Beneficial and Harmful Effects
Which of the following school policies is most likely to have a positive impact on the digital divide?
A school recommends that all students purchase a computer with as much processing speed as possible so that projects run faster.
B. A school allows students to bring a graphing calculator from home to complete in-class mathematics assignments.
C. A school allows students to bring a tablet computer to class every day to participate in graded quizzes.
D. A school provides a laptop or tablet computer to all students enrolled at the school.
Question from past AP Exam
D
People in rural, mountainous areas might face blank barriers to the internet, where people living in subsidized housing face blank barriers
what are geographic and socio-economic
One way to reduce bias in computing is to
Have a more diverse group of coders
One risk to crowdsourcing information is
false information
trolls
biased contributor
People who create their own original works are protected under
Copyright laws
This innovation made communication easier but led to digital attacks such as phishing
What is email?
Name and explain one reason that somebody would have limited internet access
answers vary
Give a real life example of computing bias
answer varies
Name one example of crowdsourcing
Wikipedia
(bonus if not wikipedia)
People who want to share their work, but maintain their rights to it should
Get a Creative Commons License