Internet Issues by Collins Omondi

Internet Issues by Collins Omondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute en-us 2021-04-13 08:32:57 UTC 2025-09-03 15:44:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f310.png Coronavirus has exposed the digital divide like never before collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410959028

But almost half of the world’s population has no access to the internet.

Fewer than 1 in 5 people in the least developed countries are connected.

This digital divide impacts women more than men.

From schools setting coursework online to office staff working from home, the internet is the answer to many coronavirus lockdown problems. But what about the billions of people who can't get online?

]]> 2021-04-13 08:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410959028 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410974081 2021-04-13 08:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410974081 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410976070 2021-04-13 08:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410976070 The coronavirus lockdown risks turning the problem of digital exclusion into a catastrophe of lost education and opportunity for the UK’s poorest and most vulnerable, write researchers Hannah Holmes and Dr Gemma Burgess. collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410979127 2021-04-13 08:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410979127 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410984431 2021-04-13 08:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410984431 Starlink collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410986624 2021-04-13 08:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1410986624 Digital Divide collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411021249 The digital divide refers to the gap between those able to benefit from the digital age and those who are not.]]> 2021-04-13 08:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411021249 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411023218 Its dangerously destabalizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the other half struggles on the bare edge of survival.

Bill Clinton]]> 2021-04-13 08:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411023218 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411025153 Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important

Bill Gates]]> 2021-04-13 08:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411025153 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411027012 I would not minimize the digital divide, which seperates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.

Robert Darnton]]> 2021-04-13 08:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411027012 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411030323 No product is made today, no person moves today, nothing is collected, analyzed or communicated without some 'digital technology' being an integral part of it. That, in itself, specks to the overwhelming 'value' of digital technology

Louis Rossetto]]> 2021-04-13 08:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411030323 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411036624 2021-04-13 09:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411036624 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411042817 2021-04-13 09:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411042817 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411055983 2021-04-13 09:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411055983 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411061716 “While global broadband speeds continue to trend upward, the truth is faster countries are the ones lifting the average, pulling away at speed and leaving the slowest to stagnate.”

Dan Howdle]]> 2021-04-13 09:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411061716 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411066638 2021-04-13 09:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411066638 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411069439 2021-04-13 09:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411069439 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411070067 2021-04-13 09:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411070067 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411071990 2021-04-13 09:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411071990 The digital divide is the gap between people in society who have full access to digital technologies (such as the internet and computers) and those who do not. Concerns about the digital divide have been particularly acute during the COVID-19 pandemic as the internet and digital devices have played an important role in allowing people to access services, attend medical appointments and stay in touch with friends and family. What impact has the digital divide had on children and adults in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic and what has been done to tackle it? collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411074007 2021-04-13 09:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1411074007 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1418769585 “The Internet is not a luxury, it is a necessity.”
– President Barack Obama

“Technology touches everyone, everywhere, and I want to be part of that.”
– Caitlyn, from Boston, of Girls Who Code

“There is a strong consensus that every American household needs to have broadband access.”
– Julián Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

“I’m empowered to do something!”
– Lisa Brown, Byte Back Office Track graduate and MOS Excel student

“It’s no longer a luxury. This is serious. It’s really a social justice issue. It’s a 21st-century civil rights issue.”
– Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, deputy director of strategic initiatives at the Kansas City Public Library and advocate for closing the digital divide

]]> 2021-04-14 23:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1418769585 Black and White collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444759351 2021-04-21 22:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444759351 Dressing for the Digital Divide collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444768846 2021-04-21 22:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444768846 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444774677 2021-04-21 22:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444774677 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444847983 2021-04-21 23:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444847983 collinscomondi https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444848456 2021-04-21 23:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/collinscomondi/7csf639zdwmxaute/wish/1444848456