tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post8434757210918035578..comments2017-11-19T12:50:45.678+11:00Comments on Web2 Wanderings: Reality CheckKazzmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07148068526005707939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post-85259253888379203662007-06-21T17:50:00.000+10:002007-06-21T17:50:00.000+10:00I've been listening to a podcast today by a univer...I've been listening to a podcast today by a university lecturer in Bristol, Professor Angela McFarlane who discusses the digital divide and she further distinguishes the divide to those who are in an ICT supportive environment at home where several members of the family use ICT compared to a child who may be provided with the infrastructure however lives in a home where no-one else is ICT literate. She poses an interesting view of those ICT literate kids -Refer my new post.Kazzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148068526005707939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post-46471495656322108642007-06-21T17:34:00.000+10:002007-06-21T17:34:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kazzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148068526005707939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post-32248247975033955882007-06-17T11:58:00.000+10:002007-06-17T11:58:00.000+10:00I see what you mean. People without knowledge of t...I see what you mean. People without knowledge of the tools wouldnt see themselves as missing anything. My parents didnt want the computer or broadband access we gave them. "What'll we do with that?" was the response. Yet now they are lost without it. Travel planning, contact with granchildren, chats with old friends, bargain hunting on ebay. How did they live without it? A big factor in their education has been the desire to keep up with the grandchildren.<BR/><BR/>Can poverty be redefined as lack of adequate water, food, shelter, and access to web2 tools and supporting infrastructure? :-)<BR/><BR/>Those without the infrastructure will fall by the wayside, perhaps without even realising it.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180509938247769952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post-11759328898220489412007-06-15T08:33:00.000+10:002007-06-15T08:33:00.000+10:00HI Mark, I was more thinking along the lines of in...HI Mark, <BR/>I was more thinking along the lines of individuals as opposed to businesses. I agree with you that businesses will have to come up to speed, but the incentives are not necessarily there for individuals if they just don't know these tools exist.Kazzmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148068526005707939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8655398173211346403.post-89951359757615177422007-06-14T18:26:00.000+10:002007-06-14T18:26:00.000+10:00Good questions KarenI think there will probably be...Good questions Karen<BR/><BR/>I think there will probably be a forced change. Pretty soon (this is opinion only) an inability to connect with other networks will mean loss of profit. Those that are connected stand to make great gains. (money, as well as knowledge and positive change...one hopes)<BR/><BR/>So I guess it'll be something like "change, or get out!<BR/>(in a nice kinda way i hope)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180509938247769952noreply@blogger.com