Week 7 - Oct 16

(No Class)

Week 8- Oct 23

Issues of Access and Equity

• Where is Technology Available?

• Who has Access to Technology?

• Standards for Accessibility

Textbook Readings:

Jossey-Bass Reader on Technology and Learning (2000):

• Chapter 8: Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation and Plugged-in
• Chapter 9: Should we be Worried? What the research Says about Gender, Differences in Access, Use, Attitudes, and Achievement with Computers.
• Chapter 10: Girls Games and Technological Desire

Watch IT (2000):

• The Risky Promises and Promising Risks of New Information Technologies for Education, pp. 1-18
• Dilemma of Access and Credibility: Access For Whom? Access to What?, pp. 19-40
• Hypertest: Knowledge at the Crossroads, pp. 41-70
• Critically Reading the Internet, pp. 71-94

Other Articles:

Internet Resources:

• Lorraine Sherry: Technology and At-Risk Students
• An Educator's Guide to Accessibility Issues
• Universal Service Fund: A Significant Opportunity for
  K-12 Schools Who Are Prepared (IBM)
• More Than Screen Deep: Toward Every Citizen Interfaces to the Nation's Information Infrastructure
• Core Principles for Community Networking
• Community Networks: Building A New Participatory Medium
• Critical Issue: Ensuring Equitable Use of Education Technology
• University of Minnesota Web Accessibility Standards