was put of technical innovation. Between 1960 and 1978, 400 billion dollars in taxpaying money was put towards research and development, which was mainly put towards military development. This development then led to a society of information. Due to federal deregulation, private industry was promoted. This led to people feeling constrained when trying to create free information.
The Clinton and Gore administration stressed there focus on the digital divide and finding solutions.
Information on http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-divide-connectivity
- Edutopia. Edutopia is an organization that supports educational reform. It focuses on research and promoting helpful learning environments. They work with students that are struggling by forming a community of leaders and improving online tools and resources for educators to share.
- The site is funded through donations towards The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- This specific article was originally published on October 27, 2009.
- This article gives a great run down on the history. It is brief but provides may links to people and organizations that they reference. This article would be good to use as a starting point. I learned in the article that Hammond, one of the co-inventors of the phrase "digital divide" now teaches at the SCU Law School!
- It seems as though it is a reliable source since it is a .org site. The author of the specific article is a political and architectural writer, but I could find no further information about his educational background. To get further information about the topics in the article, I would visit the sites they provide as links on the page.
History Information Addressed: The article fights that the digital divide may have not become a national issue until 1991 when the High Performance Computing Act was passed. This act funded the fiber otic network that led to the internet. Between 1991 and 1996, the number of personal computers owned went from 300,000 to over 10 million. After that, search engine sites became popular, making the internet even more popular. During this boom of technology use, the Clinton administration noticed the potential of technology being unequally distributed. The National Telecommunications & Information Administration recognized this as a problem in 1995. A White House aide, Albert Hammond addressed the issue that jobs will eventually require computer and internet knowledge. Hammond and Larry Irving co-created the term "digital divide."
