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Digital Diversity and Equity (Programs to implement equity (One-to-one…
Digital Diversity and Equity
Equity
Individual or group having unfettered and unfiltered access to both information and tools.
Live in a urban setting in a developed country
Educated
Middle-class/affluent
Open-Access
Educational materials created by individuals or groups that are then freely shared on-line for others to use.
MOOC's
University Courses
Coursera/Udacity
Translated into multiple languages
Libraries
Collections, tools, and resources
Staff to direct you to information
Disadvantages
You may need a device to access materials
You need proximity to a library or access to transportation
Diversity
State of having a variety of human identities and characteristics.
Diversity in Teaching, Creating/Purchasing, Learning Spaces
Programmers/Policymakers
Need to create/purchase technologies that support a diversity of cultural values and practices
Need to come from diverse backgrounds themselves
Need to include professional development opportunities for teachers
Classrooms
Need to represent the student's culture, background, or identity
Need to be collaborative
Can be virtual, physical, or blended
Use a variety of learning technologies
Such as Blogs, social media, Skype with professionals or other students, engaging curriculum sites, youtube, or videos
Educators
Need to pursue professional development in teaching diverse learners.
Lesson content and objectives need to represent their students
Teachers need to be able to teach students that may be different from them
Promote critical thinking
Include opportunities for student/teacher reflection
Digital Content
Digital Activities
Games, virtual labs, math and science challenges
Build Vocabulary
Videos, definitions, images
High-Quality
Multiple pathways to learning
Engage the student based on his/her needs: larger text, read-aloud, levels of complexity, video option, multiple languages
Unique Experiences
Virtual/Augmented reality that gives students opportunities to experience things that they could or would not be able to
Close the "Belief Gap"
All students have potential
Students need to share their work, thinking, and accomplishments to others
Integrate Instruction
Pose real-world problems
Know your students
Digital content can help you learn about your students and where they come from
Gary Howard's Research
Culturally Responsive Teaching/Classroom
Student-Centered learning
Students need to "see" themselves in what they are learning
Physically and culturally inviting
Collaborative as well as individual interactions
Digital Divide
The separation or divide between people with access to information and communication technology and those without access.
Affects:
Uneducated/undereducated
Poor
People who live in rural areas/undeveloped countries
Programs to implement equity
One-to-one laptops
Henrico County
Moorseville, NC
State of Maine
Hole in the Wall Program, India
Created by Sugar Mitra
Computer device left in rural areas with little to no instructions
OLPD
Organization created by Nicholas Negroponte
Create low-cost, durable and crank-powered laptops for low income people in underdeveloped countries
Human/location-centered design