Informational and educational resources and opportunities related to technology.

All technological and digital references, information, resources, opportunities for future advanced, current or past will be discussed and its relationship to the public who have and those who have-not the capabilities to experience the digital eWorld.

Additional references and education will be discussed on the inforamtional digital divide including the informational revolution.

All technological information will be based upon the Eworld and the differences occurring in the many different public arena.

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B. Robert

http://Brenda Robert.com

John McCain on his campaign trail, was quoted in the following comment:

“We’re in an information technology revolution,
and it has changed the world. It has changed America. But we can’t
leave people behind,” he said in Columbus. “We have to help them
through this transition.”

No doubt one of the first considerations to
resolving the difficulties and issues evolving worldwide due to the
‘Technological Convergences” is to provide the correct education to
all inhabitant classes.

There is a crystal-clear need to provide adequate
curriculum in educational institutions that facilitate students with
the necessary hi-tech training for current technological
advances.

However, the large majority of those who design and
develop current technological advancements are in the workforce;
thereby leaving a shortfall of educators in the latest equipment and
device techniques.

While almost 100% of college and high school level
students may utilize the newest of all technological advancement,
there are far less faculty that can educate undergraduates in the
development process for this very same high-tech equipment.

Many of our institutional teaching staff may not
make use of the most recent devices and equipment as their school,
college or university will not have the funds to purchase the latest
advanced products.

The general population will have the least exposure
to the most advanced technological equipment and devices.

The senior population will have the smallest experience and
introduction to the most up-to-date technical gadgets and digital
mechanisms.

The fact is a great number seniors are isolated from
our technological society. It is most important that our older
generation become ‘Hi-Tech’ aware as many government programs like
Medicare Benefits, Claims and more are best accessed online.

It is a critical issue that seniors be educated
utilizing technological advance equipment, devices and to have
computer skills.

We definitely have an aging generation that must be
well-informed, knowledgeable, educated, skilled and cultured with
technological convergence.

Additionally, educators must continue their learning
in technological divergence and put into action their expertise with
innovative courseware.

We no longer live in a simplistic technological
society and therefore require our general population to become up to
date and knowledgeable with our latest gadgets, devices, equipment
and products.

You can see why it is so important that older and
younger generations be provided with information that can benefit
their entire life.

The

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
reports the following:

Persisting “digital divide.”
Despite this significant growth in computer ownership and usage
overall, the growth has occurred to a greater extent within some
income levels, demographic groups, and geographic areas, than in
others. In fact, the “digital divide” between certain groups of
Americans has increased between 1994 and 1997 so that there
is now an even greater disparity in penetration levels among some
groups. There is a widening gap, for example, between those at upper
and lower income levels. Additionally,
even though all racial groups now own more computers than they did
in 1994, Blacks and Hispanics now lag even further behind
Whites in their levels of PC-ownership and on-line access. The
following represent some of the more significant findings.”

In any style and type revolution there are
always social consequences.

When a revolution occurs worldwide, such as the
technological innovation; under developed regions, minorities and
the disadvantaged in many locales and countries do not equally
experience the very same benefits that countless others in
privileged areas realize.

As the technological revolution advances, a gap
among ‘the haves and have-nots’ expands.

Therefore, in this type modernization where a world
of privileged becomes linked almost instantly at the click of
Hi-Tech buttons, the gap grows wider amongst those that are
fortunate and those that are underprivileged and deprived of such
circumstances and technology.

Another class that is significantly disadvantaged by
the technological revolution is for people with disabilities. This
means that many people in many different countries are deprived of
certain opportunities.

The swift expansion of information and communication
technologies, known as the Information Technology Revolution, and
new commerce speedily created by these transformations, should offer
new employment and economical opportunities for people with
disabilities.

However, opportunities are not plentiful for the
disabled in the technological arena just as for those
underprivileged.

Training is not readily available to those that are
in need of the instruction and education necessary to perform
processes and or operational tasks using the advanced technological
equipment and devices.

Therefore, we come full
circle in focusing on technology divergence.

The pitfalls to all classes, countries, regions,
ages, students, disabled, seniors including general population;
whether it is in the labor force, engineering, industries and
education are that rapidly changing information technology and job
requirements including the skills and knowledge needed in
performance are deprived and marginalized from participation.

