Most recent public comments by Edwin Espino https://nowcomment.com/users/52083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/130338?scroll_to=1273216 https://nowcomment.com/documents/130338?scroll_to=1273216 It is sad that socio-economic status has the biggest effect on this digital divide. If low-income students don not have adequate access, it does hinder their success and it ends up turning into a vicious cycle. In order to cope with this divide I too would allow students ample amount of computer and internet access at school taking into account that they may not have much access. Schools in low income areas should also have more resources to allow students to borrow tablets or laptops. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:20:44 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/130338?scroll_to=1273202 https://nowcomment.com/documents/130338?scroll_to=1273202 I totally agree with the Digital Civil Rights Bill. Before this I was not fully aware of the disparity between rural and urban and rich and poor in regards to digital access. As the Ted talk points out, it is highly reminiscent of the public education gap that existed before. To draw more political and legislative attention to this bill, I believe that educators must rely on activism. There probably is some national organization that hold this digital divide cause as important so as a teacher I would have to research organizations and find one that I can join and be a part of the cause. Another thing would be to call local and federal representatives to make known this grievance. If I am teaching in a locality where this divide is much more evident and my students are actually affected by it, I would put pressure on administrators to start a plight to the school board. This would require organizing teachers to unite and put more pressure. Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:15:21 -0500