PBS- The Digital Divide

What forced most students to have to learn on-line?

• The Covid Pandemic

• Lack of teachers

• not enough material to learn

• not enough chromebooks for students

According to parents in the US, what percent of children are learning online?

• 68%

• 90%

• 76%

• 14%

Why could many students be left behind with digital learning?

• they do not pay attention

• they lack internet

• they do not have a chromebook

• they do not want to learn

The digital divide is

• when students do not know how to use the internet

• When you divide the number of people by the number of computers in the country

• a mountain range in Nebraska

• When students miss out on learning because of the lack of internet.

According to Mr.Khan, approximately how many people do not have adequate internet at home?

• 30%

• 50%

• 90%

• 17%

Aside from the internet, what else to residents of the Navajo Reservation also lack?

• water and electricity

• a supermarket

• water and ice

• neighbors and electricity

Why does Cornelia (resident at the Navajo Reservation) have a higher risk of being exposed to Covid?

• she doesn't like working from home

• she has a genetic disease

• she does not believe in wearing a mask at work.

• Because she has to come into work since she does not have internet access.

Corenelia does her homework in her car in the parking lot of her work because...

• she does not want to be bothered by her kids.

• she does not feel like going home.

• it is the only place she has internet access

• home is too far away for her.

According to Mr.Khan, Covid's silver lining is that it

• students got to work from home.

• brought attention to the lack of internet accessibility.

• people got to work from home.

• the sale of computers when up.

According to Mr.Khan, what does he consider a "necessary human right"?

• Water and electricity

• an education for all

• internet access

• the right to attend a public school