Educate, Empower, Advocate: Amplifying Marginalized Voices in a Digital Society

Autor/in	O'Byrne, W. Ian
Titel	Educate, Empower, Advocate: Amplifying Marginalized Voices in a Digital Society
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 19 (2019) 4 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5804
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Social Justice; Social Media; Activism; Youth; Language Arts; English Teachers; Inquiry; Empathy; Empowerment; Information Literacy; Internet; Social Problems; Social Change; Teacher Role; Computer Mediated Communication; Advocacy; Role of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Soziale Medien; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Sprachkultur; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Empathie; Informationskompetenz; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Sozialer Wandel; Lehrerrolle; Computerkonferenz; Sozialanwaltschaft; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	The Internet and other communication technologies can provide a powerful tool for social justice and civic action. These digital devices and social media have shown enormous potential by activists to mobilize the public, document their activities and the injustices they witness, and spread information to a wider audience. Individuals are often inspired to identify ways they can leverage digital technologies to work toward positive social change. The challenge is that youth are watching and learning from these events and texts as well. As youth utilize these digital, connected texts, educators need to know what makes their voices uniquely powerful. Perhaps more importantly, English language arts (ELA) educators need to consider ways in which they can bring these skills, practices, and texts into the classroom. This study examined how activists used digital, social technologies for the purposes of amplifying marginalized voices and enacting social change. Furthermore, the study explored how acts of digital activism can be leveraged to inform ELA teachers as they support inquiry, empathy, and connection in their classrooms. The findings identify opportunities for teachers to educate, empower, and advocate for youth as digitally literate citizens. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01