Lessons Learned 9/23

Today I got a better understanding of how the digital divide presents itself in our society. Ten years ago the divide was largest between socio-economic groups, however, today it is much more prevalent between age groups (the elderly being less likely to own and use different types of digital technology). I always assumed that lower income households would be less likely to own digital technology, but today it seems that technology is becoming increasingly more affordable. This trend means that more and more people have access to the Internet regularly. It's safe to say that I had some misconceptions about the widespread availability of digital technology that was corrected during today's class.