New Immigrant and Low-Income Parent and Student Voices on Technology

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Pruitt-Mentle, D. (2005). New Immigrant and Low-Income Parent and Student Voices on Technology. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 756-763). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005
Phoenix, AZ, USA
2005
  Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Ian Gibson, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Davina Pruitt-Mentle, University of Maryland, USA

Abstract

Abstract: Results and educational implications from this research project exploring new immigrants and low-income parents and students voices on the relative utility of educational technology, indicate that computer and Internet Access in the classroom alone do not help in bridging the equity issue. Educational and community policies must extend beyond the classroom for this transformation to occur. The educational community must understand that the true definition of "Ubiquitous" as defined by Webster dictionary and others is Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent. This presentation will share parents and students raised concerns regarding such things as teachers and the education systems naiveté to this definition, and the need for teachers utilizing Internet activities and other classroom projects to embrace the "Least Common Denominator" model, rather than the "what's new and the latest software the school has" model.

Keywords

• Classrooms
• Educational Technology

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