Urban Students Moving Beyond the Digital Divide
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Roseanne Macias, Elizabeth Yeager, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Charleston, SC, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-67-9 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
Many would argue that the digital divide is narrowing for all students because schools are now mandated to provide students with access to computers while at school. But overcoming the digital divide is no longer about providing students with access to computers; this digital divide has re-emerged as a “second-level digital divide”. Technological knowledge and use is still lagging for urban students from economically, linguistically and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Evidence of this “second-level digital divide” can be found in an interactive online learning course for students attempting to retake the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).Ethnographic data was collected from an interactive online CAHSEE course that met twice a week for eight weeks. Findings from the ethnographic data suggest that over the duration of the course, students, along with onsite teachers and the participant researcher, co-constructed and reformulated their technological familiarity and knowledge as they attempted to solve unanticipated technological challenges together.
Citation
Macias, R. & Yeager, E. (2009). Urban Students Moving Beyond the Digital Divide. In I. Gibson, R. Weber, K. McFerrin, R. Carlsen & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2009--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1010-1015). Charleston, SC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/30737/.
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