Widening the divide between rich and poor
August 10, 2008 by tracey7
I have just been looking at some research on technology used by young people around the world and I couldn’t help thinking that new technology is a fantastic thing – if you can afford it!
This research by Yahoo stated that 88% of teenagers in Australia owned their own PC, 92% had their own mobile phone and 61% had their own video game console. But who was it that Yahoo interviewed – teenagers with access to technology. What about the ones that could not afford a PC and internet access to answer the poll – what about the kids in developing countries who do not even have electricity to run this new technology…?
When young people join the workforce will there be two types of employees – those that are comfortable with technology and those that don’t know where to start?
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I know we are not meant to comment on parity,income and justice in this course as stated in the first lecture. However with 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion living in poverty it does make you wonder about access to technology.
The Year 9 class on prac were barely interested in using the computer for anything more than illegally downloading songs and playing games.About 20% of the class weren’t even connected to the internet.