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Sunday, February 27, 2011

A good read...

New Technology and Digital Worlds: Analyzing Evidence of Equity in Access, Use, and Outcomes
Mark Warschauer and Tina Matuchniak
REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION 2010 34: 179

This article incorporates so many things that I am passionate about...improving technological incorporation, advocating student-centered learning, involving students in community to gain agency, etc...

Basic argument:

Today the digital divide resides in differential ability to use new media to critically evaluate information, analyze, and interpret data, attack complex problems, test innovative solutions, manage multifaceted projects, collaborate with others in knowl- edge production, and communicate effectively to diverse audiences—in essence, to carry out the kinds of expert thinking and complex communication that are at the heart of the new economy (Levy & Murnane, 2004). p. 213

Good suggestions for improvements discussed within article to reach these goals...

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