Digital Divide

Overview 

• The term digital divide is the discrepancy between the haves and have-nots when it comes to acces to new technologies. However, the divide has many causes, more often than not, it can be traced to disparities in human development. Such as socio-economic status, gender, age, language and literacy, and urban-rural location.
• Moreover, between two people with the same socio-economic status, the divide could likewise be between those who have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not.
• Bridging the digital divide is one of the priorities of the Philippine Government as embodied in the ten pont agenda of the Arroyo Administration. The E-commerce Law of 2000 has also pushed government agencies and local government units to go online, with the aim of reducing the beaucracy by making e-services available.
• Government is also trying to bridge the gap by exposing public school students to the new technologies via various programs, oftentimes with the help of the private sector.

Internet Essentials Second Activity

Innovators in Computing Hunt
This hunt acquaints you with the pioneers of computing. When you are done you’ll realize that calling someone a Geek
or Nerd is actually the highest form of flattery!

Directions: Use the hypertext links to go to a web site that has the answer. Use the Go Menu to return to the hunt web page.
If a link is broken, use you Internet search skills to find the answer.

1. Bell invented the phone. Edison invented the light bulb. The Altair was the first personal computer. Who developed it?

2. Name the Steve who invented the first Apple Computer.

3. Marcian “Ted” Hoff’s invention drastically changed computing. What did he invent?

4. Doug Engelbart has invented many things that make computing easier for us. Name three.

5. A revolutionary in thinking about computers, he believed in Man Computer Symbiosis.
He also envisioned a network of computers around the world. Name him.

6. In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a new language. You probably cannot speak it or write it.
Yet you use it all the time. What is that language?

7. At what age did Bill Gates become interested in computing?

What was his early vision of computing?

BTW – Gates did not invent the computer. He did develop software BASIC.

8. Your keyboard has its roots in the Typewriter which was invented by

9. In 1958, William Higinbotham wrote a program that was an interactive display for guests at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
What was it called?

It was probably the first what?

10. She is credited with being the first computer programmer. Name her. Use your Internet research skills to ascertain the answer.

11. Grace Murray Hopper invented the first computer compiler. What does she say about information and knowledge?

12. In Oct. 1982, the first CD player hit the shelves. Who came up with the idea for cds?

Use your online research skills to gleen the answers:

13. Vinton Gray Cerf has played a vital role in the development of _________________________________.

His role was so important he is called: ___________________________________________________

14. How was the Homebrew Computer Club important in computing history?

Is there a similar group in your school or community?

15. In 1977, Dennis C. Hayes invented a computer component that is essential to computer communication.
What did he invent.? What does his device do?

16. Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit.
What device did he go on to invent that helped people value the power of his IC’s?

17. Using the resources at the Internet Society site, select 2 computer or Internet revolutionaries.
Write their name and what they contributed. (If the site asks for a sign in, just click cancel)

a.

b.

Use your online research skills to find the answer.

18. Robert E. Kahn was awarded the National Medal of Technology for

19. Linus Torvalds developed a basic operating system for computers called Linux.
What did he do with that OS (Operating System) that challenges companies that charge for their computer software?

20. Scott E. Fahlman developed something to smile about. What is it?

Enter one here:

21. Steve Jobs’ Think Different leadership has changed our lives. Explain

22. The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for simultaneously and independently
discovering giant magnetoresistance. How have their discoveries impacted your life?

Internet Essentials (First Activity)

For Block 1 —-> Submission is from 8:00 am – 11:00 am

For Block 2 —-> Submission is from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm 

Post your answers here, with your name and Email address…

1. What does DVD stand for?

How many DVD formats are available?
2. What is a dingbat?

3. What is a handshake?

4. What is a home page?

5. What handles can you not hold in your hand?

6. What was ENIAC?

7. What contribution did Ada Byron make to computing?

8. What kind of wafers are used at Intel to make computer chips?

9. What do they call the suit that cleanroom technicians must wear while making computer chips?

10. What does modem stand for anyway? (Search the site)