The Digital Divide - Is It Still Present?

Check out our VoiceThread below that our class had discussing the Digital Divide.

This section really hit home for me because the digital divide is very apparent at my school.  Many of my kids don't have access to the internet at home, and many, if they do, have a very slow connection.  Kelsey brought up this point and I agree, the divide doesn't necessarily mean do our students have a computer but do they have appropriate access?  If they have very slow connections having the internet may be a burden when trying to do homework online.  If I ask my kids to go to a website and play a game to reinforce the learning that we did in class and they have a connection at home that takes forever to load, this activity would actually be counterproductive.  So to me, the digital divide isn't just whether or not they have access, but do they have the best access they need.