"Techquity": Going from Digital Poverty to Digital Empowerment

Autor/in	Shelton, Ken
Titel	"Techquity": Going from Digital Poverty to Digital Empowerment
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 79 (2021) 1, S.39-42 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Culturally Relevant Education; Equal Education; Minority Group Students; Student Needs; Thinking Skills; Creativity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Denkfähigkeit; Kreativität
Abstract	"Techquity," as the author defines it, means merging the effective use of educational technologies with culturally responsive and culturally relevant learning experiences to support students' development of essential skills. Technology, distributed and used equitably, enables opportunity and voice, dismantles barriers around learner exceptionalities, democratizes access to information, and disrupts racial and economic-privilege hierarchies. Much of the ed-tech sphere centers the voices of white educators, who often focus on minor tweaks of the existing system rather than questioning the system as a whole. This article discusses the importance of interrogating why most technology initiatives and discussions work within the existing structures when those structures most often are not working for students, especially students of color. Instead of using technology as an intervention mechanism or simply digitizing one-size-fits-all instruction, educators need to ask whether they are meeting learners on a personalized basis. Technology-based learning experiences should align with and encourage higher-order thinking and greater creativity. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01