Are you online? – Close look at digital divide and education
Ken Aragaki
Mar. 27, 2015

Access to Internet has become so vital in our daily life. We use Internet to check news, communicate with family or friends and find directions. It is also a powerful tool for education. More and more schools around the world are adapting computers and Internet to educate children.
Yet about 4.2 billion people, or 60% of the world population, still do not have access to Internet. The United Nations has declared the right to Internet access a basic human right. The digital divide exists even within some developed countries, including the United States.
I will explore the issue of digital divide globally and then take a close look at countries/cities where the issue of digital divide is severe: rich vs. poor, urban vs. rural, etc.
The goal of this data visualization project is to show how digital divide is affecting children on education.

[DATA]
World Bank – Internet users (per 100)
http://databank.worldbank.org/data/views/reports/tableview.aspx?isshared=true

International Telecommunication Union
https://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2014/23.aspx
Monica Albertini, Communication Officer
Telecommunication Development Bureau
+41 22 730 5317; monica.albertini@itu.int

Pew Research Center
http://www.pewinternet.org/
Press: 202-419-4372

2014 World Economic Forum: Network Readiness Index
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalInformationTechnology_Report_2014.pdf
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM15/AM15_GlobalCI%202015.pdf
Fon Mathuros, Head of Media, Public Engagement, Tel.: +41 (0)79 201 0211, Email: fma@weforum.org

FCC (US)
Internet Access Services Reports: http://www.fcc.gov/reports/internet-access-services-reports
E-Rate: http://www.fcc.gov/guides/universal-service-program-schools-and-libraries

Education Super Highway
http://www.educationsuperhighway.org/

[Articles]
LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-60-world-population-3-billion-internet-2014-20140507-story.html

WaPo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/02/4-4-billion-people-around-the-world-still-dont-have-internet-heres-where-they-live/

NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/why-its-so-hard-close-digital-divide-high-poverty-schools-n129726