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Iain Roberts

Home Access scheme may do more harm than good

By Iain Roberts | Mon 21st June 2010 - 6:05 pm

The Home Access scheme is a well meaning Government-funded project to give computers to children from poorer families and so bridge the “digital divide”.

But, as The Register is reporting, new research from the US suggests such schemes may do more harm than good.

People often worry that such gaps will be enhanced as richer families acquire computers and internet connections and poorer households don’t, which has led to many initiatives by governments, charities etc designed to get digital technologies into the hands of even the poorest.

…a kid in a disadvantaged home given a computer and internet access will tend to

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