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National Education Association (2000).  Technology and Gender Inequity.  Retrieved 
October 8, 2001 from the World Wide Web: 
http://www.nea.org/cet/BRIEFS/brief5.html.

This brief notes that the disparities in both the use and proficiency with 
technology continue to persist between male and female students.  Several 
recommendations are presented.  Get comfortable with computers and other 
technologies and incorporate them into your work.  Integrate technology into all 
subject areas and utilize the Internet as a research tool.  Make computers a 
required part of the curriculum.  Use the computer in collaborative projects. 
Finally, guard against the tendency to do for girls, while encouraging boys to
do for themselves.

Noll, Roger G., Dina Older-Aguilar, Richard R. Ross, and Gregory L. Rosston (2000, 
December).  Bridging the Digital Divide: Definitions, Measurement, and Policy Issues. 
California Public Affairs Forum held at Stanford University, Stanford, CA.  Retrieved 
October 14, 2001 from the World Wide Web: 
http://www.ccst.ucr.edu/cpa/bdd/bddhome.html.

The digital divide refers to many aspects of information technology and a few 
generalizations stand at the core of the concept, and have shaped the public 
debate.  In part the digital divide is about differential access to hardware 
computers.  Another aspect of the digital divide refers to software and the uses of 
information technology.  For Internet services, consumers are offered several 
types of network access, from a relatively slow ordinary telephone line to 
technologies that can transmit much greater amounts of information.  Still 
another aspect of the digital divide refers to access to the full range of services 
through the consumers network connection.  Probably the greatest attention has 
been given to educational uses of information technology, especially the use of 
computers and the Internet in elementary and secondary education.  Indeed, the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 specifically mentions ubiquitous Internet 
access for schools.


Pea, Roy D. (2000, December).  Bridging the Digital Divide:  Technology, Equity, and


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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