Living the Digital Divide: Technology Infusion as One Goal of an Urban Middle School Restructuring Project

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Fischer, J., Banister, S., Iffland, D. & Bell, D. (2005). Living the Digital Divide: Technology Infusion as One Goal of an Urban Middle School Restructuring Project. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 3181-3182). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005
Phoenix, AZ, USA
2005
ISBN 1-880094-55-X
  Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Ian Gibson, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

John Fischer, Bowling Green State University, USA; Savilla Banister, BGSU, USA; Dennis Iffland, Doug Bell, East Toledo Junior High, USA

Abstract

Ravine Junior High School reflects key aspects of the "Digital Divide" and provides an opportunity to investigate how that divide might be dealt with. We define digital divide as the inability to use technology to its fullest in schools populated by students with less success, more poverty, more issues to solve. As also appears to be typical, this school also has significantly higher percentages of minority students. As part of a GEAR-UP grant, 'Ravine" Junior High has worked to infuse technology as one means of raising student performance and eventual success. According to Swain and Pearson, "By carefully analyzing how students use computers for instructional purposes during the school day, individual teachers can exert significant influence on the Digital Divide." Our efforts have something to teach other buildings attempting to live the digital divide.

Keywords

• Middle School Education
• Schools
• Students
• Digital Divide

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