Response to Digital divide movie

The movie covers issue, which is addressed under the benefit of technology in nowadays - digital divide – and suggests sort of an alternative ways and illustrates how they overcome the disadvantage or pull down disparity according to their background (context). It was interesting to follow the contrastive four cases that had difference in locations of living and various cultural/racial backgrounds. The alternatives for breaking the barrier of digital divide were particularly interesting, and as well as the technology high school, which introduced as a controversial institution.

Technology high school was introduced, which provides better environment for computer related field and it mainly focuses on educating students learn actual skill for future job. There are some schools specially made for specific field of study – such as music school – but since technology high school is not providing basic curriculum what high school students learn, it is not sufficient even though the existence of school itself contribute to break the barrier of digital divide.

I think the movie also showed Luisa was taking course at community inquiry lab, which provides free program/courses for people. The video described it as a tool to overcome digital divide, however, it seemed to be a challenge after I saw the gap in supporting technology. While some students living in Silicon Valley that were exposure to the latest technology that almost everything they can experience, some schools had no connection for Internet.

The impression that I got from the movie was more negative than positive because it seems the digital divide did not only build a barrier but also the option that the people can choose are limited under the digital divide.