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[samanthapallar]

[samanthapallar]

“Digital Divide in the New Normal”

The digital divide is divided into two worlds: those with internet access and those without. It is a widening gap between the underprivileged and privileged members of society that has been a crucial part of our lives in the new normal, exacerbated by geographical barriers, a lack of willingness to use technology, a lack of physical access to technology, and digital illiteracy. Technology has become increasingly important in our lives, especially in this new world we live in, and this has been a problem since then. Lack of communication and isolation are some of the implications of the Digital Divide. People in rural locations with limited access to the internet, or who do not have access at all, feel it to be a barrier to their education and knowledge. It also underlines how inequality is caused by social disparities and gender discrimination. It affects everyone, but the effects are felt more intensely in places where privilege does not extend.

We live in a technologically evolved world that, without a doubt, makes our lives easier. Many children and teenagers have increased their use of digital platforms such as mobile phones and computer/laptop devices as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students can take classes online if they have easy Internet access, or in modular classes if they have limited Internet access. This appears to be a worsening of existing inequalities between privileged and unprivileged socio-economic classes, resulting in the denial of basic human rights to persons living in poverty, posing a serious threat to learning continuity. The digital divide has become a roadblock for those who wish to pursue something but can't because of a lack of technology understanding. The so-called "digital divide" must be bridged. We must always remember that it is not only about having access to technology, but also about having access to opportunities.

[elaserbo]

“Digital Divide in the New Normal”

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced us into a whole new perspective of life. Our lives took a turn and a ‘new normal’ was implemented that is very different and far from what all of us are used to. The face-to-face way of work, education, and services are now dependent on online space and virtual meets. Now, almost two years into the ‘new normal’ of pandemic life, students are slowly getting adjusted by the way of learning online and passing requirements with the help of their phones and gadgets. We’re accustomed to presenting our phones to the security guards for them to snap a QR code before entering a mall, shop, or any market. Video calls like Zoom and Google Meet have become a standard feature of the workday. For those of us who already regularly shopped, banked, studied, and worked via the Internet, it was easy to adapt to telehealth appointments with doctors and video calls with friends and family. But what about those people who are not privileged enough to own updated and latest gadgets for these kinds of situations? What about those who have slow internet connections that are way worse than we’d ever imagined? What about those who had nothing at all?

The digital divide has brought several challenges in society. And with the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, this issue continued to widen than it ever had before, increasing the hardships of many. For students to be able to learn from lessons discussed and for teachers to be able to teach students virtually, technology plays a very important role. Because of the digital divide, especially right now in the new normal, it feels like education is so hard to reach for the students because of the lack of access to the right technology. It is so hard to communicate with teachers and fellow classmates, and difficult to pass homework, activities, and projects. The gap had a big impact on the educational process because some students have access to the latest technology whereas the others who are not fortunate, who are usually in small towns, have to rely on outdated equipment and dial-up modems. Because there are rules we had to follow in terms of the pandemic policy and procedures, sadly, those kinds of students can’t go to cities to have better net connections and some just cannot instantly buy updated/latest phones because of financial problems. It is really challenging for everyone, not just to students, but also to teachers, other employees, and to employers. We just have to be understanding and considerate. No one is to be blamed because this crisis is definitely out of one's control.

[abdulwalie-masbud]

Digital Divide in New Normal

In this generation, technology became part of people’s daily lives, including in the media world. Technology such as gadgets, internet, and computers can help us gather information easily and efficiently. Most schools, facilities, and even at home use technologies for either research, work, and entertainment purposes. But not all people can fully understand the uses of technologies due to lack of knowledge and equipment provided. It’s called Digital Divide. Digital Divide means the gap between those who benefit from the Digital Age and those who do not, in other words, the idea of “being left behind”. Especially in this pandemic crisis, not all people can take advantage of the technologies. Families, workers, and students may sometimes cannot keep up with the latest trend in the Digital Age due to perhaps, lack of funds to purchase latest and up-to-date technologies because they might have low money income or, lack of knowledge because they don’t think it’s necessary to bought some.

             In this pandemic crisis, a new normal was established, which means, people should now rely on technologies. In the current state of the Philippines, some people are suffering from poverty due to the pandemic crisis. Parents were forced to buy gadgets and an access to the internet because of their children’s online class learning system. Some of them decided to let their son/daughter skip a grade year because they don’t have enough money to provide their children’s necessary things. Because of this, some Filipino citizens might not cope up with the latest technologies in the Digital Age. They cannot develop their knowledge about these technologies because they cannot provide themselves due to insufficient income. This is where can be found the evidence of experiencing Digital Divide. Digital Divide is inevitable, and will always remain visible to every country in the world. But perhaps in the future, something will improve hopefully.

[ajdayata]

“Digital Divide in the New Normal”

A digital divide, which hinders students from doing schoolwork at home due to the absence of internet and physical hardware, is the main enabler of such gaps among education systems. People set out to build an understanding of data from multiple sources, which spotlight the digital divide, its causes, and the inferiority of previous ones to bridge it. The COVID-19 crisis proved that the availability of computers and technology has now become essential to children's opportunity to reach education, reinforcing the necessary use for a nationwide effort to contain such gaps and get it over with. Though if students have devices at home, technical problems can cause the software to wreck and the internet to go down. Besides that, parents and students who aren't good with technology may find it difficult to learn, given the lack of access to technology and software. All of us didn't expect the coming of the COVID-19 virus. All of us experience the adjustments with the new normal this pandemic did. As it continues, we had to deal with the new way of learning in school, such as having online classes and modular. For the past few years, technologies were not always used, and we are only using those for research, entertainment, and communication with other people. But suddenly, we are needed to deal with and adapt to the new normal where we have to be more dependent on the internet than usual.

