Feb
24
Danah Boyd’s Interview
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I found Danah Boyd’s interview interesting. The statements about how as generations have passed, kids have gone from being able to go miles from home to the only thing kids now could do was go in their yards or stay in the house in order to be watched more closely. There has always been a social […]
Feb
24
Critical Factors in Assessing Educational Equity
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
According to the Solomon, chapter 14, the important factors in assessing educational equity social context, economic context, political context, and educational reform context.
Social Context
Schools are constantly trying to make sure they are addressing equity as much as possible. Teachers get results back telling how each separate sub-group performs against the whole group. NCLB now punishes when that […]
Feb
24
Digital Technology Improve Equity? Hamper?
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
How does digital technology improve the level of equity? Digital technology can improve the level of equity by closing the gap between the haves and the have nots. If everyone in a classroom, for example, has access to the same technology in a computer lab, equity almost becomes a non-issue. The problem, in my experience, […]
Feb
24
Access Effect Culture?
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Culture has changed a great deal due to access to digital technology. I feel culture is effected in a way that has yet to be fully understood due to the fact that most people are just beginning to realize how things are changing. In other words, not everyone is on board. As people get on […]
Feb
24
Silicon Ceiling
February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
From the Article Silicon Ceilings: Information Technology Equity, the Digital Divide and the Gender Gap among Information Technology Professionals by Andrea M. Matwyshyn:
1. The absence of women in the information technology industry constitutes a production divide that is socially undesirable for reasons of social governance, social cohesion, and economic self-realization. Educators need to address the issue […]
Feb
17
Mob Rules
February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“The street finds its own use for things, uses its manufacturers never intended.” by William Gibson summarizes, for me, the mob rules mentality that Mark Pesce’s article “Mob Rules” describes. The law of fives is listed below.
1. The mob is everywhere.
2. The mob is faster, smarter, and stronger than you are.
3. Advertising is a form of […]
Feb
17
The Possibility of Equity
February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Is equity possible? Is it desireable? How does equity relate to NCLB?
Is equity possible? I feel equity in the truest sense is not possible. Equity in a perfect world could be possible. Let’s face it, we don’t live in a perfect world. Think about it, there are equity issues from one person to another, one […]
Feb
17
Conditions to Educational Equity
February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
What conditions are necessary for educational equity? In my opinion, the most critical condition for educational equity is the assumption that everyone starts off in the same place. If that fact were true educational equity would be a no-brainer. Since, we all know that is not true, what do we do? We work towards trying to […]
Feb
10
Study of Distribution
February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” This quote in Marc Pesce’s Unevenly Distributed: Production Models for the 21st Century hit me like a ton of bricks when I read it. It makes perfect sense to me. It not only can be used with technology but also education and culture, the very things […]
Feb
10
Cluetrain and Education
February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
“A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies.” from http://cluetrain.com/
The connection of people that cluetrain talks about can greatly influence education. The connection of ideas that […]