Resolutions for the information technological
revolution are few. There does not appear to be any performing
programs to overcome the social consequences that endure..

To Be Continued:

“This cultural convergence into Digital media requires the knowledge and understanding to use or operate the medium. A large number of consumers, professionals, students, and teachers currently, do not possess the education that professionals require to be competitive in the digital arena.”

Digital Information is in fact binary digital data presenting itself as text, images or moving images.

As noted in the Wikipedia, the sequence of digital code “0100 0001? is interpreted as the decimal number 65, the hexadecimal number 41 or the glyph “A”.

Stated by the Florida’s digital media industry association, Digital Media Alliance Florida; “the creative convergence of digital arts, science, technology and business for human expression, communication, social interaction and education.”

Digital Data can be used in the same compression for a text file or an image file or a sound file. The foundations of digital information are described in digital signal processing.

Removing the technical details from how digital media operates and simply providing the actual devices and or equipment including services present a clearer understanding

The following is a list of examples for Digital Media:

• Internet
• Digital video
• Digital television
• Digital Camera
• Cell phones
• Compact disc
• e-book
• Mini disc
• Medical Devices
• Video games

There is a greater need than in years prior for the study of Digital Media.

Society and our social structure have soared light years ahead of Information Technology.

This cultural convergence into Digital media requires the knowledge and understanding to use or operate the medium. A large number of consumers, professionals, students, and teachers currently, do not possess the education that professionals require to be competitive in the digital arena.

The Digital Divide Grows Wider

Educational including Government agendas are recognizing the need to create academic and training programs that can meet societal goals.

Generations to come will be better informed in digital media spheres. There will be more digital media programs offered across communities, schools and universities in communication, art, business, computer programming, gaming and instructional technology.

However, currently we are reaching a generation impact from the ‘Baby Boomers’ and currently experience older age groups that are not as frequent of users in the Digital Media cultural environment. It is not only the poor and lower income general population that is unfamiliar with Digital Media and its cutting edge capabilities.

Therefore, in the next few years we will realize a greater number of baby boomers between the ages of 44 and 63 in addition to the older population who may not be able to evolve at a pace necessary to earn a significance supportive income.

The Wikipedia notes “In 2004, the UK baby boomers held 80% of the UK’s wealth and bought 80% of all top of the range cars, 80% of cruises and 50% of skincare products.^[13]

This could bring about an ill positioned movement into prosperous future years.

It could also mean that baby boomers aging 44 and over will not qualify for positions in the cultural environment such as professional and managerial positions, creating, processing and delivering information across a variety of digital platforms.

Positions as Web content managers, communication directors, intranet managers, electronic publishers, creative directors, multimedia designers and project managers.

There becomes a “critical link” among the chain of specialists in writing, design, programming and marketing now required to produce effective multimedia products.

The future could be a rude awakening to those that have refuted and disapproved of the technological empire being built since 1945 and earlier.

It would now be time to evaluate your own awareness of what the future has in store for you!

To be continued…..

Technology, indeed, advances our access to Informational, Educational and Communicative Connective Resources.

• Can you recall carrying books and notebooks (not computer devices) either by full hands, back packs or even your friends extra arms?

• Can you think or remember when you had to flip through voluminous indexes, table of contents, chapters and hundreds of pages to find the exact phrase or specific detail you needed to read or once again find?

• Can you recall the Literary Works of thousands of bulky pages so large you could barely lift the book to read?

• Can you remember when you required quick access to important and necessary information you read prior, but could not locate the specific subject matter again?

Digital Media represents a profound change from prior analog media..

Digitally Delivered Information E-World!

Technological strides across the world in thrusting force progress by leaps, bounds and borders.

Almost instantly readers are able to obtain information in contiguous and streaming data that is downloaded to their computers and devices such as Cell Phones and Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

Desktop, Notebooks and Hand-held computer devices are designed and enabled with Internet connections and services supported by Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data technology.

Mobile Phones use a standard GSM technology that includes text messaging, visual voicemail, camera, email, web browsing and Wi-Fi connectivity.

International capability enables data communication and streaming video to all parts of the world in an instant; hence completing tasks, taking notes, scheduling appointments, and visually experiencing what can be thousands of miles away.

As PDA’s, computers, and portable phones expand in storage by gigabytes, at the same time the size of the device decreases, the expected capabilities for information to transfer faster and in increased capacities is boundless.

To be continued