Standards 4.1 Digital Equity
Candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers.
Artifact:
Reflection:
For this standard I chose the Equitable Access Blog that I did for ISTE 7430. Standard 4.1 states that candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers. When I was given this assignment I wanted to first understand what equitable access was. Working at a private school I did not have a good understanding because the school provided devices to every student. By doing this project, I was able to research and see what other students had access to and see the problems that occurred when students did not have devices or access to technology and the Internet from home.
I was able to show mastery through research and blogging. The research taught me that even though some schools had lab settings or asked students bring your own device (BYOD) that was simply not enough. Students that had access to technology and the Internet at school still lacked the skills needed to be successful later in life (Common Sense Media, 2011). The research, as stated in the blog, showed that students in a more affluent school that had access to technology in school as well as at home did much better with technology than those of students that did not have access at home (Barron, 2010).
By doing this research I gained the understanding that equitable access was not just providing students with technology to use in the classroom but also making sure that students had the technology in their home setting. It became important to me to understand the importance of the digital divide and providing awareness that there is a gap that must be closed. Moving classrooms far into 21st century learning must mean that we provide devices and access for all students at home as well as the classroom setting.
This artifact helped me to understand that technology still was not a high priority for all public schools. It is my goal as I leave graduate school to become more involved with awareness equitable access for all public schools. I would like to use my knowledge and education to write articles, contact school boards and become an advocate for technology in all schools.
Barron, B., Walter, S., Martin, C., & Schatz, C. (2009). Predictors of creative computing participation and profiles of experience in two Silicon Valley middle schools. Computers and Education, (54), 178-189.
Rideout, V.(2011), Zero to eight: children’s media use in America. Common Sense Media.
I was able to show mastery through research and blogging. The research taught me that even though some schools had lab settings or asked students bring your own device (BYOD) that was simply not enough. Students that had access to technology and the Internet at school still lacked the skills needed to be successful later in life (Common Sense Media, 2011). The research, as stated in the blog, showed that students in a more affluent school that had access to technology in school as well as at home did much better with technology than those of students that did not have access at home (Barron, 2010).
By doing this research I gained the understanding that equitable access was not just providing students with technology to use in the classroom but also making sure that students had the technology in their home setting. It became important to me to understand the importance of the digital divide and providing awareness that there is a gap that must be closed. Moving classrooms far into 21st century learning must mean that we provide devices and access for all students at home as well as the classroom setting.
This artifact helped me to understand that technology still was not a high priority for all public schools. It is my goal as I leave graduate school to become more involved with awareness equitable access for all public schools. I would like to use my knowledge and education to write articles, contact school boards and become an advocate for technology in all schools.
Barron, B., Walter, S., Martin, C., & Schatz, C. (2009). Predictors of creative computing participation and profiles of experience in two Silicon Valley middle schools. Computers and Education, (54), 178-189.
Rideout, V.(2011), Zero to eight: children’s media use in America. Common Sense Media.