Digital Citizenship
Digital Access in the Classroom
Access to Technology:
Today's modern age of technology is hard for teachers to keep up with. With everything from Twitter to Facebook, the technology is expanding quickly and we cannot stay ahead of the technology. With this rise in technology, teachers are being asked to incorporate it more and more into their daily class schedule. While being asked to use the digital equipment, parents and students have a hard time keeping up at their house. The expense that some parents have to pay for the technology is not reasonable, and they cannot afford it; therefore, we have to make time in the class day to give all students the opportunity to catch up on work that has to be done on the computer.
Ensuring a fair schedule for the use of technology:
The best way to make sure all students get equal chance at computer and internet is to give the kids class time. Let students have time to work on their class work in the class that requires the use of computer and internet. When you have numerous students, but limited computers at school, divide the students into groups and have each of them a scheduled time to be on the computers when they are in your class. Sometimes, if it is an absolute necessity, you can ask an elective teacher to pull them out in their class. It is not an ideal situation, but if it cannot be avoided it has to be tried. If it is far enough in advance, the kids can set it up in advance with the teacher before or after school to work on the work in the library or in the teachers class.
References:
Barseghian, T. (2013, March 19). For low income kids, access to devices could be the great equalizer. Retrieved from http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/13/for-low-income-kids-access-to-devices-could-be-the-equalizer/
Diekmann, J. & Villarreal, A. (2001). Enriching your classroom through equitable technology integration. Retrieved from
