Digital+Equity+Quiz



 1. Digital equity means the same as digital divide. [False] 2. By 2005 nearly all schools had access to the Internet. [True]

 * Percent of students eligible for free or reduced lunch || School, computers, instructional room, & access ||
 * Less than 35 percent || 96 ||
 * 35 to 49 percent || 88 ||
 * 50 to 74 percent || 96 ||
 * 75 percent or more || 91 ||

Source National Center for Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/

Average number of instructional computers per school
Source National Center for Educational Statistics http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/
 * Percent of students eligible for free or reduced lunch || Number of Computers ||
 * Less than 35 percent || 166 ||
 * 35 to 49 percent || 153 ||
 * 50 to 74 percent || 147 ||
 * 75 percent or more || 139 ||


===   5. Date collected in 2006 indicates that the overall percentage of women who earned Bachelor’s degrees in computer and information science has increased. [False]  === === //The number of women who earned bachelor's degrees in 2006 in computer and information science and supporttive services was 9,775 out of the total 47,452, an INCREASED by 45 % over the total number in 1996 (6,749). However, the percentage of women among these degree recipients DECREASED from 29% in 1990 to 31 % in 2006.//  ===

 
  ===    6. A July 2002 survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that three in five children under the age of 18 go online. [True] ===

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===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">7. Both female and male students report using the internet for virtually the same activities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> [False]  ===

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=== <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 8. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Women comprise only 20% of the information technology professionals. [True] === ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">//In 2006 74% of all women between the ages of 25 & 54 were in the labor force. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> // ===

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===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">9. A students’ race does not significant impact their use of the internet. [False]  ===

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===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 10. By 2000, people with physical disabilities were less than half as likely to have computer access at home as people without physical disabilities. [True] ===

11. In 2008 approximately equal numbers of female and male teenagers (ages 15-17) used MySpace and Facebook. [False]

 * **What more girls do online** || **Girls** || **Boys** ||
 * Send or receive e-mail || 95 % || 89 % ||
 * Use instant messaging || 78% || 71% ||
 * Look for dieting, health, or fitness information || 30 % || 22 % ||

members || 38 % || 41 % || Source: Girls and Media Fact Sheet, Girls inc. www.girls-inc.org
 * **What more boys do online** || **Girls** || **Boys** ||
 * Research items that they might like to buy || 55 % || 77 % ||
 * Look for hobby information || 62 % || 76 % ||
 * Play or download games || 57 % || 75 % ||
 * Look for sports scores || 32 % || 62 % ||
 * Download music || 47 % || 60 % ||
 * Go to a Web site where people trade or sell things || 20 % || 42 % ||
 * Create their own web sites || 19 % || 29 % ||
 * **What girls & boys do online similarly:** || **Girls** || **Boys** ||
 * Go online for fun || 85 % || 83 % ||
 * Visit Web sites about movies, TV shows, music groups, or sport stars || 85 % || 81 % ||
 * Look for news || 70 % || 66 % ||
 * Listen to music || 59 % || 59 % ||
 * Visit a chat room || 56 % || 56 % ||
 * Visit Web sites for clubs, activities, or sports teams of which they are
 * Find information that is hard to talk about with other people. || 17 % || 19 % ||

12. Sixty-one percent of the women who took the SAT in 2007 report having no computer coursework or experiences. [True]
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