Everything changed. From buying groceries from physical stores, we tend to buy goods and stuff now through online shopping. Another thing here is from face-to-face classes to online classes and remote work or the term "Work-from-home" for those who couldn't do their jobs physically in the time of this pandemic. Many of the students suffered from a lack of things or stuff that they needed for them to be able to attend online classes. Other students stopped attending school because they had nothing to have access to online classes. Yes, we have the alternative, which is the modules, but students have different ways of learning. Many of us were not good at self-studying. This problem of our society might leave other people left behind. COVID-19 worsens our situation in the digital divide in our community as it occurs. It is vital to break the digital divide in society to allow those unprivileged people to have access to the information and other benefits that the internet can give to those who can access it.

[marizpimentel]

Digital divide in the new normal

 A digital divide, which hinders students from doing schoolwork at home due to the absence of internet as well as physical hardware, is indeed the main enabler of such gaps among education systems. People set out to build an understanding of data from multiple sources which put a spotlight on the digital divide, its causes, and also the inferiority of previous ones to bridge it. The COVID-19 crisis proved that the availability of computers and technology has now become essential to children's opportunity to reach education, reinforcing the vital use for a nationwide effort to contain such gaps and get it over with. Though if students have devices at home, technical problems can cause the software to wreck as well as the internet to go down. Besides that, parents and students who aren't good with technology may find it difficult to learn given the lack of access to technology and software. All of us didn’t expect the coming of the COVID-19 virus. All of us experience the adjustments with the new normal this pandemic did. As it continues, we really had to deal with the new way of learning in school such as having online classes and modular. For the past few years, technologies were not always used, we are only using those  for research, entertainment, and communication to other people. But suddenly, we are needed to deal and adapt to the new normal where we have to be more dependent on the internet than usual. 

Everything changed. From buying groceries from physical stores, we tend to buy goods and stuff now through online shopping. Another thing here is from face to face class to online classes, and remote work or the term "Work-from-home" for those people who weren't able to do their jobs physically in the time of this pandemic. Many of the students suffered from lack of things or stuff that they needed for them to be able to attend online classes. Other students stopped attending school because of the reason that they had nothing to have access to online classes. Yes, we have the alternative which is the modules, but students have different ways of learning. Many of us were not good at self-studying. This problem of our society might leave other people left-behind. COVID-19 worsen our problem in the digital divide in our society as it occurs. It is really important to break the digital divide in society to be able for those unprivileged people to have access to the information and other benefits that the internet can give to those who can access it.

[maryrosefaelnar]

“Digital Divide in the New Normal”

The digital divide is divided into two worlds: those with internet access and those without. It is a widening gap between the underprivileged and privileged members of society that has been a crucial part of our lives in the new normal, exacerbated by geographical barriers, a lack of willingness to use technology, a lack of physical access to technology, and digital illiteracy. Technology has become increasingly important in our lives, especially in this new world we live in, and this has been a problem since then. Lack of communication and isolation are some of the implications of the Digital Divide. People in rural locations with limited access to the internet, or who do not have access at all, feel it to be a barrier to their education and knowledge. It also underlines how inequality is caused by social disparities and gender discrimination. It affects everyone, but the effects are felt more intensely in places where privilege does not extend.

We live in a technologically evolved world that, without a doubt, makes our lives easier. Many children and teenagers have increased their use of digital platforms such as mobile phones and computer/laptop devices as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Students can take classes online if they have easy Internet access, or in modular classes, if they have limited Internet access. This appears to be a worsening of existing inequalities between privileged and unprivileged socio-economic classes, resulting in the denial of basic human rights to persons living in poverty, posing a serious threat to learning continuity. The digital divide has become a roadblock for those who wish to pursue something but can't because of a lack of technical understanding. The so-called "digital divide" must be bridged. We must always remember that it is not only about having access to technology, but also about having access to opportunities.

[micmaxene]

“Digital Divide in the New Normal”

When the world is one and moving towards the New Normal in the covid-19 pandemic scenario we remain divided socially, economically, politically, and digitally. Digital Divide in the New Normal creates another standard when it comes to the classification of ability when it comes to using technology, especially now that we’re in a time where everyone is in need and must use technology, whether it is for education, work, and other activities. As information technology spreads its tentacles deep and wide in all aspects of life, it brings to the fore sharp debates about the digital age's neo-have-nots, who may have money but lack online access. The digital divide in the new normal is the increased movement of labor, education, and services to the online environment are one of the many ways the COVID-19 epidemic has impacted modern life. Currently, we’ve become accustomed to taking out our phones to snap a QR code before entering a location, and Zoom calls have become a common aspect of the workweek after a year of the 'new normal' of pandemic existence. It is expected that there are consequences of the digital divide that are far-reaching. It cannot just impact one group of people but all of the generations. For the students, who are one of the groups who is the most affected in the digital divide. It can impact students by preventing them from accessing resources that they need to participate. The failure to acknowledge this issue will almost certainly result in a larger achievement divide, a problem that existed before the pandemic. The digital divide now threatens to widen that gap, further marginalizing pupils who were already on the point of falling behind. If the digital divide cannot be addressed as soon as possible, it would result in limiting everyone’s access to knowledge and inducing the digital and social inequality that is currently happening today.