Toward Digital Equity
Bridging the Divide in Education
Published on 3. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-205-36055-0 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty-three nationally known educators discuss educational technology and diversity, provide historical and philosophical insights into digital divide issues, and offer practical suggestions for teachers, administrators, and policy-makers.
This text is designed to help preservice teachers and future educational leaders understand complex technology issues and prepare them to meet whatever challenges prevent their students from having full access to a quality education through technology.
Toward Digital Equity helps educators understand the current state of technology in education and the "Digital Divide"-what it is, how it emerged, current trends, and potential solutions. It discusses how schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity, and why some schools experience such success in these endeavors while others are left heartbreakingly behind. Most importantly, it examines the most current research in the effectiveness of technology and pedagogy in diverse settings to make suggestions on how teachers can create powerful learning environments for all students.
This text is designed to help preservice teachers and future educational leaders understand complex technology issues and prepare them to meet whatever challenges prevent their students from having full access to a quality education through technology.
Toward Digital Equity helps educators understand the current state of technology in education and the "Digital Divide"-what it is, how it emerged, current trends, and potential solutions. It discusses how schools acquire hardware, software, and connectivity, and why some schools experience such success in these endeavors while others are left heartbreakingly behind. Most importantly, it examines the most current research in the effectiveness of technology and pedagogy in diverse settings to make suggestions on how teachers can create powerful learning environments for all students.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 180 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-36055-0 (9780205360550)
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Content
About the Authors.
Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon.
Introduction: Educational Technology and Equity, Gwen Solomon and Nancy Allen.
I. SETTING THE STAGE.
1. Creating Educational Access, Karin M. Wiburg and Julia F. Butler.
2. Barriers to Equity, Kathleen Fulton and Robert Sibley.
3. Factors of the Divide, Karin M. Wiburg, Rudolfo Chavez- Chavez, Jeanette Haynes Writer, Maria Mercado, Jim O'Donnell, Elissa Poel, and Paula Wolfe.
II. POWER AND LITERACY
4. Empowering Individuals, Schools, and Communities, Joyce Pittman.
5. Defining Literacy for the 21st Century, Kevin Rocap.
III. LEARNERS AND TECHNOLOGY.
6. Connections Across Culture, Demography and New Technologies, Henry T. Ingle.
7. Technologies and Native America: A Double-Edged Sword, Vivian Delgado.
8. Building Learning Communities, Amy Staples and Joyce Pittman.
9. Gender Issues or the Gender Divide, Lynne Schrum and Sandra Geisler.
10. Refocusing Curricula, Lynne Schrum and Bonnie Bracey.
IV. ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE.
11. Professional Development for Change, Carmen L. Gonzales and Steven A. Sanchez.
12. Leadership for a Changing World, Nancy Allen and Linda Wing.
13. Building Meaningful Organizational Change, Karen M. Keenan and Joan M. Karp.
14. Assessing Equity in Educational Technology, J. David Ramirez.
15. Policy Implications of Moving Toward Digital Equity, Paul Resta and Robert McLaughlin.
Conclusion: Technology's Promise, Gwen Solomon.
Resource List, Pat Laster and Cheryl Grable.
References.
Glossary.
Index.
Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon.
Introduction: Educational Technology and Equity, Gwen Solomon and Nancy Allen.
I. SETTING THE STAGE.
1. Creating Educational Access, Karin M. Wiburg and Julia F. Butler.
2. Barriers to Equity, Kathleen Fulton and Robert Sibley.
3. Factors of the Divide, Karin M. Wiburg, Rudolfo Chavez- Chavez, Jeanette Haynes Writer, Maria Mercado, Jim O'Donnell, Elissa Poel, and Paula Wolfe.
II. POWER AND LITERACY
4. Empowering Individuals, Schools, and Communities, Joyce Pittman.
5. Defining Literacy for the 21st Century, Kevin Rocap.
III. LEARNERS AND TECHNOLOGY.
6. Connections Across Culture, Demography and New Technologies, Henry T. Ingle.
7. Technologies and Native America: A Double-Edged Sword, Vivian Delgado.
8. Building Learning Communities, Amy Staples and Joyce Pittman.
9. Gender Issues or the Gender Divide, Lynne Schrum and Sandra Geisler.
10. Refocusing Curricula, Lynne Schrum and Bonnie Bracey.
IV. ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE.
11. Professional Development for Change, Carmen L. Gonzales and Steven A. Sanchez.
12. Leadership for a Changing World, Nancy Allen and Linda Wing.
13. Building Meaningful Organizational Change, Karen M. Keenan and Joan M. Karp.
14. Assessing Equity in Educational Technology, J. David Ramirez.
15. Policy Implications of Moving Toward Digital Equity, Paul Resta and Robert McLaughlin.
Conclusion: Technology's Promise, Gwen Solomon.
Resource List, Pat Laster and Cheryl Grable.
References.
Glossary.
Index.