Definition of Digital Access

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Digital Access is defined as "full electronic participation in society." In other words, everyone should have access to digital technology, especially tecnologies that are free, like the Internet. A common term for describing the gap between people who have access to technology and those who do not is called the "Digital Divide." Here are some related questions to consider...

1. For people who don't have a home computer, what are some other ways they can access the Internet?
2. What about rural locations in the U.S. or in less-developed countries: might they have less access to technology and the Internet than you do?
3. In school, is it fair if you get a better grade on your homework because you turned a paper in printed out from Microsoft Word, but another student who doesn't have access to a computer wrote his by hand?
4. What about people with vision problems or hand coordination problems - is there computer technology that exists to help them see the screen or operate a mouse?

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Ribble, Mike. "Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship." Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately. 2010. Web. 23 June 2010. http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html.