Integrating Technology and Creating Change

Focus Question: What are the "digital inequality" and the "participation gap"?

• Digital inequality is due to the students socioeconomic standing in society, there is a lack of access and use of technology displayed.
• Participation gap means that low income and minority students are not as affluent to use technologies for learning due to not having the same opportunities as other peers.

Tech Tool: Edutopia

     Edutopia is an inspirational website for teachers K-12. Providing a vast fine collection of resources in order to integrate technology into the classroom. Integrating technology into the classroom has to go beyond the basic computer skills and software programs, it must effectively support the components of learning. Through Edutopia it provides the necessary "push" to motivate teachers in going beyond basic computer skills and truly integrating technology as well as providing the resources in doing so, allowing the transition to be more easy rather than stressful.

Summary & Connection:

     When teachers infuse technology into the classroom and do so effectively they are creating educational change. A change to better improve their schools and classrooms. From electronic class notes to electronic textbooks, integrating technology can be highly effective in the classroom and professional work.