Assignment 2

Assignment 2

due:

Tuesday, September 9, 2008; 9 am on the class website - max length: two pages

you can work as a group and submit one answer as a group (clearly identifying the members of your group)

To Do:

• explore what the concept of "digital divide" means and briefly describe YOUR understanding of it (Wikipedia has an entry about it - but this should be just the beginning, not the end of your exploration)

• select one specific dimension of the digital divide and briefly discuss why this aspect is important and what should be done to avoid / overcome it

• in the class meeting on August 27, a movie was shown about the CLever project! how is the work shown in the movie related to the digital divide? (p.s: you can watch the movie again at: http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/clever/index.html and activate the link: "Load Flash Movie")

How-to

To respond to this assignment:

• create a page linked into your profile with a name that is indicative that it is assignment one and with some indication of the authors
  • to create a page using the "link method" put the name of the document prefixed with "DSSF2008." between square brackets. Example: [DSSF2008.PageName-YourName] When you save-and-view your profile, you can click on the link to the page and it will create a new page in the course space.
  • you can also create the page using the create panel on the left. Again, prefix it with "DSSF2008." Example: DSSF2008.PageName-YourName
    You will still have to put the link where you want it eventually using the square bracket syntax.
• tag this page with the tag: "a2" (it will then appear in the list below)