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Crossing the digital divide : race, writing, and technology in the classroom / Barbara Monroe ; foreword by Victor Villanueva.

Van Pelt Library PE1405.U6 M66 2004
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Monroe, Barbara Jean, 1948-
Series:
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Language and literacy series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--United States.
English language.
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching.
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Data processing.
United States.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--Data processing.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
English language--Rhetoric--Computer-assisted instruction.
Report writing--Study and teaching--Data processing.
Report writing.
Report writing--Computer-assisted instruction.
Educational technology--United States.
Educational technology.
African Americans--Education.
African Americans.
Word processing in education.
Physical Description:
xiv, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]
Summary:
As poor, nonwhite communities on "the other side" of the digital divide become immersed in electronic media, how can we evaluate their experiences to transform the teaching of writing and literature and improve student learning? This important book offers a balanced view of instructional technology and critical multiculturalism as experienced in today's public schools. With valuable insights to help English educators at all levels working in all types of schools
Contents:
1 Reconsidering the Terms of the Debate 5
Constructing the Divide 6
Reconstructing the Divide 14
Hearing the Other Side 27
2 Putting One's Business on Front Street 31
Theoretical Framework 32
The Decorum of Information Sharing 38
The E-Mail Conversations 42
The Assigned Writings 49
Computing on Front Street 60
Implications for Teaching 61
3 Crucible for Critical Literacy 70
Intercultural Contact 72
The Tyranny of the Majority 78
Implications for Teaching 80
4 Storytime on the Reservation 85
Writing a Fictional Narrative 90
Bedtime Story as Epistemology 97
TV Time as Storytime 101
Implications for Teaching 107
5 Revisiting the Access Issue 115
Local Updates, 2003 116
From "Transform" to "Reform" 119
Taking Action Now 122.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index.
ISBN:
0807744638
080774462X
OCLC:
54046351

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