Chapter 8 Case Study

Chapter 8 - Vignette: Western Cape Striving to Eliminate the Digital Divide


1. How important is access to ICT in children’s education?
Answer:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is important in primary education because it enables kids to search for the information they need and to organize what they have found. As children progress through the school system, they become increasingly responsible for their own learning. Many believe that ICT needs to be better integrated into curriculums so all schools produce computer literate, independent learners

2.What are the barriers that stand in the way of universal access to ICT for everyone who

wants it?

Asnwer:

let the children learn, let them explore the technologies today for them to discover what the best for them it will also improve their skills in any field they want.


Chapter 8 - Case Study 3: Technological Advances Create Digital Divide in Health Care

1.Can you provide examples that either refute or confirm the idea that a gap exists between the kinds of healthcare services available to the wealthy and the poor in the United States?
Answer:

Improving the health of the poorest people in the developing world depends on the development of many varieties of health innovations, such as new drugs, vaccines, devices, and diagnostic tools, as well as new techniques in process engineering and manufacturing, management approaches, software, and policies in health systems and services.

2. Should healthcare organizations make major investments in telemedicine to provide improved services that only the wealthy can afford?
Answer:
Yes they should , we all pay our bills to health care but not have improved services.

3. What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What situations might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?
Answer:
Drawbacks of telemedicines are that they can be expensive and may or may not be completely covered by every insurer. Demand of telemedicine is pretty high as well. Situations where telemedicine might not be useful might be to the elderly